Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Popsickle Stick Bridge Design Kick-Off

The SJP Engineering Club kicked off its first project with a Popsicle stick bridge design competition! Over 25 students were in attendance for the event. Students are encouraged to work in groups of 2 or 3 to complete the challenge.


Criteria for the bridge design:
  • Bridge must have a minimum width of 1 popsicle stick
  • Bridge must span .7 m and not be any longer than .85 m
  • Be able to support at least 1 kg load
  • Be made only of hot glue and popsicle sticks
We'll test the bridges on Tuesday, March 9th.

The winning bridge will be determined based on the following ratio:

mass_held / mass_bridge

The greatest ration wins!

Good luck to our teams!

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