Columbia pics

Some Ivy League Bridge Building action from 2009:

http://picasaweb.google.com/carletonlab/AISCSteelBridge2009#

ASCE Regionals

Carolinas	Duke University	April 8-10, 2010	Trisha Lowe Joseph Nadeau
Deep South	University of New Orleans	March 26-27, 2010	Joe Guillory Gianna Cothren
Great Lakes	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	April 23-24, 2010	Josh Steiner Kevin Sutterer
Metropolitan	Fairleigh Dickinson University	April 23-25, 2010	Jose Franco Stanley Bielewicz
Mid-Atlantic	Pennsylvania State University	April 9-10, 2010	Ryan Putt John Regan
Mid-Continent	University of Oklahoma	April 23-24, 2010	Audre Carter Chris Ramseyer
Mid-Pacific	California State University, Chico	April 8-10, 2010	Andrew Langelier Steffen Mehl
Mid-West	South Dakota State University	March 19-20, 2010	Zachary Rothstein Rich Reid
New England	Tufts University Concrete Canoe hosted by Northeastern University	April 10, 2010 April 17, 2010 or April 24, 2010	Patrick Barber Lee Minardi
North Central	Western Michigan University	March 26-28 , 2010	Kimberly Warners Hubo Cai
Ohio Valley	University of Kentucky	April 22-24, 2010	Rachel Gordon George Blandford
Pacific Northwest	Washington State University	April 22-24, 2010	Marcus Miller Shane Brown
Pacific Southwest	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	April 8-10, 2010	Dianna Feica Tom Piechota
Rocky Mountain	New Mexico State University	April 8-10, 2010	Erlinda Medina Craig Newtson
Southeast	Auburn University	March 19-20, 1010	Shainur Ahsan Sharon Rickards Michael Stallings
Texas-Mexico	Texas Section -- Austin, TX Steel Bridge hosted by University of Texas at San Antonio	April 10-11, 2010 January 15-16, 2010	Stacy Holland Rose Marie Klee
Upstate New York	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	April 8-9, 2010	Robert Vida Tom Zimmie
Virginias	Catholic University of America	April 8-10, 2010	Christopher Hudson Steve Miller Gunnar Lucko

Maybe it was Memphis

The Steel Bridgers at Crunk U are looking to balance out their region run in the Deep South next Spring in 'Nawlins.

IT HAS BEGUN...

...up north, Go Badgers beat The U.

http://www.engr.wisc.edu/studentorgs/bridge/

Northern Updates

UAA, the semi-cradle of NSSBC thought, has a beauty of a new site brewing.

http://asce-uaa.com/competition_bridge.html

NSSBC Construction Video

You Guys Are Dangerous...

ICEMAN - The Later Years - watch more funny videos

M.I.T. back on the prowl...

http://cee.mit.edu/blogs/steelbridge2010

Gooooo Bulls! Naeem makes good...

http://usfweb3.usf.edu/absolutenm/templates/?a=1850&z=38

Drexel, yes online

It's a Girder!

Bah-Hummmm-Back

Yeah, so I'm sorta back...I might check on Portland State here and there...seeing as I've got more access to the Viks right now than the UC Davis Aggies. Don't expect too much from me, I'm trying to land employment...so my time will be a little every which way in December between family and the hunt. Merry Friggin' Christmas, don't freeze your nipples off.

MT

Ole' Ike would be so proud

Kansas upgrades....Heeeeryharheeero!

ASCE Interviews the Wolverines

From ASCE Deportes...Linkimookus

Michi-CAN!

http://cee.engin.umich.edu/node/285

Y'all get your own information for a while. Your Humble Narrator has gone walkabout until winter's over. Go Ags!

SB Put to Use!!!

Seattle actually uses their Bridge for something REAL!

Seatilink

New Jersey Lift of the Face

New NJIT goodies...Heeeeeether!

UD Mercy is in...

They're doin' a Puente folks!!!

UDLinkDM

Youngstown

I'm really starting to like this site a lot now.

