Thursday, May 17, 2007

ETS's Pontacier to be goin' cross country!

Link here:

http://www.etsmtl.ca/manager/doc/competitions_asce.html










rough translation from French:

At the time of the regional competitions 2007, held in the framework of a congress studying american Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the club Tomahawk hoisted itself to the 1st row of classification, getting ahead of its competitors for the aesthetic one and the rapidity of his prototype.

Eleven establishments participated in these competitions the 13 and April 14 to the university Cornell, in the New York state. The éts was the alone Canadian represented school.

Taking equally places on the podium, the club of the steel bridge Hercules of the éts classified itself to the 2nd row to general classification of the Regional Student Steel Bridge Competitions of the asce. The students distinguished themselves all particularly in the test of déflexion while classifying itself to the first row. They obtained the 2nd place in the categories speed assembly, weight, economy and rigidity.

The performance of the delegation of the éts at the time of this congress was worth for him the first place to final classification combining all the activities of the two days. A first one for a Quebec university!


The team of the concrete canoe will participate in the Canadian competition of the 10 to May 14 to the university Queen's to Kingston, in Ontario, and will be the alone Canadian team to participate in the American national competition of the 14 to June 16 to the university of Washington to Seattle. The club of the steel bridge Hercules will participate for its part to the national American competition of the 25 to May 26 to the university of California, situated to Northridge

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