36 Valley teams to build bridges at competition at YSU this week

36 Valley teams to build bridges at com;petition at YSU this week

Staff report

Youngstown

High school students from 36 teams from high schools throughout Mahoning and Trumbull counties will participate in the sixth annual Mahoning Valley Miniature Bridge Building Competition from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center at Youngstown State University.

The competition has been organized and supported since 2008 by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at YSU, the Mahoning County Engineer’s Office, the Trumbull County Engineer’s Office and ms consultants inc.

The event involves the design and construction of a balsa wood bridge, followed by load testing until failure. The goal of the MVMBBC is to promote civil engineering as a career choice to students and to provide students with an educational opportunity to apply their knowledge to a real-world application.