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LEADERSHIP SPOKANE ANNOUNCEMENT |
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WEST POINT BRIDGE DESIGN CONTEST |
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Starting on January 29th, the United States Military Academy is pleased
to offer the 9th annual WEST POINT BRIDGE DESIGN CONTEST. The purpose
of this Internet-based competition is to provide middle school and high
school students with a realistic, engaging introduction to engineering.
The contest website is at http://bridgecontest.usma.edu. The Qualifying Round of the contest runs from January 28 to March 5, 2010. Anyone may enter, but only U.S. students, age 13 through grade 12, are eligible to compete for prizes. Students may compete individually or in teams to two. Participation is FREE! Each member of the winning team will receive a $5,000 scholarship, and each finalist will receive a notebook computer. To enter, students should: (1) Form a team. (2) Download and install the award-winning West Point Bridge Designer software, available for free from the contest website. (3) Use this software to design a bridge. (4) Return to the contest website to register and to upload the bridge design for judging. The website will provide immediate feedback about the contestants' current standing. Contestants may submit as many designs as they wish. For more information, including the official contest rules, see the contest website at http://bridgecontest.usma.edu. Teachers and engineering professionals who wish to run a local bridge design contest in conjunction with the national competition should see http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/ West Point provides this contest as a service to education--and as a tribute to the Academy's two centuries of service to the United States of America. |
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