Sources: Chad Banka, ccbanka@gmail.com;
and Brady Hedstrom, bradyh@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Megan Wilson, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu

Friday, May 15, 2009

K-STATE STEEL 1xbet online games login DESIGN TEAM TO COMPETE AT NATIONAL EVENT

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's Steel 1xbet online games login Design Team has advanced to the national Student Steel 1xbet online games login Competition May 22-23 in Las Vegas, Nev.

The K-State team placed second at the recent steel 1xbet online games login design contest at the American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Continent Conference, which was at the University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, Ill. K-State was among 12 teams competing.

In addition, a three-member K-State team placed first in a surveying event, a side competition at the conference. In the timed competition, teams had to measure two sloped distances with 1xbet online games login tapes and a plumb bob, then measure elevations of two points with a level.

For the steel 1xbet online games login competition, students design and erect a scaled steel 1xbet online games login by themselves but may seek advice from faculty and student organization advisers. Judging criteria includes the aesthetics of the 1xbet online games login and display, overall weight of the 1xbet online games login , time to construct the 1xbet online games login at competition and the deflection of the 1xbet online games login with 2,500 pounds of weight loaded on it. Students typically design the 1xbet online games login and find sponsorships in the fall semester, then fabricate the 1xbet online games login in a department of civil engineering shop in the spring semester.

Chad Banka, senior, Overland Park, and co-chair of the K-State Steel 1xbet online games login Design Team, said the team barely missed coming in first at the regional competition.

"The 1xbet online games login has worked very hard to get where we are today," Banka said. "At the regional competition, the difference in first and second place was 4.4 pounds, eight seconds of build time or a deflection of .031 inches -- that's about the thickness of seven sheets of paper. Anyone of those would have put us in first.

"We are not disappointed in any way. We are ready to place very well at nationals, and with the few changes we have made to our 1xbet online games login since regionals, we are ready to take on the competition," he said.

Also serving as co-chair of the 1xbet online games login is Brady Hedstrom, senior in civil engineering, Chapman.

The contest is sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of Steel Construction, and co-sponsored by the American Iron and Steel Institute, Bentley Systems, the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, the James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, the National Steel 1xbet online games login Alliance, Nucor Corporation and the Steel Structure Education Foundation.

The K-State 1xbet online games login 's faculty adviser is Hayder Rasheed, associate professor of civil engineering.

Members of the K-State 1xbet online games login , all civil engineering majors unless otherwise noted, include:

Logan Mills, junior, Clearwater; Nathan Whitcomb, senior and a member of the first-place surveying 1xbet online games login , Cottonwood Falls; Will Pyles, senior, El Dorado; Jacob Roth, sophomore in mechanical engineering, Ellinwood; Kenny Engholm, senior, Emmett; Brandon Heavener, freshman, Emporia; Rob Murphy, senior, Girard.

From Greater Kansas City: Allen Chestnut, senior, Mission; Sam Corey, freshman, and Laura Rachelle White, junior and a member of the first-place surveying 1xbet online games login , both from Overland Park; Douglas Duncan, senior, and Cody Kalivoda, junior, both from Olathe; and Shane Albritton, senior, Matt Arnold, junior, Jon Spicer, junior, and Rachel Spicer, sophomore, all from Shawnee.

Steve Hammerschmidt, graduate student, Hays; Andy Shearrer, sophomore, Haysville; Brett Blackwell, senior, Herington; Trevor Fenton, senior, Holcomb; Kurt Hershey, junior, Hugoton; Jordan Dettmer, senior, Kensington; Jake Ferrell, senior, Leon; Jose Donjuan, junior, Liberal; Joey Holste, graduate student, Ludell.

From Manhattan: Chyngyz Sherniiazov, sophomore; James Philip Gibson, freshman in industrial engineering; Evan Post, sophomore; and Lance Stoddard, senior.

Elizabeth Rawson, senior, Marquette; Cody Cates, senior and a member of the first-place surveying 1xbet online games login , and Michael Heigert, senior, both from Pomona; Scott Fischer, senior, Valley Falls; Tyler Ummel, junior, Wakeeney; and Pat Sheedy, graduate student, Yates Center.

From out of state: Wilson Smith, senior, Independence, Mo.; Stephen Kaiser, senior, Papillion, Neb.; and Eric Dvorak, senior, Cibolo, Texas.