International Bridge Building Committee

What is the International Bridge Committee?

The International Bridge Building Committee is a Chicago, Illinois, USA based group of secondary school teachers, university faculty and engineers who, along with a group of Regional Hosts across the US provide oversight for the International Bridge Building Contest begun over 20 years ago by Roy Coleman of Morgan Park High School in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Chicago-area Committee members also organize and host the Chicago Area Regional Contests each year and the International Contest in odd-numbered years. At this time the Committee is made up of the following individuals.

William Blunk - Retired Physics Teacher, Channahon, IL, USA.
Ann Brandon - Retired Physics Teacher, Chicago Heights, IL, USA.
Roy Coleman - Retired Physics Teacher, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jamal Grainawi - Chief Structural Engineer, PB Americas, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA.
Thomas Jensen - Retired Physics Teacher, Chicago Heights, IL, USA.
John Kallend - Professor of Materials Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA.
George Krupa - Rail Program Manager, Parsons, Chicago, IL, USA.
Debbie Lojkutz - Physics Teacher, Joliet West High School, IL, USA.
Carlo Segre - Professor of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA.
F. Lee Slick - Retired Chemistry Teacher, Palos Heights, IL, USA.
Thomas Torres - Machine Shop Supervisor, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA.

Last update: January 20, 2012

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For further information, contact: Prof. Carlo Segre - segre@iit.edu, Illinois Institute of Technology