November 7th

Well, it's election night, if you haven't voted and are reading this at 8:05 pm then it's too late. Shame on you for not voting!!!

Looks like Dems are taking a few more seats, whether or not they gain control of the House and/or Senate we'll see after tonight.

On the Steel Bridge front:

We analyzed on Saturday, November 4th, before the NDSU game (which we lost in heartbreak fashion due to an uninspired 2nd half). The two bridges were the Chichen Itza Truss and the Big V's. Both are very deep and buildable, they both gave great numbers, some a little, ummm, TOO great, so upon further investigation there were definitely some input errors. It's okay though, it was a tough assignment for first time analyzers. Jessica and Matt will reinput each bridge and check the beginning values for each design. In all there were about 40 or 50 scenarios total for all 6 bridge variations of these two designs.

This Saturday, November 11th, we'll be at it again with two new fresh designs, maybe three, if Matt can find some time in an ever-expanding schedule (thanks Thai Bobby). They'll be much, much simpler, so the new analysis team can get some confidence, but don't think they're insignificant, because they may very well end up being our design choice.

So, Saturday, Nov. 11th, at 10 a.m. in the Chrome Ollie Loft of 1203 Bainer Hall.

Take it easy, good luck with continuing mid-terms!!!