Bridge Building Contest

More than 3,000 local high school students design, build, and test bridges for maximum load as their main objective during this competition. First organized by a few high school physics teachers at Illinois Institute of Technology, this competition is now administered by the International Bridge Building Contest Committee. This year's competition will take place on Tuesday February 10, 2009 at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL 60616, USA.  Visit www.iit.edu/~hsbridge for more information.  If you have a question about the rules, FIRST take a look at the list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to see if the answer is already there. If you have read the FAQ, and still have a question about the contest rules, then you may contact the chief judge, George Krupa at gekrupa@aol.com. For questions on any contest topic EXCEPT the rules please contact Professor John Kallend at kallend@iit.edu.

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