Contest Results

Final Round

The Final Round of the Engineering Encounters Bridge Design Contest was conducted on Saturday, June 28, 2014, at West Point, New York. Five high school teams and three middle school teams received two new design scenarios for the West Point Bridge Designer 2014 software and had just two hours to develop their designs.  When it was all over, team ABC Bridge–Stephen and Anthony Chen from University High School in Morgantown, West Virginia–triumphed in the high school category; and the Bridge Insider–Nikki Zinzuwadia from Saint Francis de Sales Middle School in Beckley, West Virginia–finished first in the middle school category. The winners received $5,000 and $1,000 scholarships in the high school and middle school categories, respectively.

Many thanks to our primary sponsor, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and to Dell, which donated the gorgeous VENUE 11 Pro tablet computers awarded to all eight of our finalist teams.

Complete Final Round results are provided below.  Congratulations to our winners–the world’s best virtual bridge builders for 2014!

High School Results

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Team Name
Captain School
City, State
1ABC BridgeUniversity High SchoolMorgantown, WV
2Team EpicThousand Oaks High SchoolThousand Oaks, California
3Gold MoneyCornwall Central High SchoolCornwall, NY
4Math WizzesGreenbrier East High SchoolLewisburg, WV
5WetooloWRiverdale High SchoolPortland, Or

Middle School Results

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Team Name
Captain School
City, State
1Bridge InsiderSt. Francis de SalesBeckley, WV
2Team PineappleWindy Ridge k-8Orlando, FL
3JackthegreatestCoronado Middle SchoolCoronado, CA

Semi-Final Round

The Semi-Final Round of the Engineering Encounters Bridge Design Contest was conducted on May 30, 2014, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm EDT. During this period, 60 teams used the West Point Bridge Designer 2014 to create new bridge designs, based on a unique semi-final project scenario.

The official results of the Semi-Final Round (with consolidated high school and middle school standings) are shown below. The winning semi-final design, submitted by team Gold Money from Cornwall, NY, is shown at right.

Congratulations to our eight finalist teams!

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Team Name
Captain School
City, State
Status
1Gold MoneyCornwall Central High SchoolCornwall, NYH.S. Finalist
2Team EpicThousand Oaks High SchoolThousand Oaks, CaliforniaH.S. Finalist
3Math WizzesGreenbrier East High SchoolLewisburg, WVH.S. Finalist
4ABC BridgeUniversity High SchoolMorgantown, WVH.S. Finalist
5IroneeCornwall Central High SchoolNew Windsor, NY
6WetooloWRiverdale High SchoolPortland, OrH.S. Finalist
7ChainzLebanon High SchoolLebanon, New Hampshire
8Just Go With ItGoodland High SchoolGoodland, Kansas
9Finn The HumanPike View High SchoolBeeson, WV
10SovieTrussiaHigh Technology High SchoolMarlboro, New Jersey
11Team PineappleWindy Ridge k-8Orlando, FloridaM.S. Finalist
12The OlympiansOlympia High SchoolOrlando, FL
13Bridge InsiderSt. Francis de SalesBeckley, WVM.S. Finalist
14EscapeVelocityEscape Velocity Home SchoolHouston, Texas
15VVBPValley View High SchoolBlakely, Pennsylvania
16TigersHomeschoolMiddletown, NJ
17Just Truss MeGould AcademyBethel, Maine
18jackthegreatestCoronado Middle SchoolCoronado, CAM.S. Finalist
19JDMsquadPort Charlotte High SchoolPort Charlotte, Florida
20TheBoltsCommunity School of NaplesNaples, Florida
21GeniusMiddleton High Schoolriverview, FL
22SynergyWasilla High SchoolWasilla, AK
23Epic-erCharter School of WilmingtonHockessin, DE
24BridgeDesignersCharlotte Technical CenterPort Charlotte, Fl
25Syndicate GammaTri-County RVTHSNorth Attleboro, MA
26Old City BuildersPedro Menendez High SchoolSaint Augustine, FL
27mechamakosMAST AcademyMiami, Florida
28DinnerMcCarthy Middle SchoolChelmsford, MA
2949ersHigh Technology High SchoolHolmdel, NJ
30ZsquaredRedwood Middle SchoolNewbury Park, CA
3102_SpaceJamMonte Vista High SchoolDanville, CA
32The Boston CelticsRedwood Middle SchoolThousand Oaks, CA
33[Witty Team Name]Douglas MacArthur High SchoolSan Antonio, TX
34Team AweSomeWindy RidgeOrlando, FL
35Bridge RehabSaint Francis De SalesBeckley, WV
363BOHRIBowman Ashe DoolinMiami, FL
37Genius DinastyMadison Middle SchoolTampa, Florida
38Bridge It On!Ward Melville High SchoolSouth Setauket, NY
39PowerRangersHowell Middle School NorthFarmingdale, NJ
40The man of steelEast View High SchoolGeorgetown, Texas
41Benjamin's BridgeGardner Edgerton High SchoolGardner, KS
42Punk&RedneckCarver Middle High SchoolCarver, MA
43WeirHighEngineersWeir High SchoolWeirton, WV
44Mary Persons1Mary Persons High SchoolForsyth, GA
45sharkshomeschoolBerrien Springs, Michigan
466pointohhHamburg Area High SchoolHamburg, PA
47Team CTCIACharlotte Technical CenterPort Charlotte, Florida
48Contract BridgeYork HighNewport News, VA
49T-dog----
50MPBulldogsMary Persons High SchoolForsyth, Georgia
51MinecraftiansHighlands IntermediateMakakilo, Hawaii
52Rubik's 3x3x3Adele C. Young Intermediate SchoolPerry, Utah
53NeverStopBuildingNorthwest Career & Technical AcademyLas Vegas, NV
54Al^2Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High SchoolRaritan, NJ
55CVCS----
56Beauty and the BridgeEastern Greenbrier Middle SchoolLewisburg, WV
57flying cloud----
58JohannationMount Sinai Middle SchoolMount Sinai, New York
59Bridge NamePark Middle SchoolBeckley, WV
60Team808Mililani Middle SchoolMililani, Hawaii

