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The
West Point Bridge Contest for 2008 has started. This is a
chance for you to show the Post you are a great engineer. Check out
http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/ to get the software. You will have to register with the contest to submit
a design. The contest will run until the middle of May. We have set up a local contest for
Explorer Post 1010. Our code is LMC13A. Here is how you get started and join our
local contest...
(1) Participants in
our local contest must register for the West Point Bridge Design Contest at
http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/login.htm.
Use "Start the Registration Wizard". You can register as a single person
team, or as a two person team.
(2) On the final page of the web
registration system (the same page on which teams are asked to provide
their e-mail address and password), contestants will see a text box
labeled, "If you are participating in a local contest organized by your
school, a local engineering association, or other organization, enter your
Local Contest Code here." Contestants should enter the Local Contest Code
in this text box. Our code is LMC13A.
(3) The website will check that the code is
a valid one and will post a confirmation on the Team Home Page.
(4) If a contestant has already registered
and did not enter the Local Contest Code at the time of registration, he
or she can add it at any time by logging into the Team Home Page.
(5) When you design a bridge, you will
have to enter our code (LMC13A) to get the special bridge
situation for our contest.
(6) After you design a bridge, you will
need to save it as a .bdc file. You then login at
http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/login.htm
and upload your design.
(7) Once our contest is
underway, you can view your own Local Contest Scoreboard on the following
web page:
http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/standings/local/LMC13A.htm.
This scoreboard will be automatically
updated at least every 24 hours. |
