Student Bridge Contest

SAMPE Conference & Exhibition

Innovate. Collaborate. Be recognized.

The student bridge contest allows students to design, build, and test a miniature structural bridge using various composite materials in accordance with a set of well defined rules. This is an international competition involving schools from around the globe. Students compete for monetary prizes and for the coveted SAMPE Student Bridge Champion trophy.

The 2025 Bridge Contest will be held May 21, 2025 at the SAMPE 2025 Conference & Exhibition

Objective

Design and build a composites bridge using an assortment of pultrusions, cores, fabrics and other materials supplied in kit form.

Benefits of Participation

Put your composites training into action
Represent your college or university
Add your participation and potential win on your resume

Requirements

This contest is open to students only
At least one team member must be a SAMPE member
Only one bridge entry is permitted per registration
Follow all SAMPE Student Bridge Contest Rules
Students must print and bring their own posters
All proposals to be sent to studentbridge@sampe.org

Sponsor or Donate

Give back to the student engineering community with a material or monetary donations. Donor participation is essential to the success of this event. A complete list of acceptable materials and sponsorship levels are detailed in the sponsor letter.

If your company would like to sponsor or donate, please contact Juliet Marshall at juliet@sampe.org.

SAMPE 2024 Overall Bridge Contest Winners

First Place - Tongji University
Second Place (tie) - Centro Universitario de FEI
Second Place (tie) - University of Washington

2024 Winners for Categories A-H

Category	1ST PLACE	2ND PLACE	3RD PLACE
A	University of Delaware	Tongji Centro Universitario de FEI
B	Centro Universitario de FEI	Tongji	University of Washington
C	University of Washington	UCLA	University of Southern Maine
D	University of Washington	Centro Universitario de FEI	Old Dominion University
E	Centro Universitario de FEI	Tongji	Universidad de Autonoma Baja California (UABC)
F	Tongji	University of Washington	UCLA
G	Kanazawa	University of Delaware	University of Washington
H	University of Delaware	UCLA	Tonji

SAMPE 2024 Bridge Poster Winners

First Place - University of Maryland for Category A
Second Place Tie - Western Washington Universit for Category A
Second Place Tie - Western Washington University for Category H