Qualifying Round

The Qualifying Round of the Engineering Encounters Bridge Design Contest was conducted from January 14 through May 2, 2014. During this period, 8,782 teams registered for the contest and used the West Point Bridge Designer 2014 to design an amazing variety of bridges. 6,398 of these teams submitted 27,804 unique bridge designs to the contest website for judging.

The official results of the Qualifying Round are shown below.  The top design, by Team Epic, was a 40-meter span with standard abutments, with an amazingly low cost of $156,909.07.

Congratulations to our semi-finalists!

High School Category

#
Team Name
Team Captain's School
State
1Team EpicThousand Oaks, Thousand OaksCA
2WetooloWRiverdale High School, PortlandOR
3TigersHomeschool, MiddletownNJ
4Gold MoneyCornwall Central High School, New WindsorNY
56pointohhHamburg Area High School, HamburgPA
6Math WizzesGreenbrier East High School, LewisburgWV
7VVBPValley View High School, ArchbaldPA
8Finn The HumanPike View High School, PrincetonWV
9IroneeCornwall Central High School, New WindsorNY
10ABC BridgeUniversity High School, MorgantownWV
11BridgeDesignersCharlotte Technical Center, Port CharlotteFL
12The man of steelEast View High School, GeorgetownTX
13JDMsquadPort Charlotte High School, Port CharlotteFL
14mechamakosMAST Academy, Key BiscayneFL
15The OlympiansOlympia High School, OrlandoFL
16Team CTCIACharlotte Technical Center, Port CharlotteFL
17SynergyWasilla High School, WasillaAK
18Epic-erCharter School of Wilmington, WilmingtonDE
19LBHS_P1_1Lemon Bay High School, EnglewoodFL
20WeirHighEngineersWeir High School, WeirtonWV
21SovieTrussiaHigh Technology High School, LincroftNJ
22Al^2Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School, BridgewaterNJ
23TheBoltsCommunity School of Naples, NaplesFL
24Just Go With ItGoodland High School, GoodlandKS
25KillerBishop Carroll Catholic High School, WichitaKS
26[Witty Team Name]Douglas MacArthur High School, San AntonioTX
27Genius Middleton High School , TampaFL
28NeverStopBuildingNorthwest Career & Technical Academy, Las VegasNV
29Old City BuildersPedro Menendez High School, Saint AugustineFL
30EscapeVelocityEscape Velocity Home School, HoustonTX
31Bridge RehabSaint Francis De Sales, BeckleyWV
3202_SpaceJamMonte Vista High School, DanvilleCA
33MPBulldogsMary Persons High School, ForsythGA
34Benjamin's BridgeGardner Edgerton High School, GardnerKS
35cryptopiAmerican Heritage School, PlantationFL
36Mary Persons1Mary Persons High School, ForsythGA
37Just Truss MeGould Academy, BethelME
38SteelcrafterWashington High School, WashingtonIA
39Syndicate Gamma Tri-County RVTHS, FranklinMA
4049ersHigh Technology High School, LincroftNJ
41ChainzLebanon High School, LebanonNH
42Contract BridgeYork High, YorktownVA
43AtlasMiami Coral Park SHS, MiamiFL
44Bridge It On!Ward Melville High School, East SetauketNY

Middle School Category

#
Team Name
Captain school
State
1Bridge InsiderSt. Francis de Sales, BeckleyWV
2Beauty and the BridgeEastern Greenbrier Middle School, LewisburgWV
3Team Pineapple Windy Ridge k-8, OrlandoFL
4CVCSChicago Virtual Charter School IL
5Genius DinastyMadison Middle School, TampaFL
6ZsquaredRedwood Middle School, Thousand OaksCA
7DinnerMcCarthy Middle School, ChelmsfordMA
8ThinkGreenPalmetto Middle School, MiamiFL
9sharkshomeschool, InnishannonMI
10Bridge Name Park Middle School, BeckleyWV
11Team AweSomeWindy Ridge, OrlandoFL
12880BBelen Jesuit Preparatory School, MiamiFL
13Lansing LionsLansing Middle School, LansingKS
14T-dogOconee County Middle School, WatkinsvilleGA
15MinecraftiansHighlands Intermediate, Pearl CityHI
16
flying cloudHomeschool, DothanAL
17Rubik's 3x3x3Adele C. Young Intermediate School, Brigham CityUT
183BOHRIBowman Ashe Doolin, MiamiFL
19stoneturtlestoneWoodland Middle School, North PortFL
20The Boston CelticsRedwood Middle School, Thousand OaksCA
21Punk&RedneckCarver Middle High School, CarverMA
22PowerRangersHowell Middle School North, FarmingdaleNJ
23jackthegreatestCoronado Middle School, CoronadoCA
24JohannationMount Sinai Middle School, Mount SinaiNY
25Team808Mililani Middle School, MililaniHI
26Team FoxtrotGrace Academy Homeschool, Brown DeerWI
27The AwesomenautsBirdsall Academy, NormalIL