Steel Educators' Tip Sheet
March 2014
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Steel Educators' Tip Sheet March 2014 |
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Last Chance to Register for the 2014 NASCC: The Steel Conference |
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We hope to see you in Toronto! Don't miss your opportunity to join us at this year's NASCC: The Steel Conference at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre March 26-28 in Toronto, Canada. Registration is free to AISC and CISC Student Members and is discounted for AISC and CISC Educator Members. To view complete information about our special programs for faculty and students at The Steel Conference, please visit this link: Faculty & Students at The 2014 NASCC: The Steel Conference. |
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AISC Scholarships for Juniors, Seniors and Masters Students |
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Encourage your students to apply! Online applications are due May 1. Full-time Juniors, Seniors and Masters students enrolled in civil, architectural or construction engineering, or construction management programs at domestic universities are encouraged to apply for the 2014-15 academic year AISC Scholarships. More than $95,000, provided by the AISC Education Foundation and various steel industry organizations, will be awarded to students. Visit www.aisc.org/scholarships, and click on the appropriate link to see full eligibility requirements and to link to the online application. Applications are due by May 1, 2014. |
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| ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition | |||||||||
Architecture students are challenged to explore the benefits of structural steel for a border-crossing station. The registration deadline for the 2013-14 Steel Design Student Competition is March 19, 2014. This year, Category I is titled "Border-Crossing Station," which challenges students to design a border-crossing station sited on a boundary between two countries. As usual, Category II "Open" offers architecture students the opportunity to select a site and building program using steel as the primary material. For more information, visit www.aisc.org/studentdesign. |
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| AISC Education Staff Engineer | |||||||||
Welcome to our new team member, Erin Criste. The AISC Education group has a new staff member, though not a new face for AISC! Erin Criste has moved from technical assistance in the AISC Steel Solutions Center to staff engineer for AISC Education. Erin has begun to update several of the AISC Teaching Aids and will continue the maintenance and development of these valuable educational resources. She also is working to develop a workshop for new faculty and to launch the new AISC Educator Forum. We are excited to have Erin join the group and look forward to her many contributions to our programs! If you would like to contact Erin with questions or suggestions, she can be reached by email at criste@aisc.org. |
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| AISC Educator Workshop | |||||||||
We want to hear from you! AISC is developing a workshop for educators who are new to teaching steel design. AISC is accepting your ideas for topics of interest. Contact Erin Criste at criste@aisc.org with your suggestions and to let us know if you or someone you know would be interested in attending. |
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| AISC Educator Forum | |||||||||
Looking for a photo, practice exam problem, or an idea for teaching a certain topic? AISC is launching a new forum for educators to share files and post useful resources with others in the steel education community. There is no cost to access the forum; all you have to do is submit a request to join. Visit www.aisc.org/eduforum to learn more or to request access. Look for future announcements about the forum at the AISC Educator Session in Toronto on March 26, 2014. |
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Specifying Camber |
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Use SteelWise articles to brush up on your (and your students') steel know-how. The SteelWise feature in Modern Steel Construction provides practical knowledge on a number of topics, ranging from stability analysis, to how choice of corrosion protection affects connection design, to practical considerations for expansion joints in buildings. It may be worth revisiting the July 2006 issue on specifying camber. This SteelWise installment reviews how a beam is cambered, some rules of thumb that apply to cambering, how cambering affects connection design and detailing, and factors that affect cost. |
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| Questions or comments on this Tip Sheet? E-mail strsteel@ecn.purdue.edu | Judy Liu, Purdue University | ||||||||
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