Steel Educators' Tip Sheet

April - May 2011

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SLIDE SETS: Teaching Aids for Structural Steel Design Courses
This series of slide sets can be used for instruction on beams, compression members, tension members, and combined forces. Instructors can easily pick and choose or incorporate all slides into their lectures.
Download the PowerPoint slides >>

WEBSITE: Interactive Sculpture
The interactive steel teaching sculpture shows the close up view of each connection with descriptions, potential failure modes, and hyperlinks to sample calculations and field examples.
http://cset.mnsu.edu/steelsculpture >>

SLIDE SHOW: Base Plates
This slide show illustrates the use of base plates and how they are connected to both the column and the foundation.
Find out how to get this slide show>>

LAB: Steel Sculpture - Shop Drawings
Students match sets of detail drawings of various components (coped beams, girders, bolted angles, etc.) to connections on the steel sculpture. Through this exercise, students mentally ‘construct’ the connections from the components and are able to better visualize “how things go together.”
Find out how to get this lab exercise >>

Download the AISC WET CD files>>
May 1 Deadline for 2011-12 AISC Scholarships & Fellowships

Applications are being accepted online.

Full-time undergraduate juniors and seniors and Masters level graduate students are eligible for the AISC Scholarships and Fellowships. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and be enrolled in civil, architectural or construction engineering, or construction management programs. Thousands of dollars of awards are made possible by a number of generous donations. For more information on donors and for the award listing, as well as a list of the 2010-2011 award winners, go to www.aisc.org/universityprograms and click on the Scholarships / Fellowships link on the left.

Catch up on your AISC Podcasts!

Get the inside scoop on events at the upcoming NASCC: The Steel Conference in this month's podcast.

The AISC Podcast series, Steel Profiles, features interesting interviews and topics, including April's episode with AISC Vice President Scott Melnick. Podcasts have featured Louis F. Geschwinder, Duane Miller, Shankar Nair, and James Fisher. Coming up in May -- the National Student Steel Bridge Competition, with an interview with Frank Hatfield, Chair of the competition's rules committee.

There are three easy ways to listen to the AISC Podcast series! Go to iTunes and search for "AISC Podcasts" to download, or go to the AISC Podcasts site to listen online or download an mp3 file. Podcasts are available on the first Friday of each month.
Students Connecting with Industry Sessions (SCIS)

Encourage your students to attend the special student events at this year's NASCC!

The FREE, special student event, called Students Connecting with Industry Sessions (SCIS), will be on Thursday, May 12th. In addition, students who attend the full SCIS will receive $100 towards travel and FREE admission to the Conference Dinner.

The SCIS includes two morning sessions with tips on finding a career opportunity in these economic times, and tips on how to become a future leader. There is also an afternoon session called Direct Connect which will allow students to network with multiple great companies and leaders in structural engineering and the steel profession. For more information, go to http://www.findyourengineer.com/SCIS.html.

Questions about this event? Contact Brian Quinn, PE, or Lisa Willard, PE, at SE Solutions at Brian.Quinn@FindYourEngineer.com or Lisa.Willard@FindYourEngineer.com or Maria Mnookin from AISC at mnookin@aisc.org.
Questions or comments on this Tip Sheet? E-mail strsteel@ecn.purdue.edu Judy Liu, Purdue University

April - May 2011 Steel Educators' Tip Sheet Tools and Tips