Steel Educators' Tip Sheet

October 2012

Congratulations to this year's scholarship winners, and the winners of the 2012 SteelDay Photo Contest!

Congratulations to the 2012-13 AISC Scholarship winners! To view a listing and see photos of all of the scholarship winners, click here.
The 2012 SteelDay Student Photo Contest winners have been selected. The grand prize winner is Xiaolong Li of Bucknell University! An article on Li and his winning photo will run in the November issue of MSC (Modern Steel Construction) magazine. To view Li's winning entry and the other notable photos, go to www.aisc.org/studentphotocontest. The photos receiving Honorable Mention will be posted as Steel Shots on MSC's online site on Fridays this Fall.

Architecture Students Find a Solution in Steel.

Preliminary information is available for the thirteenth annual Steel Design Student Competition, which is administered by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and sponsored by AISC. In addition to an open category, a pedestrian bridge with steel as its primary structural material is the challenge for this year's competition. To view the information, click here.

Happy 26th to the Steel Teaching Sculpture!

The AISC Steel Sculpture turns 26 on Monday, October 29! View photos and a listing of the universities with a Steel Sculpture on campus at www.aisc.org/steelsculpture. To learn how to start the process to get a steel sculpture on your campus, contact Maria Mnookin at universityprograms@aisc.org.

Having trouble finding the right design example for class?

This new teaching aid is a condensed set of Design Examples that includes 43 example problems that will likely address topics that are studied in a first semester structural steel design course. To access this teaching aid, click the following link: Steel Construction Manual Design Examples, V14.0.

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.

October's SteelWise article provides answers to some frequently asked questions about bolting, and also introduces some of the changes in the 2010 AISC Specification. These changes, such as the reduction in slip resistance when multiple fills are present in the grip, and the use of one equation for slip resistance (i.e., no decision on whether to design for slip at service loads or factored loads), are based on results from new research.