Word from Seattle...

Unfortunately, Oregon Tech had to drop out of the competition.  Reasons at this time are undisclosed.  

Last Weekend

No word yet from Seattle or Easton.

SOTD: Monday - April 30th, 2012

SOTD: Sunday - April 29th, 2012

Purdue Steel Bridge

http://youtu.be/Q61iMnq9eg0

SOTD: Saturday - April 28th, 2012

Guns Up in 2012

http://www.orgs.ttu.edu/ASCE/SteelBridge/SteelBridge.html

UBC Site

Probably a repost by yours truly.  Here's the University of British Columbia's Site:


http://ubcsteelbridge.com/

Guins Earn a Second Among Other Awards

http://ysustem.wordpress.com/tag/national-student-steel-bridge-building-competition/

Minnesota Prepping

http://www.ce.umn.edu/

SOTD: April 27th - 2012

Good luck to those in the Mid-Atlantic and to everybody up in the Northwest.  The Battle in Seattle!  Go Get It!

SOTD: Thursday - April 26th, 2012

Lafayette College Set to Host

http://www.lafayette.edu/about/news/2012/04/26/lafayette-hosts-mid-atlantic-steel-bridge-competition-april-27-29/

NJIT

More From The Rebels' Lair

http://www.unlvrebelyell.com/2012/04/26/unlv-engineers-take-steel-bridge-to-nationals-for-first-time/

It's the Time of the Season

NSSBC Selection Committee Take Note

Bodies of Water are popular...try to mix it up a little.

SOTD: Wednesday - April 25th, 2012

UMKC Takes First at MidCon

http://info.umkc.edu/scenews/2012/04/23/umkc-steel-bridge-team-wins-first-place-overall-at-regionals/

Mizzou

Clarkson

Updation Nation

 NYCCT 
 NJIT 
 UMKC 

 Steel Willie  

 Mizzou 

 SUNY Canton 

 ÉTS 

 Wisconsin Madison 
 LSU (Swept Regional) 
 UC Berkeley (Swept Regional) 
 UC Davis 
 Clemson 
 Ramblin' Wreck 
 UNLV 
 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Swept Regional) 
 Cal State Northridge 
 Lakehead 
 University of Minnesota Twin Cities 
 Iowa State 
 USF 
 Florida 
 Vandy 
 Michigan 
 Michigan Tech 
 WVU Tech 
 UVA 
 Catholic University
 Université Laval
 UNH 
 MIT  
 BYU 
 Colorado School of Mines 
 Utah State 
 University of Akron 
 Youngstown State University 
 University of Louisville 
 UTEP 
 Texas A and M, College Station 
 Universidad de Autónoma 

SOTD: Tuesday - April 24th, 2012

Two More

Only Two More Regionals to Go.


Good Luck to those competing over in Easton and up in Seattle!

And now NYC and NOLA

Challenging is Hawai'i and the Bay Area!

And They're Off!

Portland is out of the gates fast!

SOTD: Monday - April 23rd, 2012

Missouri S&T

Cornell

SOTD: Saturday/Sunday - April 21-22, 2012

Double Dose:

Update Me

 Here's Who Competed This Weekend (hangovers suck don't they?) 


Great Lakes @ Bradley University: April 19-21
Metro @ NYCC of Technology: April 20-22
MidCon @ Nebraska, Lincoln: April 19-21
Upstate NY @ Clarkson/SUNY Canton: April 19-21


 NYCCT 
 NJIT 
 SUNY Canton 

 ÉTS 

 Wisconsin Madison 
 LSU (Swept Regional) 
 UC Berkeley (Swept Regional) 
 UC Davis 
 Clemson 
 Ramblin' Wreck 
 UNLV 
 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Swept Regional) 
 Cal State Northridge 
 Lakehead 
 University of Minnesota Twin Cities 
 Iowa State 
 USF 
 Florida 
 Vandy 
 Michigan 
 Michigan Tech 
 WVU Tech 
 UVA 
 Catholic University
 Université Laval
 UNH 
 MIT  
 BYU 
 Colorado School of Mines 
 Utah State 
 University of Akron 
 Youngstown State University 
 University of Louisville 
 UTEP 
 Texas A and M, College Station 
 Universidad de Autónoma 

