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Regional Competition4/9/2022 We had regional competition this weekend! TCNJ competed against 5 other teams in the Metropolitan Region. The competition was held by Rutgers University. They provided the location, food, judges and everything else needed for the regional competition. It was a full day affair. The team was able to construct the bridge in just 22 minutes and 39 seconds! There were only 6 drops in total which was very good for the total amount of bolts and nuts that had to be installed when building. The load test was completed with the bridge only deflecting 0.489 inches with only 0.025 inches being on the cantilever end. The bridge passed in sway and was a total of 263 pounds. With these results we scored second in stiffness and third in both construction time and lightness. The bridge was presented so well, being painted school colors, having a school name plate created with the waterjet machine, and with a sleek poster design, we earned first place in aesthetics! We are overall very happy with our performance and happy to have been able to participate in such an involved senior project. We all learned so much from working hard the whole academic year and having a great end result because of it.
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