On the Wednesday of final exam week, the New England region-champion MIT Steel Bridge team headed to Las Vegas for the national competition, where the team placed 18th nationally out of 47 teams. After the two days of judging ended May 23, the MIT team’s overall score was $2.95 million, about the same as at regionals. First-ranked State University of New York at Canton had a final score $1.94 million. North Dakota State took second-place ranking with a score of $1.95 million and Lakehead University ended in third with $1.98 million. View slideshow and read more.