The Rack - Fall 2020

Getting Involved!!
Troitsky Competition 2021-Concordia University
Stephen Vasilopoulos
Each year Concordia University in Montreal hosts a
popsicle stick, dental floss and glue bridge building competition.
The competition is open to all engineering students
at Canadian colleges and universities in teams of
up to 6 people. Students are challenged with designing
and building their own bridges under strict criteria with
the main goal being achieving the highest ultimate load
capacity and load-to-weight efficiency. In 2019, the winning
team’s bridge, weighing approximately 5kg, held up
more than 4000 kg in weight applied by a hydraulic
press – without breaking! Traditionally, contestants from
across the country meet in Montreal in March of every
year for the 3-day competition over a weekend. This
year, the in-person component is tentatively scheduled
for summer 2021.
If this sounds interesting to you, consider registering
for the 2021 competition, with a (very fun) in- person
trip to Montreal in summer 2021 (pandemic friendly accommodations).
Registration is open now until December
23, 2020.
For more information visit www.troitsky.ca or
https://www.facebook.com/troitsky.official/
Places to Check Out
Engineers Without Borders-Lakehead
Chapter
ewb.ca
lakeheaduniversity@ewb.ca
PEO-Lakehead Chapter
lakehead.peo.on.ca
peonro@lakeheadu.ca
OACETT-Thunder Bay Chapter
www.oacett.org/
www.facebook.com/ThunderBayOACETT
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