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2019 SSBC National Finals Results

The Student Steel Bridge Competition team from Lafayette College successfully defended their national title in Carbondale, Ill.

The team from the Easton, Penn.-based school came out on top for the second year in a row as 41 teams from the country's top engineering programs met to determine the winner of the 2019 competition.

Big thanks to Southern Illinois University for hosting the competition in grand style, complete with an appearance from Big Al, a retired racing camel, to round out the event's "Engineer Like an Egyptian" theme.

2019 SSBC- National Finals Qualifying Teams

Arkansas State University
Brigham Young University
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University of America
Christian Brothers University
Clarkson University
Cooper Union
Drexel University
Kansas State University
Kennesaw State University
Lafayette College
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Tech University
Michigan Technological University
Missouri University of Science and Technology
New York City College of Technology
North Dakota State University
Norwich University
Oregon Institute of Technology
Purdue University - Northwest
South Dakota State University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
SUNY Canton
Texas A&M University
The College of New Jersey
The University of Akron
The University of Oklahoma
The University of Texas at San Antonio
University at Buffalo
University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of California, Berkeley
University of Colorado Denver
University of Connecticut
University of Florida
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Utah State University
West Virginia University
Youngstown State University

2019 SSBC- National Finals Results

OVERALL

1st Place - Lafayette College
2nd Place - University of Florida
3rd Place - Youngstown State University

Construction Speed

1st Place - Lafayette College
2nd Place - University at Buffalo
3rd Place - SUNY Canton

Lightness

1st Place - Drexel University
2nd Place - The College of New Jersey
3rd Place - University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Stiffness

1st Place - Lafayette College
2nd Place - University of Florida
3rd Place - SUNY Canton

Aesthetics

1st Place - Arkansas State University
2nd Place - University of Colorado Denver
3rd Place - Clarkson University

Construction Economy

1st Place - Lafayette College
2nd Place - Youngstown State University
3rd Place - University of Florida

Structural Efficiency

1st Place - Lafayette College
2nd Place - University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
3rd Place - University of Alaska Fairbanks

Special Awards

Frank J. Hatfield
Ingenuity Award

Rules Committee comments:

University of Alaska Anchorage

"The University of Alaska Anchorage team had a unique and innovative design and construction process to address this year's asymmetric bridge requirement."

Robert E. Shaw, Jr. Spirit of the Competition Award