Wentworth from the New England

http://www.wit.edu/news/2012/2012-04-20.html

Latest from Missouri S&T

Steel Bridge team leader Chris Ferguson has managed this group with a deft touch. Not only did he keep the team focused on their goals for the past 6-7 months, been the driving force behind many nights of assembly rehearsal, but he's even covered the little details.Chris booked a study room in the Nebraska-Lincoln Engineering Library so that his teammates would have a quiet place to take calculus and Diffy-Q exams. It's that kind of "taking care of the troops" that is the hallmark of a good leader!Did he actually assemble today's bridge? No, but he did prowl the sidelines like a Division 1 basketball coach, shouting encouragement, calling "plays", and making sure the build crew didn't miss any small details.S&T drew a lot of applause by posting the fastest assembly time, but later teams who had less complex bridges did manage to pull ahead of the Miners. Hats off to Mizzou for hitting an amazing 15+ minutes score, which we think was the fastest time of the day.Chris reports S&T also had the lightest bridge at the event, which counts for some points, but en route to the loading station things went awry. Seems the bridge is a great design for supporting loads, but not so good at being lifted to move. During the move outside one of the bridge piers came partly undone, nothing a rubber mallet wouldn't fix, but rules prohibit any "repairs" once the structures are complete.S&T's entry sailed through the lateral and offset tests, and barely broke a sweat when most of the steel bars were added to the bridge. But when it came time to add a smaller load "cantilever-style", that mis-aligned bridge pier became an issue and the team lost its strong position in the standings.There's still a decent chance that other performance factors will put the Miners back in a strong position, and maybe even qualify for the national event. S&T has a light, good looking bridge, and the betting is that some of the simpler bridges just won't be able to support much weight.So it's still anybody's game.

More From the Central Michigan Broncos

http://www.ce.cmu.edu/news/2012-steel-bridge.html

KU KU!

http://www2.ku.edu/~kunews/cgi-bin/ku-students-competing-in-civil-engineering-contests

Go (MSOE) Raiders

http://youtu.be/K_jfjCDZqfo

It's Picnic Day 2012!

Get Down!

Any updates from the Regionals going on this weekend comment here...should have an updated Blog by 7 pm PT tonight.

MST Will Go 7th at MidCon

A live analysis of the Miner performance online...unreal.

http://experiencethis.mst.edu/2012/04/steel_bridge_team_judged_on_ae.html


http://experiencethis.mst.edu/

More From the Canton Roos

SUNY Canton  

SOTD: Friday - April 20th, 2012

First of all a quick shoutout to my niece on her 5th Birthday! 


 As for all you stoners...dude...aliens did it...mini universes...Funyuns.

UALR (Another View)

El Trusso

Good Ole' Rocky Top...

...Woo!  Rocky Top Tennessee!


(Digging the "No Look" Weld...followed by scorched fingertips...)

Lil' Wayne

Wayne State Competes at North Central

LSU Article

The Reveille


LSU C of Engr.

SOTD: Thursday - April 19th, 2012

The Reverend Horton Heat

It's Coming...

Picnic Day 2012 is Almost Here Baby!  

2012 Picnic Day Schedule and Updates

If You Can Dream It...You Can Do It!

Good Luck to all those competing this weekend!

More From MidPac

Big Sac Prepping for Loading

Fresno Assembling

Pacific Tigers Improving Every Year  

Wolf Pack Getting Their Run In

Tongji Countdown

Tongji Prepping at Loading Zone

Chico Drops a Load

San Jose State Rock the High Bars

California Aggie Builders Trying to Calm Their Nerves

SOTD: Wednesday - April 18, 2012

More From the Upstate NY

http://northcountrynow.com/news/regional-student-steel-bridge-competition-starts-friday-suny-cantons-roos-house-054797

SOTD: Tuesday - April 17th, 2012

USF Bulls

Tampa One

Missouri S&T

http://experiencethis.mst.edu/2012/04/how_do_you_get_to_the_steel_br.html

UPRM 2013: JOIN TODAY

http://www.ascerum.org/steelbridge/join/

Shout Out To This Guy!

BIG! SAC! BIG! SAC!

UALR Builds a Bridge

The pic is small but high five Little Rock!

http://ualr.edu/www/2012/04/16/ualr-team-builds-displays-steel-bridge/

Under the Roodar: UMKC Competing This Weekend

Yes Sir! https://sites.google.com/site/umkcasce/steel-bridge 

SOTD: Monday, 4/16/12

Up To Date List: 4/15/12

 LSU (Swept Regional) 
 UC Berkeley (Swept Regional) 
 UC Davis 
 Clemson 
 Ramblin' Wreck 
 UNLV 
 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Swept Regional) 
 Cal State Northridge 
 Lakehead 
 University of Minnesota Twin Cities 
 Iowa State 
 USF 
 Florida 
 Vandy 
 Michigan 
 Michigan Tech 
 WVU Tech 
 UVA 
 Catholic University
 Université Laval
 UNH 
 MIT  
 BYU 
 Colorado School of Mines 
 Utah State 
 University of Akron 
 Youngstown State University 
 University of Louisville 
 UTEP 
 Texas A and M, College Station 
 Universidad de Autónoma 

SOTD: Sunday - April 15th, 2012

Great Lakes at Bradley

Bradley, ASCE host midwest engineering conference

Coming Conferences, Again

Great Lakes @ Bradley University: April 19-21
Metro @ NYCC of Technology: April 20-22
MidCon @ Nebraska, Lincoln: April 19-21
Upstate NY @ Clarkson/SUNY Canton: April 19-21

MidAtlantic @ Lafayette College: April 27-29
PNWRC @ Washington/Seattle U: April 26-28

SOTD: Saturday, April 14, 2012

Tiger Uppercut

From what I gather, LSU was tops at the Deep South...not sure about any other qualifiers from that region.

One of These Days...

...Somebody reading this blog will build a Bridge that sends them right to the top...

