Are you up to the challenge of designing a bridge? but can your design resist an earthquake?

The competition is intended for undergraduate engineering students in four and two year colleges. A team will have a maximum of five members and a minimum of two members. A faculty advisor is required to enter the competition.

A new bridge is to be constructed across the Ashley River in Charleston, South Carolina. The structure will be part of a new highway system to enhance the transportation network in downtown Charleston. The objective is to design the safest bridge using the least amount of material possible and constructed in the minimum time.

Because of the innovations of your company’s design, Your team is required to submit a design report in the form or a paper to the 6th National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways. A scaled version of your design will be tested at the conference in an earthquake simulator.

Objective

The objective of the competition is to generate seismic hazard awareness and interest in earthquake engineering and bridge design among civil engineering undergraduate students

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