Mission Statement

Our mission is to unite a team of students who will be challenged to an inter-collegiate competition that includes design, fabrication, and construction of a scaled steel bridge that meets the defined specifications. Our team competes against other top colleges and universities across the nation and we aim to be among the best. The competition supplements the education students learn in the classroom by providing a practical project experience. This competition increases awareness of real world engineering issues such as serviceability, safety, aesthetics, and project management.

Our Background

Steel Bridge challenges Civil Engineering students by raising awareness to real world engineering issues. These concerns include meeting a client’s requirements while being efficient and economical. Each year the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) publishes new rules introducing the problem statement, scoring, and materials, components, structural, equipment, and construction specifications. As a result, the process is designing, fabricating, and constructing a 1/10 scale steel bridge abiding to AISC’s rules. A competitive team’s performance consists of construction speed, lightness, stiffness, aesthetics, construction economy, and structural efficiency during the regional and national competition. Click the logo to find out more.

What We DO

  • Our team coordinates, schedules meetings, and administers our teams logistic needs.

  • The design stage requires engineering applications to create a practical bridge that meets certain criteria such as:

    • Spatial & deflection constraint

    • Structural stability & efficiency

    • Connection design

    • Member sizing

  • Our team chooses to fabricate the bridge on campus instead of hiring professionals to further promote our schools “learn by doing” philosophy. Doing so allows students to take into account the practical aspects of a project such as scheduling, constructability, and cost.

  • The bridge construction is timed and requires students to build the bridge in a particular environment. The construction site simulates real world challenges by accommodating for rivers and hazardous locations.

OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • 2022 - 2023

    Regionals | 2nd Overall

    • 2nd Stiffness

    • 3rd Construction Speed

    • 3rd Economy

    Nationals | 7th Overall

    • 11th Stiffness

    • 5th Construction Speed

    • 4th Economy

  • 2021 - 2022

    Regionals | 2nd Overall

    • 1st Stiffness

    • 2nd Construction Speed

    • 2nd Economy

    Nationals | 4th Overall

    • 1st Stiffness

    • 11th Construction Speed

    • 8th Economy

  • 2020 - 2021

    Regionals | 1st Overall

    • 1st Efficiency

    • 1st Construction Speed

    • 1st Economy

    Nationals | 4th Overall

    • 5th Efficiency

    • 4th Construction Speed

    • 4th Economy