Regarding Scores and Pics

They aren't posted here.  Especially those that have qualified.  If this were 4 years ago, I probably would...but the fact is, it's out there for you spies to find...so do some freaking work yourselves.

Side Question:  If you are a Truss Bridge and have qualified for Nats, comment...shoot, if you're a stack and have qualified for Clemson comment.

It's On Today...Scary Movie Time

Missouri S&T Ready to Dig in Lincoln

MST Miners Eye Prizes at MidCon 2012

Song of the Day: Friday, 4.13.12

Louisville (Official Video)

Very Nice Cards.

SUNY Canton Fixin' To Host the Upstate NY

Right Here Y'all:

2012 Upstate New York Regional Conference

Great Game

https://sites.google.com/site/uofmsteelbridge/bridge-fun

Deep South 2012

Does anybody have any information regarding placements?

This is what we know of LA Tech: The Louisiana Tech steel bridge team, who also participated in the competition, won first place in the Economy category, second place in Display, and third place in Construction Speed.

Song of The Day: Thursday - 4/12/12

NJIT Wiki

This has to go up, because like a group of bosses, the NJIT Steel Bridge Team has its own Wiki page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NJIT_Steel_Bridge_Team

Temple Getting After It

Not in the habit of posting actual SB videos before the fact...but Temple is a Team most don't know about, so here you go.

Have To Post It

The Word

Right now, based on Regional Scores...and the idea of "If Performed At Peak" Scores...Cal, Laval, MIT, Minnesota, Cal Poly, UTEP, Michigan and UC Davis are right up there at the Top come Clemson.  More Regionals to come:

Great Lakes @ Bradley University: April 19-21
Metro @ NYCC of Technology: April 20-22
MidCon @ Nebraska, Lincoln: April 19-21
Upstate NY @ Clarkson/SUNY Canton: April 19-21

MidAtlantic @ Lafayette College: April 27-29
PNWRC @ Washington/Seattle U: April 26-28

USU Set For National Bid

http://www.engineering.usu.edu/htm/news/articleID=16900

I count 13 Godzilla Loads...

10th Anniversary

Couldn't be any prouder of these Ags.

Aggies Set To Go For Gold in Clemson

The Hawai'ians

YOU HAVE 3 YEARS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

More From Colorado, Denver

Utah State RMR Write Up

USU Aggie Engineers

From The Land Of Cheese and Brats

Pardon my Bronson reference..."Very Funny Boys."  Looks like the trip to Endres has worked out well:  http://bridge.slc.engr.wisc.edu//

Also, you can follow Bucky Bridge on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/uwsteelbridge (Very Cool!)

Final Round of the Masters Today

Up To Date NSSBC Invitee List

 UC Berkeley (Swept Regional) 
 UC Davis 
 Clemson 
 Ramblin' Wreck 
 UNLV 
 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Swept Regional) 
 Cal State Northridge 
 Lakehead 
 University of Minnesota Twin Cities 
 Iowa State 
 USF 
 Florida 
 Vandy 
 Michigan 
 Michigan Tech 
 WVU Tech 
 UVA 
 Catholic University
 Université Laval
 UNH 
 MIT  
 BYU 
 Colorado School of Mines 
 Utah State 
 University of Akron 
 Youngstown State University 
 University of Louisville 
 UTEP 
 Texas A and M, College Station 
 Universidad de Autónoma 

PNWRC 2012

The University of Washington and Seattle U are joining forces to host the 2012 PNWRC.  Does anybody have a link to a schedule?  I'm considering going to this and covering it officially.

Atta Boy Jeff Spiro...

https://www.facebook.com/UCDavis/posts/402628149767111

Many Thanks!

I just want to say thanks to everybody who has contributed thus far.  As part of what I call "The Old Guard", it is refreshing to see the next generation embrace technology and awareness like this blog.  Technology sparked a revolution in Egypt, and I think it has helped raise the consciousness of the NSSBC.  I may snark back or take a few jabs now and then, but don't think for a second that I haven't been there...good OR bad, I've been a part of teams that got dinged at Regionals by a dimensional violation or by a huge construction blunder, and I've been part of an effort that produced a National Championship...it's a roller coaster, especially for you newbies, so keep up the good work, and remember that it's all worth it.  Learn as much as you can...then just let your work ethic take over.


Cheers!

Topper This...

http://wkunews.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/engineering-2012regionals/

 In the steel bridge competition, WKU finished fourth overall behind Akron, Youngstown State and Louisville. The team constructed the bridge in the fastest amount of time of any school at the competition and with no construction errors.  In addition, the bridge was the lightest bridge at the competition. 

Tidbit on Louisiana Tech

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-04/ltu-lts040512.php

The Louisiana Tech steel bridge team, who also participated in the competition, won first place in the Economy category, second place in Display, and third place in Construction Speed.

Virginia Tech Video

I would love to see UC Davis do something like this...however, it would only take money away from the University...and it's not really research...so it's obviously useless. lol, I keed, I keed

FAST FORWARD TO 44:00 TO SEE THE HOKIE SBT