And here's the Bridge Competition! What do the Firestone Project Lead the Way Students do for fun? Why, we build and break bridges of course! The entire program (all eighty-six of us, regardless of class or grade) comes together twice a year; for Balsa Wood Bridges in the winter, and Cardboard Canoes in the spring. This is one of the few opportunities where you can see the program as a whole, doing what they do best! Each student team of three is given the same bill of materials and time period and a simple task; design and build a bridge. Students spend time in class designing a bridge on Inventor and printing out a lifesize .ipt file for them to build from. Then, for one day, we build from 8am to 11am. Sounds pretty awesome, right? Ready...Go! This event is traditionally run by program alumni, but when weather prevented all of them to show up, club seniors Kerry Holmes, Steven Edwards, Chris Morris, Tyler Stallsmith and Erica Kraus stepped up to keep things running smoothly. Special thanks to David Cardew, who returned to his alma mater to be our announcer for the day! Congratulations to Drew, Nick and Leo who won 1st place with an efficiency of 524.57%! The top two teams will progress to represent Firestone at the Summit County Engineer's Balsa Wood Bridge Competition in February. Results are below.
~Erica Kraus Club Secretary
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