Design Winners Announced for International Student Competition
The 2014 International Student Competition on Cold-Formed Steel Design announced three winners from the University of North Texas, Tongji University, and the University of Waterloo. The competition promoted higher education in cold-formed steel structural design and encouraged students to use creative thinking skills to solve engineering problems. Co-sponsors for the 2014 competition included the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the University of North Texas, and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Generating 42 entries from eight universities in China, Thailand, Brazil, Canada and the United States, all entries were judged by a panel of industry professionals and ranked according to the design’s efficiency and constructability. As well, they were assessed on the quality of the essay submitted with the entry.