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SSBC Special Awards
Eligible participating teams may also win special awards that recognize extraordinary achievements in addition to the competition category awards.
SSBC Video Competition: The Envelope, Please!
It's lights, camera, congratulations for the teams from:
This year--for the first time!--we gave teams the opportunity to show us the features of the design, the analysis process they took to verify the design meets the structural specifications, their fabrication methods, their construction procedures, and the bridge's overall appeal to the owner.
Grab some popcorn and enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at these students' 2022 SSBC experience!
Special Awards
SSBC Team Engagement Award
Congratulations to the 2022 winner!
University of British Columbia
This award recognizes teams that foster equity, diversity, and inclusion. It celebrates formidable teams of smart people who draw from a broad array of backgrounds and experiences.
These backgrounds and experiences also may be very diverse. Your team will embrace the participation of all students regardless of race; color; religion or faith; sex; or the many other characteristics listed in the Competition Rules. Beyond that, some of your teammates may be just starting their undergraduate careers, while others may be on the cusp of entering professional practice with an advanced degree. Some may study topics outside engineering. Perhaps some demonstrate a remarkable commitment to the team by participating while working full-time. Still, others may juggle family life and build practice sessions, or be dedicated to following their own non-traditional educational path.
By creating an inclusive environment, you will benefit not just this year, but you will also sow the seeds for the future success of your team as you cultivate new leaders and establish a culture and processes to maximize participation and innovation.
The SSBC Team Engagement Award is presented to a team that demonstrates an outstanding commitment to building a diverse team, creating an inclusive environment, and appreciating the value of remarkable individuals working together to succeed. The basis for this competition is a one- to two-page written narrative that details how the team benefited from its efforts toward equity and diversity during recruiting, training, and while working together to design and create the best bridge they can.
All teams that compete at a Regional Competition are eligible for this award; participation is not mandatory and will have no effect on scoring and other facets of the competition.
Robert E. Shaw, Jr. Spirit of the Competition Award
The award is named for Robert E. Shaw, Jr. who founded the Student Steel Bridge Competition in the spring of 1987 as a means of challenging university and college students to use their engineering skills to design, fabricate, construct and test a scaled-version of a steel bridge in a friendly competition.
The Robert E. Shaw, Jr. Spirit of the Competition Award is presented to a team that demonstrates outstanding team comradery, professionalism, positive work ethic and respect for their competition peers.
All teams that compete at the SSBC National Finals are eligible for this award.
Frank J. Hatfield Ingenuity Award
The award is named for Frank J. Hatfield who was the Chair of the Student Steel Bridge Competition Rules Committee during its first three decades of existence. He was responsible for orchestrating the many evolutions of the rules since the first Student Steel Bridge Competition in 1992 and was involved in the competition from its inception.
The Frank J. Hatfield Ingenuity Award is presented to a team that shows the most engineering ingenuity in the design and/or construction of their bridge based on the requirements of the competition rules.
All teams that compete at the SSBC National Finals are eligible for this award.
The teams that win these three awards receive an AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition Scholarship. AISC will provide $1,000 in scholarship funds to a student or students of the team's choosing for the upcoming academic year. Winning teams must select these student(s) by September 1, 2022.