Albany State University

in conjunction with

Georgia Space Grant Consortium

in commemoration of

National Engineers Week

organizes 

each year in the month of February

at

Albany State University

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The competition is an annual event celebrating National Engineers’ Week in Southwest

Georgia to create awareness among students and their parents about the

engineering profession.

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The event is sponsored by Georgia Space Grant Consortium, an organization created

and wholly funded by NASA to increase the participation of high school students in

Science and Engineering careers as well as university students in Aerospace research.

This helps NASA’s future workforce development project.

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The competition provides an opportunity for school students in Southwest Georgia

 to solve realistic engineering problems by designing and building a structurally efficient balsa

wood bridge according to very demanding specifications. The efficiency is measured by the

ratio of the breaking load to the weight of the bridge. A panel of judges from industry and

research organizations conduct the testing and declare the winners.

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The competition is open to all high school and middle school students in Southwest Georgia.

Any number of teams can participate from one school in their respective categories (high or

middle schools).

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The top 3 teams in each category are awarded commemorative prizes. The plaque in each

category is given to the school with the best overall performance in that category. All

participants (students and teachers) get free T-shirts.

Announcement: The 2010 Annual Bridge Competition will be held on Saturday, February 27th, 2010 in Albany State University. The rules of the competition will remain unchanged from last year and can be viewed by clicking the link below. The exact venue will be announced later.

As promised earlier, we are including a few basic Bridge Building Tips. Teachers and mentors are requested to direct their students to this page which will hopefully make it easier for the uninitiated to attain a respectable score as well as refine the techniques for those who have built model bridges before. Also, included is a PowerPoint presentation that I made in a Technology Student Association conference two years ago.

Model Bridge Building Tips

Anatomy of A Bridge