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Information: Documents related to this years competition.
Steel Bridge Rules | Steel Bridge Mailer| Steel Bridge Mailer 2 | Steel Bridge Agenda
History: Our steel bridge team has
had varying degress of success over the past years.
- In 1994: the bridge and
it's team won the national competition.
- In 2000: the
team took second-place at the regional competition with a first-place
finish in aesthetics. The same bridge placed second for aesthetics in the
national competition, while placing 29th overall.
- In 2002: the Steel
Bridge team won the regional competition which was held at RPI's Houston Field
House. At the National Competition in San Diego the team placed 26th. With
many returning members the team returned with a great design for the 2004
regional competition at SUNY Buffalo. The team finished first in both lightness
and aesthetics, but missed nationals by one place, taking third overall.
- In 2006: was a learning year. With new members it was a challenge to get
everything together. But the team came back strong in 2007 with a great bridge.
They were able to greatly reduce the assembly time of the bridge and increase
the strength.
Other years have had
successes in their own right. Each year the steel bridge team aims to improve
the performance of the bridge and to represent RPI as they compete against other schools.
Click on the link in the menu to view photos of some of the bridges our
teams have conceived, designed, and fabricated on their own to meet each year's
specifications.
None of this would be possible though without the continuous generosity of our
sponsors shown on the
sponsors page. |
