FBPE staff traveled to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville for the ASCE Southeast Student Conference and the AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition. The two events were held concurrently Thursday through Saturday, March 28-30, 2019.
The two events kicked off with displays at the World’s Fair Park, under the Sunsphere, on Thursday evening.
The annual student conference, run by the American Society of Civil Engineers, featured a variety of competitions at UT’s Tickle College of Engineer on Friday, culminating in the concrete canoe competition on Saturday.
The regional Steel Bridge Competition, run by the American Institute of Steel Construction, was held Friday at the Knoxville Convention Center.
AISC Steel Bridge Competition, 2019
Teams from 18 universities, including six from Florida, competed in the regional Student Steel Bridge Competition run by the American Institute of Steel Construction. It was held at the Knoxville Convention Center on Friday, March 29, 2019.
ASCE Southeast Student Conference, 2019
The annual ASCE Southeast Student Conference gathered college students together to compete in 17 competitions. The 2019 conference ran March 28-30 at the University of Tennessee and the nearby World’s Fair Park in Knoxville, Tenn.