Free Online Steel Bridge Live Lecture Series to be Held April 4-20, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance and the University of Wyoming, in cooperation with the American Iron and Steel Institute, American Institute of Steel Construction and the National Steel Bridge Alliance, will provide a free six-part live-lecture educational series that will cover the many aspects of designing, fabricating and constructing steel bridges.

The “Steel Bridge Education Lectures: From Concept to Delivery” series will run from April 4-20, 2022. Lectures will be provided on Monday and Wednesday evenings during those weeks from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm EDT. The lectures can be viewed synchronously (in real time) and asynchronously (recorded version). Registration is open to students, faculty and anyone else with an interest in steel bridges.

The lectures will be delivered live by Michael Barker, Ph.D., P.E., professor of civil and architectural engineering at the University of Wyoming, via the WyoLearn Learning Management System. Dr. Barker has over 30 years of experience in bridge design and construction.

Participants must complete and pass a quiz after each lecture to earn a Certificate of Completion at the end of the series, which can be used toward building their resumes and preparing them for jobs in the bridge industry. Many engineering programs do not offer courses on steel bridge design and construction, so these lectures provide a wide scope of learning opportunities typically unavailable to students. The lecture series is timely as legislators have passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which is expected to create new jobs as funding is released toward fixing the 224,000 bridges in the U.S. that need to be repaired or replaced.

More information on the lecture series, course syllabus and registration details are available at https://www.shortspansteelbridges.org/april-4-20-2022-free-steel-bridge-lecture-series/. Space is limited, so early registration is recommended.

The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) is a group of bridge and buried soil steel structure industry leaders who have joined together to provide educational information on the design and construction of short span steel bridges in installations up to 140 feet in length. For more news or information, visit www.shortspansteelbridges.org or follow us on Twitter at @ShortSpanSteel or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ShortSpanSteel/.   

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Contact:
Debbie Bennett
Senior Manager, Construction Communications
American Iron and Steel Institute
Tel: 202.452.7179

Dan Snyder
Director
Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance
Tel: 301.367.6179