Linkyougsy

List and Shout ... REGIONALS

Carolinas
Duke University
April 8-10, 2010
Trisha Lowe
Joseph Nadeau

Deep South
University of New Orleans
March 26-27, 2010
Joe Guillory
Gianna Cothren

Great Lakes
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
April 23-24, 2010
Josh Steiner
Kevin Sutterer

Metropolitan
Fairleigh Dickinson University
April 23-25, 2010
Jose Franco
Stanley Bielewicz

Mid-Atlantic
Pennsylvania State University
April 9-10, 2010
Ryan Putt
John Regan

Mid-Continent
University of Oklahoma
April 23-24, 2010
Audre Carter
Chris Ramseyer

Mid-Pacific
California State University, Chico
April 8-10, 2010
Andrew Langelier
Steffen Mehl

Mid-West
South Dakota State University
March 19-20, 2010
Zachary Rothstein
Rich Reid

New England
Tufts University
Concrete Canoe hosted by Northeastern University
April 10, 2010
April 17, 2010 or
April 24, 2010
Patrick Barber
Lee Minardi

North Central
Western Michigan University
March 26-28 , 2010
Kimberly Warners
Hubo Cai

Ohio Valley
University of Kentucky
April 22-24, 2010
Rachel Gordon
George Blandford

Pacific Northwest
Washington State University
April 22-24, 2010
Marcus Miller
Shane Brown

Pacific Southwest
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
April 8-10, 2010
Dianna Feica
Tom Piechota

Rocky Mountain
New Mexico State University
April 8-10, 2010
Erlinda Medina
Craig Newtson

Southeast
Auburn University
March 19-20, 1010
Shainur Ahsan
Sharon Rickards
Michael Stallings

Texas-Mexico
Texas Section -- Austin, TX
Steel Bridge hosted by University of Texas at San Antonio
April 10-11, 2010
January 15-16, 2010
Stacy Holland
Rose Marie Klee

Upstate New York
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
April 8-9, 2010
Robert Vida
Tom Zimmie

Virginias
Catholic University of America
April 2010NEED THE DATES!
Steve Miller
Gunnar Lucko

Badgers WITH...the update.

http://www.engr.wisc.edu/studentorgs/bridge/

mushroom, mushroom...

Rowan, not just canoes...

Northstar Roos now ABET certified...FINALLY!

http://www.canton.edu/news/index.php/2009/09/abet/#

Michigan SB Reseach

Interesting, sounds like something Davis would WANT to do, but alas, we're keeping it as rusty and lowbrow as we can...

Linkoos

Gopher Outreach...

Close one against those Bears y'all. Keep at it.

http://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2009/UR_CONTENT_131992.html

Colorado State Looking Fresh and Clean

New Site Navigations...the Rams look to return to their winning ways at New Mexico State (Go Ags!).

http://www.engr.colostate.edu/asce/bridge/bridge.html

Cal NSSBC 2K9 write up

From Cal Berkeley CE Web. Here.

Update from the Desert

The University of Arizona has given a much needed overhaul to their ASCE Webby online. Maybe they'll get it together and challenge for a National spot after the PSWRC in Vegas next Spring.

http://clubs.asua.arizona.edu/~sce/index.htm

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How stiff can you get it??? ... and how stiff does it need to be?

The Regional Competition Information Post

ASCE Regional Conference Information starting to come up...

Linkimoo from Davisimooo cows are good. Hakqui

Okay...

...I know this blog has been off a bit, because, well, your humble narrator is working his ASS OFF! All that said, I feel it a privilege to capture the attention of the Steel Bridge Community.

I admire, and love you all. This is not an easy competition to undertake, nor is it an easy competition to be successful at. So, as you embark on this trip of all trips, remember, it ain't about how you place, it's about the journey. Journey well, and leave comments about what you excpect to achieve this season...don't forget to leave your name and your University. It's all about Pride and being true to your school.

God Bless. (Atheists and Agnostics Included)

GO BIG OR GO HOME BITCHES!!!

https://engineering.purdue.edu/NSSBC2010/

All ye semester schools, get your time in early, for the Ags don't start school for three weeks...at which time the formal process will start, but no doubt, the analysis is well on its way for a solid bid at the 2010 crown!

Best of Luck to you all.

Get Yo Aggie Ass to Fresno This Weekend!!!

Ags vs. Dogs Saturday Night at Bulldog Stadium, Fresno, CA.

All Aggies are required to show up, tailgate, have fun, spread Aggie Pride, and watch the Ags put up a hell of a fight against Fresno State.

Twist and...You Suck

Have we mastered torsional restraint yet???

Slippery when Buttered

Butter, not just for bread anymore.

