The Model Bridge Competition is open to middle- and high-school students, in teams of up to three students supervised by a faculty advisor and mentored by practicing engineers.  The challenge is to design and build a bridge of popsicle sticks and hot glue.  Teams work with their advisor and mentors at school a minimum of two hours a week before Competition Day on February 4 at the MassDOT Headquarters (10 Park Plaza in Boston), where bridges will be tested and judged.  Faculty advisors should register their teams now.  The Model Bridge Competition is sponsored by Boston Society of Civil Engineers, the Massachusetts Pre-Engineering Program, and the Massachusetts Highway Department.  For information, email BSCESModelBridge@gmail.com.