The Cooper Union's Steel Bridge team placed first in numerous categories and third overall among a field of 15 schools participating in the regional level of the 2025 Student Steel Bridge Competition, organized by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The competition was held at the ASCE Metropolitan Regional Student Symposium, hosted this year by the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Civil engineering students, from first years to seniors, participated in the design, fabrication, and construction of the steel bridge.

In ASCE's Bridging the Future Competition, the Cooper team's 3D-printed bridge ranked second overall. In the student paper category, rising civil engineering senior Sinclair Kennedy-Nolle took first prize with a paper about ethics in civil engineering.

The group's advisor, Professor Cosmas Tzavelis, was excited to announce the day's outcome and said he's very proud of the team's performance. “They worked hard as a team since last fall and stayed late working in the structures lab and shops, especially this semester, for no extra credit.”

The awards won by the Cooper team at the 2025 metropolitan regional competition follow below.

AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition:

• Overall: Third Place
• Lightness: First Place
• Stiffness: First Place
• Structural Efficiency: First Place

ASCE 3D Printing, Bridging the Future Competition:

• Overall: Second Place
• Best Structural Efficiency Prediction
• Best Design
• Fastest Team Construction Time

Daniel W. Mead Student Paper:

• Sinclair Kennedy-Nolle: First Place for a paper about civil engineering ethics