China gets loco, link here

Oregon @ Boise State this Thursday

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/pac10/0-2-125/Ducks-wary-of-Boise-State.html

y'all should watch this game. SMURF TURF!!!

Bienvenido a Miami!

The U polished up and is looking to make waves in the Southeast this season.

http://www.umasce.com/?p=conference&q=steel%20bridge

UC Davis C of E vid

Sweet, new stuff for recruiting from the College.

http://engineering.ucdavis.edu/efl/index.html?-session=coe_web_survey_check:42F943FA142b13165BuWp22E0F4F

Angola's College Try

From the Great Lakes Conference 2009, University of Angola, Indiana works their design in South Bend.

ASCE Websites

Everybody seems to be slugging back into the Fall term. Update those sites, I'm checking them quite a bit...better now before school starts than later when it gets busy.

RECRUIT RECRUIT RECRUIT THIS FALL!!!

UMKC Recap

Roo Fighters!

Linkeau























dude, nice graphics on that poster (missed it sorry)

Face Off or Facelift?

It's like hockey right???

Minnesota redoes their webpage, unlike most of the lameos in the university level ASCE community. Nice, thanx for the mention....yes, it's true.

Howard ASCE gets busy.

Linkiiimuus Haqui

Purdy Good

SUNY Canton kid gets some bucks for all the hard work. Recognition is a fine thing...even if you're a humble Amish boy.

Duuuuude...

...don't panic, it's just a stupid Steel Bridge, BUT DON'T FUCK YOURSELF WITH A FAULTY DESIGN!!!

Speed! Speed! Speed!

Maybe not this fast, but it's a good goal.

Poly has began...

http://www.calpolysteelbridge.com/2009/08/15/rules-are-out/

Um, Yeah.

These are going to be some of the funkiest pieces ever put on a Steel Bridge. I suggest modeling components in 3D, see where they fit, check your tolerances, and just play with it until it gets deeper and deeper (that's what she said)...

whoa...

What the fuck is up with this envelope?!?! There are gonna be so many disqualifications this season, ha ha ha.

Here we go...

...2010 Rules are out.

(all those who said 2nd Week, you win)

http://www.aisc.org/content.aspx?id=780

USA vs. Mexico August 12th

Estadio Azteca
Mexico City, Mexico

You Should Watch as the US Soccer Team will battle for its first ever win on Mexican soil.

Match To Be Broadcast live on Telemundo and Mun2 at 3 p.m. CT

http://www.ussoccer.com/

Are you ready???

...FOR THE JUGGERNAUT BITCH!!! bored...

Scratch, Scratch

...startin' to get an itch...

Construction Video

...intended for a Judging audience...however it shows some Assembly of Virginia Tech and Washington State...who, I have to say, SORRY to, they had some great runs that got lost in the mix. There's just too much to film at the NSSBC!

Quimby's been working hard...

...Alaska Bart has a highly updated NSSBC.info page.

http://www.nssbc.info/

"The Rules Committee comes under pressure regularly from competitors and sponsors to outlaw expensive steels, such a Chromalloy because there is a perception that somehow these steels give an unfair advantage to chapters with money to spend. When the rules committee can find a way to outlaw such material that is enforceable we probably will. Writing an enforceable rule restricting the type of steel has proven to be difficult.

These expensive steels seem to be used primarily because they can be obtained in lighter sections. They have generally the same stiffness (i.e. same Modulus of Elasticity, E) as other steels so they don't have a real impact on stiffness. In fact going to lighter sections may have a detrimental impact on stiffness (because of reduced AE or EI). They do come in higher tensile strengths than some of the other steels however the strength levels required by most members is minimal so there's not a huge savings here either. You might also note that if member strength is based on buckling then tensile strength is a non-issue and higher strength steels have no advantage over lower strength steels in this case. In the end, we find some very competitive bridges at the national competition that do not use these steels."

4130 Alloy has no advantage whatsoever. Though most 4130 suppliers have great size selection and wall thicknesses for the competition...and for all the whiney bitch Student Chapters who say they don't have enough money...get off your ass and go seek it out, well funded Teams do every year...there isn't a silver spoon that feeds the Ags in Davis, nor the Badgers in Madison, nor the Gators in Florida, nor the Bears in Berkeley, nor the Roos in Canton, you have to work your butt off to get funding...so don't go whining about how another Team is working harder than you.

also, for the record..."Chromium Molybdenum" aka "Chrome Moly"...Chromalloy will be seen on every 20 and 22 down in South Central, South Sac, Del Paso Heights, Long Beach, Alameda, Oakland and Reno.

