This paper presents a methodology applied to teaching of subjects related to structural design and
analysis, as well as strength of materials, during the second year of our University studies program.
The aim of this methodology is to improve the students’ understanding of the structural behaviour
from the very early stages of their college education process.
Students take part in a workshop that fosters their involvement within all the stages of the process
of the structure design, such as characterization of the material to be used, analysis of different
theoretical models based on theoretical courses, structure numerical simulation using an ad-hoc
mobile app, building the model, test their model in the laboratory and drawing up conclusions
explaining the model collapse.
