Korean National SBT 2K8?

In 2003, the Mid-Pacific regional was held at Fresno State. During that season a visiting scholar from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, transported by Professor Chai, witnessed Mid-Pac '03, and especially liked the steel bridge competition. Upon return to Japan, he started up a Japanese regional competiton involving the four major engineering universities there. Today, they host a Japanese National Student Steel Bridge Competition (JNSSBC) and the winner gets to fly across to the U.S. to compete at an American regional. The Japanese winner has typically competed in the Mid-Pacific Regional since 2004. As Mid-Pac '06 in Berkeley was held during the finals for Tokyo Institute of Technology's finals schedule (2006 Japanese Nat. Champion), they flew all the way out to New Jersey to compete in the Metropolitan last season.

Since "TIT" (yeah, it's an old joke here though) has typically won Japanese Nationals, from experience we can definitely say they are of great spirit and always produce a quality bridge.

It seems that their Korean neighbors may want to follow suit. We've been approached by yet another visiting scholar, Sok Hwan Choi, from South Korea working with Professor Bolander. He is interested in learning the basics of the SSBC and taking back the information to his homeland. Matt will fill him in and hopefully get the South Koreans in the mix before too long.









한국 강철 교량 팀 !
Tokyo Institute of Technology Design Poster at the Wolfpack Mid-Pac, Reno, NV, April 2004.




"TIT" finishes assembly run at the Big Sac Mid-Pac, April 2005.