Almost there...

...I think we're on the brink here, stand by for 2010 Rules Disclosure...

4 years already?

Wow, can't believe this was only 4 short years ago. Go Ags!

Read.

From back to front, don't skip a single paragraph...and use a highlighter for anything that seems different. Read every single rule.

Central Valley Roots

Here's one for a Chrome Ollie Hero past. Straight out of the armpit and into Davis, CQ, this one's for you buddy. Don't give Dawn too hard a time!

Awkward Engineers??? Try this.

Poly up and running...

Get yo: Link

Happy Sunday!

Rest well! For August will be here shortly.

(the fella at 44:00 is a riot...)

So ye Know

The Topic on the Right...Which Countries'...is an important topic...we goin' global with this baby. NSSBC Board, you need an international ambassador...how about your humble narrator in Davis??? ha ha ha. Seriously though, this is too good a competition to leave it to the trailblazing, forward thinking, obviously free in so many ways other countries are not, North Americans to do on their own.

Man...

...I got nothing right now, nothing. Uh, the mountain sun is hot in North Lake Tahoe...that's about it. Fuck, not much. August can't come too soon eh? (Canadians wink wink).

"Steel Bridge Godfather" Matti Turner

2010 Rules

Yes, It Will.

Dude...New Jersey

NJIT Pics from the Vegas NSSBC. Hit, run, hide, the Highland way...we'll make bridges...long bridges...twice as long as a man... That long?

you get the picture...

Down Goes Panama

In OT baby, boo-yah!

Leopard Experience

Some pics are up on Flickr showcasing the 2008-2009 season for Lafayette. Nice Bridge y'all!

Linkamus Patronus Bitches Hitheer.

Well...

A 2-0 win over Honduras and a 2-2 tie against Haiti. So far the Americans have been holding strong and playing good football in the Gold Cup.

Any Others?

Feel free to write in a possible 2011 NSSBC Host in the comment section of this post.

If anybody votes Cal or another, chime in on the comment for this post...

Remember...

...if you wanna get it on, you gotta get it on. FIRE YOUR GUNS! WORK HARD THIS FALL!!!

Rivalries

Keep 'em healthy by keeping them heated! ha ha ha!



Yeah the dude can't spell the Scot's name right but so what, still funny.

Gold Cup has Started

...the US thumped Grenada in Seattle 4-0...

Aaaaaaamericaaaaaaa!

Might as well bookmark it now and check 'er daily.

AISC NSSBC HOMEPAGE

Good Idea/Bad Idea

Sort through them now...when school starts, the time starts approaching zero.

Full House

Modern Steel Construction weighs in on the NSSBC.

Articulus

"We get the cream of the crop every year, and they get to compete against each other. You can't get any more real-world than this." - JP

ha ha ha, uhhhhhh, let's see if this were the real world...SUNY Canton would get the contract, have steady work for a while, be able to feed their kids, and the rest of the teams would be bidding their asses off for the next one, hoping to make some kind of a profit in this shitty economy...not celebrating the end of the Competition with moral victories. also...super-steel would never be used, because it's, uh, expensive and would SO be included in the bid. In fact, let's make it REAL, real world and take the judges out to dinner the night before the competition, get real friendly, and then boom...no penalty right there baby, yeah no big deal, carry on.

Bros and Sisters

Keep the faith, Rules before you know it...July is pretty much here.

Comprehensive Regional Scores

Thank you Mr. Quimby and Co. Get your full list of Regional Scores here.

WTF US?

Mr. Wallace says...

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FREEDOM
BITCHES!

Tiger Pride

LSU - 2009 College World Series Champions

Didnt' get 'em earlier...

...but the Miners at Missouri S&T, had a funky little arch/stack sorta Bridge in the Mid-Con... will only say this once...ARCHES ARE SHIT WITHOUT RIGID ABUTMENTS...so if you're Bridge is freestanding and has no real moment resistance at the pier supports, it will bend and dip all over the place. TENSION ONLY, and even then...maybe!!!

Link 1
Link 2

...and what d'ya know, they failed vertical deflection...shockuh!!! Learn and be better next season Miners...Ole' Rolla used to be a kickass Team, bring it back!!!






