{"id":2368,"date":"2015-08-28T14:24:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T22:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pactrans\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2015-12-28T15:03:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T23:03:47","slug":"uaf-engineering-team-takes-first-place-in-regional-steel-bridge-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pactrans\/uaf-engineering-team-takes-first-place-in-regional-steel-bridge-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"UAF Engineering Team Takes First Place in Regional Steel Bridge Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by JR Ancheta\/UAF<\/p><\/div>\n

Students from the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Engineering and Mines won first place in all categories for their steel bridge entry in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Pacific Northwest Conference.<\/p>\n

Every year, the ASCE issues a new set of rules designed to challenge young engineering students. Students apply must apply concepts learned in the classroom and develop a competitive and innovative scale-model steel bridge that is within the guidelines set.<\/p>\n

At the competition, the bridge is then scored on many different factors, such as weight and rigidity, construction speed and even the number of team members building the bridge. The UAF team led the way in all areas from overall performance to structural efficiency and even aesthetics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bridge weighed less than 120 pounds and was assembled at the competition with only three team members in less than 17 minutes,\u201d noted team captain Daniel Hjortstorp. \u201cWe scored 40% better than even second place\u201d.<\/p>\n

The conference was held at Idaho State University, where 13 different Universities from the region convened to compete in many challenges, including a concrete canoe competition.\u00a0 This was UAF\u2019s second year competing in the concrete canoe challenge and they earned 4th<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur success is built on camaraderie and team-spirit\u2026build a team and the project will build itself,\u201d says Hjortstorp. \u201cOur countless hours spent designing and constructing taught us a lot about what a team with a common goal can accomplish.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

The UAF Steel Bridge team will go on to compete in the national competition on May 22 at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.<\/p>\n

In addition to Hjortstorp, student members of the Steel Bridge Team are:<\/p>\n

Will Riley*, a senior in mechanical engineering
\nElliot Anderson*, a junior in civil engineering
\nNathan Goering*, a senior in civil engineering
\nNathaniel Barnett*, a freshman in mechanical engineering
\nChase Delatush*, a junior in mechanical engineering
\nCatherine Estus*, a sophomore in civil engineering
\nZack Sherman, a junior in construction management
\nScott Taylor, a freshman in civil engineering
\nAlexa Hinzman, a senior in civil engineering
\nFei Li, a graduate student in civil engineering
\nDoug Keller, a sophomore in mechanical engineering
\nKrish Balasubramanian, a graduate student in civil engineering
\nDaniel Bozone, a sophomore in civil engineering
\nRyan Burnham, a sophomore in civil engineering<\/p>\n

*<\/b>The core team members<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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