For the second consecutive time, a team of six YSU students placed third overall at the 2021 National Student Steel Bridge Competition. In all, 25 universities participated, and YSU beat teams from schools such as University of California, Berkeley, New York University and Georgia Institute of Technology. This year’s team consists of juniors Drew House (captain) and Matt Hone and sophomores Jersey Gorby, Raymond Kaso, Kenneth Vigorito and Jared Koenig. Anwarul Islam, professor and program coordinator of Civil Engineering, is the team’s advisor. The  competition involves the design, fabrication, construction and testing of a steel structure under certain specifications.