The team earned their spot at nationals last April when the team attended the North Central Regional Conference and placed second overall.
Each year, in late summer, the annual ASCE/AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition begins when the year’s rules are released. Teams then use the winter and early spring to design and construct bridges that conform to the year’s competition before competing with one another—in the competitions, the bridges are tested for stability, strength, serviceability, and numerous other attributes.
The Michigan team designed their bridge before fabricating the components using machines available in the machine shop on campus.
