Universitas Indonesia (UI) successfully gained achievement on Bridge Design Competition 2017 that was held by Nanyang Technological University in Singapore on March 4th to 5th 2017.
In this event, Kuwaka Team that were consisted of Hendro and Irene Alisjahbana from UI Faculty of Engineering got runner up position with 19.05 gram bridge that could hold 435.8 N load.
Meanwhile Triad Team who were consisted of Muhamad Lazuardi Rangkuti and Tiffany Wirintia Christie got third place with 24.53 gram bridge that could hold 535.4 N load.
Bridge Design Competition 2017 was an annual competition that compete ASEAN universities and polytechnic students in designing balsa wood bridge that solid yet light with 5.5 hours of execution duration.
The top evaluation percentage was assessed by the bridge strength, which is ratio between the weight of the bridge and the load that could be handled. The other evaluation was on percentage, aesthetic aspects and economical aspects.
On university category, Bridge Design Competition 2017 were participated by 9 teams from Indonesia, 2 teams from Malaysia and 13 teams from Singapore. Among of the participants were UI, ITB, UGM, UNY, University of Nottingham Malaysia, NTU dan NUS.
