What is Steel Bridge?
Steel Bridge is a national competition that requires students to design a bridge around 20 feet long and no taller than 5 feet. The bridge comprises multiple members that must be constructed during the timed competition.
Typically, the fall semester is devoted to designing the steel bridge. Fabrication begins in January and will continue until the regional competition in the first week of April. There are periodic meetings throughout the fall. However, things ramp up in the spring semester resulting in a higher need for involvement.
2024-2025 Officer Board:
- Co-Captains – Brian Wu (bwu318@gatech.edu) & Mike Popplewell (mpopplewell6@gatech.edu)
- Connections Lead – Ruocheng Wang (rcwang@gatech.edu)
- Officer at Large – Jordan Glass (jglass35@gatech.edu)
- Design Lead – Gabe Ackall (gackall@gatech.edu)
- Social Media Chair – Peter Grafstein (pgrafstein3@gatech.edu)
- Secretary – David Sparks (dsparks33@gatech.edu)
- Graduate Advisors – Teddy Lemire (tlemire3@gatech.edu) & Josh Gargan (jgargan3@gatech.edu)
- Faculty Advisors – Dr. Ryan Sherman (ryan.sherman@ce.gatech.edu), Dr. Donald White (dwhite@ce.gatech.edu), & Mr. Andy Udell (andy.udell@ce.gatech.edu)
Last Year’s Rules: 2023 AISC Steel Bridge Rules
Watch the videos below to get an idea of what the building portion of Steel Bridge is like: