Heather in WI Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I've never posted a brag before, but I'm really excited about this one! My oldest two boys made the semi-finalist round of the West Point Bridge Design Contest! The certificate they received says that they came in 25th out of 1,693 teams! It is our first year participating and I must confess, they don't really know what they're doing, so we don't expect them to place highly in the next round. Neither my husband or I are engineering oriented and the bridges they submitted were created by them doing the trial and error method. I wish there was a tutorial of some kind they could follow in the future as I'm sure there is a better method. :001_smile: Anyway, there's no one for me to tell in real life, but I thought it would be ok to share here. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Congratulations---how awesome :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilaclady Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Congrats to you and your boys. Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Cool! My FIL is a West Point graduate and was a civil engineer in the Army for many years. He has a ton of bridge building experience. In fact, if he gets going on bridges, you can't stop him. If you want, I can ask him for ideas for good books or websites. If you lived closer to him, he would come visit and see their bridge and be genuinely interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 That is fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Congratulations!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readinmom Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Very cool! Congrats! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in Richmond Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Sounds like a lot of fun! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in WI Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 Cool! My FIL is a West Point graduate and was a civil engineer in the Army for many years. He has a ton of bridge building experience. In fact, if he gets going on bridges, you can't stop him. If you want, I can ask him for ideas for good books or websites. If you lived closer to him, he would come visit and see their bridge and be genuinely interested! Elizabeth, my boys would love any suggestions he would have! Second ds dreams of going to WP. :-) Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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