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Albany State University in conjunction with Georgia Space Grant Consortium in commemoration of National Engineers Week organizes every year |
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for High and Middle School Students in the campus of |
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Albany State University |
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· The competition is an annual event celebrating National Engineers’ Week in Southwest Georgia to create awareness among school 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 students in Southwest Georgia working as a team to solve realistic engineering problems by designing and building a structurally efficient balsa wood bridge according to very demanding specifications. The efficiency will be measured by the ratio of the breaking load to the weight of the bridge which is restricted to 1 ounce. A panel of judges from industry and research organizations will 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, each consisting of 1 to 3 members, can participate from one school in their respective categories (high or middle school). |
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· As we celebrated the tenth anniversary of the competition in 2012, an "open" category was added to the existing high and middle school categories to encourage any interested person including teachers, students, parents, practicing or retired engineers to build a model bridge with minimum restriction on the design specifications and participate in the contest. Next Advisory Committee meeting in August 2012 will decide whether the "open" will be held again. |
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· The top 3 teams in each category will be 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) will get free commemorative T-shirts. |
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2005 Bridge Building Competition 2006 Bridge Building Competition 2007 Bridge Building Competition 2008 Bridge Building Competition 2009 Bridge Building Competition 2010 Bridge Building Competition 2011 Bridge Building Competition 2012 Bridge Building Competition 2013 Bridge Building Competition Rules of the competition can be viewed here: Ø High School Bridge Building Contest Rules |
