AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition

The National Steel Bridge competition is a collegiate competition held annually by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). The Steel Bridge team at the University of California, Irvine is among the 18 universities that compete in Pacific Southwest regional conference. The top three teams will proceed to the national competition, which will take place at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale this year.

This project serves a supplement to the Civil Engineering curriculum by providing students with an student-led project where students will be able to conceptualize and design a bridge to client specification while optimizing performance, efficiency, and economy. The design will be structurally analyzed, fabricated, and erected to compete in different scoring categories. The bridge will be ranked based on stiffness, lightness, construction speed, aesthetics, efficiency and economy. With this project students will deal with different building constraints and will need to problem solve to find find alternatives and solutions to complete the project.