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Kansas State University |
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Meet Your Co-Chairs
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Trevor Fenton
I am a Senior in Civil Engineering. I graduated high school from Holcomb, a small town in Southwest Kansas. I spent a year at Garden City Community College then transferred to Kansas State University. I joined steel bridge in 2006, so this is my fourth year on the team. I have enjoyed steel bridge every year! The team is full of fun and interesting people that are always willing to help. I hope everyone gets as much out of Steel Bridge as I have the past 3 years. If you have any questions regarding the team or what we do, please feel free to contact me at trevorf@ksu.edu. Wish us luck on another successful year!
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Kurt Hershey
I am a Senior in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Structural Engineering. My hometown is Hugoton, Ks where I graduated from Hugoton High School in 2006. I have been married for just over a year to my beautiful wife Kaitlin. This will be my fourth year to be a member of Steel Bridge. I was a member of the construction team two of those years. My expectations for this years team are high. I hope to have an increase in the number of younger members, place first at the regional competition and put an end to UMKCs' domination, and place in the top ten at the national competition. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at anytime.
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Our Progress
The meeting went well and was enjoyable. See you guys around soon for more information!
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2009 Results Regionals We placed second overall at regionals in Carbonadle, Illinois. Nationals We placed 25th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2008 Results Regionals We placed second overall at regionals at the University of Arkansas. Nationals We placed 14th out of the 43 North American teams at Gainesville, Florida.
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Links
Official ASCE/AISC Student steel bridge competition website: Official Site
Current copy of the rules: Rules
Competition Guide: Guide
Clarifications: Clarify |
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Our Sponsors
We would like to thank all of our sponsors, without them the steel bridge team would not be possible |
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About Steel Bridge
Most of the following information was obtained from the official steel bridge rules:
Brief Synopsis
Officially know as the Student Steel Bridge Competition, it is the premiere inter-collegiate steel bridge competition. In which civil engineering students design, fabricate and construct a steel bridge. After construction the bridge is then tested at the regional competition by applying a given load. If the bridge performs well enough, it will be tested again at the national competition. The competition is sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Its is also co-sponsored by the American Iron and Steel Institute and the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation. Competition There are two levels of competition: regional and national. Regional competitions are held in conjunction with ASCE regional conferences. Only one bridge per university is entered into the regional competition, and a university can only compete in one region. Invitations to compete at the national level are extended only to the winner from a region with two, three or four participating universities, to the top two teams from a region with five to ten participating, and the top three teams from a region with eleven or more participating universities. |