Thursday October 15th Meeting With Parent
Chapter at 356th Fighter Group!
ASCE MEETINGS
Tuesday, February 2nd at
12:15pm
2009-10 Student Chapter
Dues: $10
Our UA Steel Bridge
team competed in the 2009 ASCE/AISC
Nationals held at the Thomas and Mack Center
at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The competition was held during the
weekend of May 22nd-23rd.
We competed against 47 teams from
around the country in 6 different
categories—these being: Construction speed,
lightness, stiffness, construction economy,
structural efficiency, and display.
In construction speed we placed 6th
with the time of 5.02 minutes. In lightness
we placed 24th with our bridge
weighing in at 202.0 lbs.
We placed 7th in stiffness
with an aggregate deflection of 0.38 inches.
Construction economy is based on the
number of builders (we had 4) multiplied by
construction time plus any penalties (we had
none), plus one temporary pier used during
construction (+ $50,000). In this category
we received 6th place with a cost
of $1,053,333.
Our score for structural efficiency,
which is based on aggregate deflection and
weight we placed 15th with a cost
of $1,276,000.
In display, which is used to break a
tie, we placed 17th.
Overall we placed 9th in
the competition with a cost of $2,329,333.
We are proud to have placed in the
top ten and are already thinking about next
year’s Regional’s at the University of
Kentucky and going on to Nationals at Purdue
University.
The UA Steel Team would like to send a special thank you out to all of our
sponsors and supporters!
Akron/Canton Chapter
Congratulations
to the new officers!!!!!
The elections took place earlier today and
the results are as follows. These positions
are for the 2009-2010 school year.
President - Justin Arnold
VP - Alex Maistros
Treasurer - Dan Lorenz
Secretary - Ellen Bauman
Publicist - Sarah Sullivan
RCCC - Lauren Skufca
Webmaster - Eric Hilty
Photographer - Thomas Weiss