| Calendar of
Events
Week 1:
Identified what challenges we face
this semester.
1. Read competition guidlines and create bridge design.
2. Find sponsors.
3. Prepare for IPRO Reports, Midterms and Finals.
4. Design T-shirts for the contest.
5. Organize the trip to go to Wisconsin for the competition.
Week 2:
Create and organize class into groups
to better tackle the issues.
| Name |
Major |
Year |
Duties |
| Siva Nadarajah |
CS |
4 |
Website |
| Yoshikazu Komano |
CS |
4 |
Website |
| Rachel Surface |
ArchE |
3 |
IPRO Relation |
| Janet Martinez |
ArchE |
3 |
T-Shirt,Hat |
| Theresa Allen |
ArchE |
3 |
T-Shirt,Construction |
| Edward Keasler |
CE |
4 |
Construction |
| Pak Lam |
CE |
4 |
Design, Construction |
| Christopher Widlak |
CE |
4 |
Design, Construction |
| Matt Thomas |
CE |
4 |
Design, Construction |
| Jorge E Cobo |
CE |
4 |
Design |
| Alison Smith |
CE |
3 |
Design |
| Jamaica McCarthy |
CE |
4 |
Poster |
| Hiroyuki Katsuma |
ArchB |
5 |
Poster, Presentation |
| Shani Jallah |
CAE |
4 |
Sponsor |
Each team was sent to find out the best course of action
for each problem.
Week 3:
Each team gave short presentations
on what the steps they would take to acheive their tasks.
Design team was split in two and asked to come up with
designs. We discussed the good and bad about both designs
and chose a design we all felt would be a winner.
Week 4:
Identified 2 sponsors for the steel
supplies and a steel construction area with people to
assist in the construction of the bridge.
Further studies done into the design and fitting it
into the rules and guidelines.
Week 5:
Dgitization of design in progress.
T-shirt design released and voted on. Sent design to
Communication and Marketing department at IIT to make
sure it fitted with IIT's guidelines. Click here
to see the final design.
Also identified 2 more sponsors who had sent some money
to help us fund the project.
Week 6:
Design complete. Studies using programs
like SAP to study deflection of the bridge and really
understand the design done. Class shown and taught about
the bridge and breifed on how to construct it.
Week 7:
Class goes to Elgin to construct the
bridge. Construction went smoothly. Also T-shirts were
sent in to be printed. We got an awesome deal for the
t-shirts.
Week 8:
Construction complete. Brought the
bridge back to IIT and competition construction began.
Faced a couple of problems getting the bridge fitting
but worked things out fast and efficiently.
Week 9:
Competition training continues. More
sponsors found to support the trip to wisconsin and
stay there.
Got the great looking t-shirts to go with our awesome
bridge :)
Week 10:
Competition training continues. Ready
for the competition. GO IIT!!
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