Students prep for steel bridge competition

March 28, 2011

University Relations

Project coordinator Jennifer Holland welds part of the framework for this year's steel bridge effort in preparation for the regional competition.

UAF engineering students are working feverishly to design and manufacture a steel bridge for the annual regional and national competition co-sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction and the American Society of Civil Engineers. This year's regional competition will be at UAA Friday, April 1.

Other schools participating in the regional competition include: Boise State University, Carrol College, Gonzaga University, Idaho State University, University of Idaho, Montana State University-Bozeman, Montana Tech, University of Montana, Oregon Institute of Technology, Oregon State University, Portland State University, University of Portland, Saint Martin's University, Seattle University, Washington State University, and University of Washington.

For more information contact the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at 474-7241.