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Her final project was a pedestrian arch bridge over a simulated ravine. It had to be elegant, efficient, and unbreakable. Her professor, Dr. Elm, was a legend in the field—and a notorious snob about software. "If it wasn't analyzed in Robot," he’d boomed in lecture, "it was drawn in the sand."

"Where are your FEA credentials?" Elm asked, frowning.