Lookin' a bit like 2002 Clemson in style!!!

2 nil!

DON'T TREAD ON ME!

USA OVER SPAIN 2-0...WILL PROBABLY FACE BRAZIL IN THE CONFEDERATION CUP FINAL!

Les Verticales

Couldn't help but notice, and it may be that it has been repeated, but all Top 3 finishes this year from Vegas had vertical chords in their Bridges...typically it's a useless chord, but with certain loading scenarios and member configurations it defintely serves a good purpose. Could be on a multi-vertical rigid frame ala Cal in 2008, or in a strategic location on an underslung like SUNY Canton, NDSU and Lakehead in 2009. Food for thought.

We Are the Champions!!!

Seattle, ha! (well, not really)

Linkous

L2

From the Rebel Yell...

Another article that was previously missed, but it has still managed to find the blog!







Rebel, Rebel, UNLV's student newspaper Linkous Hiither

Um...Must've Missed It...

A NSSBC Blog from Michigan...sorry to add it so late Wolverines!

http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/SteelBridge/

You in Love?

UNLV has pics up on the main page finalamente aquizy



For the record, this is a much better set of pics than the official AISC photographer.

Blog to Blog

One Miss Laura Meiers from Bentley has a great write up on the NSSBC herey.

Been plenty o' treading lately...

While the Americans have been getting their ass kicked in South Africa...they have a chance to salvage their trip against Egypt today in Rustenburg. USA!!!

A Hokie is just a Hokie

...4th Overall ain't too shabby Hokadokes!!!

Virginia Tech rules the South hithey

The Last 9 Years...

From a Mid-Pac point of view, hosting, until recently, has only been done by an ASCE Student Chapter with strong conviction...now, nobody is getting out of it.

2001 - UC Davis
2002 - San Jose State
2003 - Fresno State
2004 - Nevada Reno
2005 - Big Sac
2006 - Cal
2007 - San Jose State/Santa Clara
2008 - UC Davis
2009 - Nevada Reno
2010 - Chico...

There's no hiding it now, if the wee, yet extremely enthusiastic, ASCE Student Chapter at Fresno State can host, it's time for the other "smaller" chapters to ante up and take on the responsibility. San Francisco State, Stanford, Pacific, Humboldt...you're next!

Has Regional hosting been an issue for you? Have schools limped their way out of it 'cause they don't have the stomach to host the big Annual...thoughts please.

Also, which port are ye headed to next Spring???

SBT = Steel Bridge Tattoo

Anybody have any Steel Bridge related ink?...or is your humble narrator gonna be the first!?!?

Just Because

G/D @ Shoreline

San Luis Obispo or West Lafayette?

Okay, SLO friggin' sacked up and got the NCCC at one of the prime locations in all of California. Right by the coast near Pismo, a first class civil engineering program, awesome food, hot chicks all over the place, hot guys all over the place, about an hour from some of the best Pinot Noir country in the world...we've got to head to...Indiana. What, is Chicago too busy?
















Purdue, you better be so damn first class all the way!!! You better be the most hospitable motherfuckas in the world, so that come that Sunday, NOBODY wants to leave, they just want to stay and have more fun. Also, and this is a MUST, there better be an open bar at the banquet, Cal State Northridge style (minus the drunk San Francisco State guys in the back making fun of a Cal Team that kicked their ass). Okay, the specifications have been set Boilermakers...what you lack on coastal beauty you better make up for in hospitality, brew, broads, parties and energy.






ALL
NSSBC
WEEKEND
LONG

Mid-Pac Tops Overall in Alabama NCCC 2009

Probably a little late, but congrats to Cal for taking the 2009 NCCC Championship...5th Title, and first since 1992!!! It has been too long Bears. Also congratulations to ETS and Cal Poly SLO for their 2nd and 3rd Place finishes (no, respectively is the lamest word in the English dictionary). The Gators took 4th and the Wolfpack finished 5th Overall.

We've also received word that beautiful
San Luis Obispo, California
is the destination for NCCC 2010. Sweet!!!














Lots o' Links Below:

http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/display_press.cfm?uid=4553
http://content.asce.org/conferences/nccc2009/
http://concretecanoe.org/
http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/news/view.php?item=265
















'Bama is Bear Area Bitches!!!

(it also seems clear Cal hasn't voted on the Team size thingy...)