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First-place competition winner Chris Willis (left) won first place in a cold-formed steel (CFS) design competition. At right is one of the program\u2019s organizers, the University of North Texas\u2019 Cheng Yu, PhD.<\/span> Photo courtesy AISI<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of North Texas (UNT) student Chris Willis took first place in an international competition on cold-formed steel (CFS) design.<\/p>\n

The contest\u2014which was based on a design\u2019s efficiency and constructability\u2014was sponsored by the school, along with American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), Cold-formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI), National Science Foundation (NSF), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the only competition of its kind in the cold-formed steel industry,\u201d said Maribeth Rizzuto, CFSEI managing director. \u201cIt requires participants to utilize their knowledge of the latest innovations in manufacturing, building information modeling (BIM), and logistics technologies, and to apply that knowledge in developing a cold-formed steel solution to a specific design challenge that they could face in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the competition\u2019s organizers, UNT associate professor Cheng Yu, PhD, was particularly happy with the 42 entrants from eight universities in Asia and the Americas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s participants were asked to design an optimal cross-section shape for a [2438-mm] 96-in. long cold-formed steel stud column which provides adequate compression strength and utilizes the least amount of material. We were pleased with the entries, which included more international participation than previous competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Willis, second place went to Zongya Xu (China\u2019s Tongji University), while Benjamin Dow (University of Waterloo, Canada) took third. These winners receive monetary awards, and will have their designs exhibited at various industry conferences in 2015. The top 10<\/a> also receives one-year student CFSEI memberships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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