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The steel-bridge and concrete-canoe committees make waves at the ASCE American regional competition and the Canadian national competition
The results of the two committees together placed them in third spot in the general rankings of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) American regional competition (Upstate New York section), which took place April 16 to 18 at the prestigious West Point Military Academy. The concrete-canoe team also finished third in the Canadian national competition.
ASCE American regional competition
The steel-bridge competition consists in building the lightest
possible steel bridge that can be assembled as quickly as possible with parts of a maximum length of three feet, and to obtain
the smallest possible deflection under a 2,400-lb load. The concrete-canoe competition consists in building a canoe
entirely out of concrete to race against other universities. The competition has four parts: an oral presentation, a technical
report, the races themselves, and the final product.
Results of Polytechnique's steel bridge
Construction time: 5th place (29.98 minutes)
Lightness: 4th place (141 lbs)
Rigidity: 3rd place, with a cumulative deflection of 2.4 inches
Exposition: 2nd place (general look of the bridge and information presented on a poster)
Assembly cost: 5th place
Bridge performance: 3rd place (relationship between the bridge's weight and its total deflection under load)
Overall result: 4th place
Results of Polytechnique's concrete canoe
The team wound up on the podium in almost every
category!
Finished product: 1st place
Oral presentation: 3rd place
Technical report: 3rd place
Endurance race (women): 1st place
Endurance race (men): 2nd place
Sprint race (women): 1st place
Cohesive activity: 2nd place
Overall result: 2nd place
General ranking of results for the steel bridge and concrete canoe: 3rd place, behind ÉTS (1st place) and SUNY Buffalo (2nd place).
Canadian national concrete canoe competition
The concrete-canoe team also took
part in the Canadian national concrete-canoe competition, which was held in Toronto from May 8 to 10.
Finished product: 3rd place
Technical report: 5th place
Endurance race (men): 2nd place
Endurance race (women): 3rd place
Sprint race (men): 4th place
Sprint race (women): 3rd place
Cohesive activity: 4th place
Overall result: 3rd place
The team, which delivered one of its best performances since 2000, has a good chance of qualifying for the American national competition next year.
Congratulations to both committees!
See also
Steel bridge website
Steel bridge Facebook page
Concrete canoe Facebook page
Concrete canoe website (in French only)
