UM Bridge Building Competition 2017

The testing of model bridges is one of the most popular types of competition for the field of Civil Engineering as it allows students to apply the knowledge learnt in lectures. IEM-USM Student Section has sent a team to participate in the University of Malaya Bridge Building Competition 2017 (UMBBC 2017). The competition was organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya. The team from USM consists of five third year students from the School of Civil Engineering. They are Cheah Yi Ben, Cheah Zu Yi, Make Chee Fong, Tan Chin Guan and Tan Yih Ken.

The competition has attracted 25 teams from different universities in Malaysia. A total of 3 hours was allocated for the construction of bridge model. The materials given were 500g of newspapers, one flue and two rolls of cellphane tape. A short presentation was made by each team for the judging session. The bridge model was then tested under seven level of applied loads.