CEE placed first overall in the ASCE Mid-Pacific Regional Conference, held April 14-17 in Sacramento, CA.
Steel Bridge
The Steel Bridge Team took first place, and will be advancing to the national competition at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, on May 15-16. Their entry, Fear The BEARd, came in first in display, economy and efficiency. See Mid-Pac Steel Bridge Scoresheet 2011.
Concrete Canoe
CEE placed second behind the University of Nevada, Reno, and they will also advance to their national competition at the University of Evansville, Evansville, IN, on June 16-18. The team placed second in their design paper and oral presentation, and their canoe, CyBEAR, placed third. See Concrete Canoe Official Results.
Environmental Team
The Environmental Team, and their entry BEARmuda Triangle, placed second overall. The team placed first in presentation and second in their report.
GeoChallenge
For the first time ever, CEE participated in the GeoChallenge, and placed second in this competition.
CEE was represented by Alex Trahan and Nathaniel Wagner. They were judged on the aesthetics of their poster and how well they expressed the engineering behind the design, staying within the time constraints, and the weight of the reinforcement in the project. Sponsors for the CEE GeoChallenge team were Richard Short and the Deep Foundations Institute.
Congratulations to all the teams! We are proud of you!