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First Place in Stiffness at Nationals

The UMKC ASCE Steel Bridge Team scored 1st Place in Stiffness at the annual National Steel Bridge Competition, and placed 7th Overall. This was our best year yet and let work to improve upon this for the next year.

First Place at Regional's

For the THIRD time in a row, UMKC's Steel bridge team has won First Place at Regional's which were held at University of Arkansas on April 16-19, 2008.

The final rankings are:

  • 1-UMKC
  • 2-Kansas State
  • 3-Missouri S&T
  • 4-Arkansas
  • 5-Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
  • 6-Missouri-Columbia
  • 7-Kansas
  • 8-Nebraska-Omaha
  • 9-Oklahoma State - DQ
  • 9-Oklahoma - DQ
  • 9-Nebraska Lincoln - DQ

UMKC's ranking in each category is:

  • Display-1st
  • Construction Speed-1st
  • Lightness-2nd
  • Stiffness-1st
  • Economy-1st
  • Efficiency-1st
  • Overall-1st

Please go to Steel Bridge Team website for more information: http://www.sce.umkc.edu/cme/steelroos/