This week the CivE 204 class were put to the test designing, constructing, and testing their own wooden stir-stick bridges. The requirements of this project were simple: using only stir-sticks, thread and glue, the groups had to create a structure that weighed at least 200 grams and spanned between 400-750 millimetres.
The score for winning was based on the following criteria:
- strength to weight squared ratio;
- road construction costs (which increase if the bridge is smaller);
- amount of time needed to construct the bridge; and
- the purchasing of data sets necessary to test the bridge
Group 19 emerged the victors, with an overall score of 2696.
Keyan Ahmadi, Nathan Katerberg, Tina Pham, Hayden Wing Hay Wong
Second place winners: Group 12, with a score of 1111
Haris Arshad Bhatti, Vienna Leigh Evans, Yeonjin Kim, Max Xuhao Xue Midwinter
Third place winners: Group 12, with a score of 1106
Ali Ali, Shuxian Nian, Kishlaye Rampul, Qing Zhang