DOI: 10.7277/5vef-wt52
title: International Bridge Contest

description: &lt;h2&gt;HISTORY&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;The first International Bridge Contest took place in 2007. The contest was conceived by Professor Toshikatsu Ichinose from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. In the contest, students build and test to failure scaled models of trusses and/or bridges made with simple daily-use materials such as paper, small wood sticks, rope, and styrofoam. The objective of the contest is to involve large numbers of students in a multicultural experience that allows them to put to test their creativity and their technical skills, without requiring expensive materials and laboratory facilities.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Initially the contest included universities from Japan and the United States. Today it also includes universities from Turkey, Colombia, and Chile. The contest takes place once a year. It is done and broadcast live through the World Wide Web.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;PREVIOUS WINNERS&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;table&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YEAR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UNIVERSITY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TEAM MEMBERS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2007&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Nagoya Institute of Technology&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Hiroki Mizuno, Masaki Sata,Tomoka Hirano, Miyuki Takamura, Takahiro Yokoyama&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2008&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Nagoya Institute of Technology&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Lukman Lukman&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2009&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Colorado State University&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Thang Nguyen Dao, Lindsi Hammond, Katelin Crook, Zach Taylor, Omar Amini&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2010&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Purdue University&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Nathaniel Sedra, Allen Deschepper, John Lyrenmann, Chungwook Sim, Eduardo Perez, Mike Wesson&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2011&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Purdue University&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Ying Wang, Rabab Al Louzi, Amer Abdel Karim Alkloub&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2012&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;University of Minnesota&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Marie Desharnais, Ben Dymond, Andrew Gastineau, and Davide Giannuzzi&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2013&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Purdue University&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Jacob Johnson, Payden Johnson, Aishwarya Y.Puranam&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2014&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Purdue University&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;A. Puranam, J. Bubalo, S. Paulsen, S. Magers, C.W. Sim, L. Laughery, Y. Zhang, D. Daluga, N. Skok,&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2015&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Purdue University&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;A. Puranam, L. Laughery, W. Pollalis&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2016&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Purdue University&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;D. Yang, S. Wang, Z. Liu, C. Qian, S. Houldieson, A. Puranam, W. Pollalis, L. Laughery&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;2017&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Yokohama National University&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The contest is sponsored by &lt;b&gt;Yahagi Construction Co., Ltd.&lt;/b&gt; Their generous support is greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;nb:citations&gt;&lt;/nb:citations&gt;