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November 06, 2018
UW Steel Bridge Team competes in nationals for the first time in 20 years
This past spring, the UW Steel Bridge team, sponsored by PacTrans, had the opportunity to participate in both the Regional and National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC).
The NSSBC was held May 25-26 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. This was the first time in 20 years that the UW team had been able to compete in nationals, with the exception of 2013, when the UW CEE hosted nationals, allowing the team to participate.
The team placed 31st, competing against 42 other teams, including those from Canada, China, and Mexico. Additionally, the team was judged on six different engineering categories: construction speed, display, economy, efficiency, lightness, and stiffness, in which they placed 16th, 21st, 24th, 32nd, 20th, and 33rdrespectively.
At this year’s regional competition, held this year from April 5-7 at the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the team competed against 16 other schools and took first in the construction speed category, assembling their bridge in 8 minutes and 45 seconds.
Congratulations to the UW Steel Bridge team on their success at competition!
Commuting to Work: In 2010, a reported 73.03% of Washington State drivers drove alone to work, while 10.48% used car pools and 5.49% used public transit.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Yinhai WangDr. Wang is a professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington. He serves as director for the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), USDOT University Transportation Center for Federal Region 10.
