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Bisonguy
03-09-2006, 10:56 PM
NDSU bridge wins

North Dakota State University civil engineering students placed first last weekend at the Midwest Regional Steel Bridge Competition for the fourth year in a row.
The seven-student team competed against eight other universities.

The overall goal of the competition is to have a light, stiff and easy to assemble bridge. The rules change each year to give students a new test.

NDSU’s bridge is 22 feet long and stands about 6 feet above the ground.

The students will advance to the national competition May 26-27 in Salt Lake City. NDSU won the national contest in 2004, 2002 and 1995, more times than any other university.

Go Bison!

From: The Forum (http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=119976&section=columnists&columnist=A my%20Dalrymple)
sambini
03-10-2006, 02:35 AM
Nice job and GO BISON.
NanoBison
03-10-2006, 06:18 AM
Congratulations to the best and the brightest. Go Bison!
mjh
03-10-2006, 08:26 PM
Gees, I don't see und engineers in the winners list! ;D ;D ;D
BisonBacker
03-10-2006, 10:53 PM
Gees, I don't see und engineers in the winners list! ;D ;D ;D
Do they allow Sanitation Engineers in the competition? ;)
ndsubison
03-16-2006, 03:44 AM
It's too hard to make a bridge out of hockey sticks.
sambini
03-16-2006, 05:15 AM
DO THEY HAVE A TOUGH TIME WELDING THOSE HOCKEY STICKS? Or that class is not offered till there junior year.
Wacker_in_the_Hall
03-16-2006, 05:18 AM
UND engineers were very active in the building of dikes and flood maintenance in 1997
sambini
03-16-2006, 11:09 PM
Also in the roof design of the ALERUS.
MplsBison
03-16-2006, 11:33 PM
A weird thing,

the UND BSME, BSEE, and BSCE were all ABET certified in 1936.

The NDSU BSME wasn't certified until 1940 and BSEE and BSCE weren't until 1948.


Yet NDSU is considered the engineering school with far superior programs.
buffalobill
03-16-2006, 11:41 PM
I believe Und engineers were in charge of quality control on the dikes and levees in New Orleans! ::) ::) ::)
NanoBison
03-17-2006, 04:56 AM
A weird thing,

the UND BSME, BSEE, and BSCE were all ABET certified in 1936.

The NDSU BSME wasn't certified until 1940 and BSEE and BSCE weren't until 1948.


Yet NDSU is considered the engineering school with far superior programs.


The amount of time spent on something doesn't necessarily account for the quality of the product. I know people who are still going to college trying to achieve their undergrad and are on 10 years. I garuantee you, they're not going to be twice as good as someone who did it 5 years.

I know the previous post was a slam against UND and I agree. NDSU is BY FAR the premiere Engineering, Computer Science, Polymeric, Architecture, Pharmacy and Veterinary science University (pardon me if I left a few out... we exceed in quite a few fields) in the region. Aside from UofM of course in some aspects. ;D