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Congratulations to Peninsula College on its recent success at the SAMPE 2017 Student Bridge Competition. Peninsula College’s co-located facility with Composite Recycling Technology Center in Port Angeles, Washington is part of IACMI’s west coast regional extension.
The Peninsula College Composites team placed 7th out of 24 entries in their class during the international SAMPE Student Bridge Competition held in Seattle Wednesday, May/24/17. Over 70 total teams entered from the USA, Canada, Mexico, and China, competing in 8 classes of model bridges.
The PC Pirates team (the only solely 2 year school) defeated teams from the University of Washington, UCLA, NYU, Western Washington University, University of Delaware, University of Maryland, Harbin Engineering University (China), Gonzaga University, Brigham Young University, and Montana Tech.
Advanced Composites students Scott Ohman (team leader), Dustin Henning, Keith Lesnick, and Andrew Martyanov designed, built, and tested 2 bridges over 3 weeks prior to their first-time entry in the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Student Bridge Competition, which enters its 20th year. Their bridge, weighing only 43.8 ounces, withstood a load of 6.7 tons before failing, making their bridge the 3rd strongest, and giving them the 7th place ranking in their I-beam class.
The Pirates built a test fixture like the one used in the competition, allowing them to load test their first bridge to 11,900 lbs. They then built the 2nd bridge for the contest entry.
The Composites Recycling Technology Center, co-located with the Advanced Composites program, donated carbon fiber materials, equipment use, and performed engineering reviews to refine the student’s design. Guy Houser, Chief Engineer, answered student’s questions, discussed engineering concepts, and reviewed the design changes.
The SAMPE convention was held in Seattle this year, making it ideal for the student’s first entry in the Student Bridge Completion. The Competition is always a popular event, with SRO crowds cheering on the winners, and clapping in sympathy when a student bridge fails.
Keith Lesnick and Andrew Martyanov graduate from Peninsula College this June with AAS degrees.
For more information, please contact Kari Desser, (360) 417-6291 KDesser@pencol.edu
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