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ASCE LA YMF / OC K-12 - Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition October 2018 - ASCE OC - American Society of Civil Engineers - Orange County Branch

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ASCE LA YMF / OC K-12 - Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition October 2018 - ASCE OC - American Society of Civil Engineers - Orange County Branch

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ASCE OC K-12 Outreach Committee

2018 Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition
By Adeleine J. Tran, YMF Networking Social Co-Chair

On March 3 rd, 2018, ASCE LA Younger Member Forum (LA YMF) hosted the 24 th Annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition (PSBC). The event took place at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) with over 50 schools, 200 students and faculty advisors, and 70 ASCE volunteers from the Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego YMF sections. Some of the volunteers were actually former high school students who previously participated in the same competition!

Student teams were judged based on their posters, oral presentations, technical papers, craftsmanship, and lastly, their bridges' performance when subjected to loading. In between the competition, the students also participated in fun, creative team-building challenges, enjoyed campus tours led by CSULA's ASCE Student Chapter, and were inspired by keynote speaker ASCE Society President-Elect, Robin Kemper and our very own ASCE OC board member, Isamar Escobar. The competition ended with a special screening of ASCE's Dream Big film to further inspire future generation of engineers. ASCE OC K-12 had a great time volunteering and supporting LA YMF with the event - what a fun way to engage local high school students and introduce them to the amazing civil engineering profession!

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By Adeleine J. Tran, YMF Networking Social Co-Chair On March 3 rd, 2018, ASCE LA Younger Member Forum (LA YMF) hosted the 24 th Annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition (PSBC). The event took place at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) with over 50 schools, 200 students and faculty advisors, and 70 ASCE volunteers from the Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego YMF sections.

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Unit 3: Cultural Partnerships Project Rubric  

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Start thinking of the criteria for each of the five phases.

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Unit 3: Cultural Partnerships Project Rubric  

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He's an American who teaches 4th grade at Shekou International School in Shenzhen, China.

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Winners at a bridge building competition

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Learning by practice is always the best, says civil engineering professor Amr ElRagaby. That's what makes a contest to design and build a model bridge from popsicle sticks a valuable experience for his students.

"They can understand the principles, but when they have a chance to apply the theories, they learn something they will never forget," he says.

Students of his third-year class in Finite Element for Analysis and Design will test the load-bearing capacity of their structures Wednesday, and invite the campus community to watch. The competition measures their skills in analyzing, designing and constructing truss bridges built only with craft sticks, toothpicks, and glue. Each bridge will measure 750 mm and will be subjected to a load test until it collapses.

"Failure is the ultimate goal, because only then can we know the ultimate limits of their strengths and flexibility," says Dr. ElRagaby.

The competition offers cash prizes in three categories:

highest ratio of load borne to structure mass and deformation;

most accurate prediction of maximum load; and

most creative and innovative design.

The testing is open for public viewing and begins at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, in the Industrial Courtyard, Centre for Engineering Innovation.

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Model competition to test engineering students' bridge-building skills

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The public is invited to watch engineering students test the strength of their model bridges on Wednesday.

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St. Mary's International School Student Questions-Hanoi, Vietnam

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St. Mary's International School Student Questions-Hanoi, Vietnam

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St. Mary's Student Pen Pal Collab-Round 1

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NCDOT: Model Bridge Building Competition

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NCDOT: Model Bridge Building Competition

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NCDOT: Model Bridge Building Competition