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06.16.09

Concrete Canoe Team Places First at Nationals!

Congratulations to CEE's Concrete Canoe Team for placing first of 22 teams at the ASCE's 22nd national competition held in on June 11-13, 2009, at the University of Alabama at Huntsville! CEE's canoe, "Bear Area," took first place in Design Report, first in Oral Presentation, third in Final Product, and placed in the top ten in all of the races. CEE bested a field which included 4 previous US, and 2 Canadian, national champions. The last time CEE placed first was in 1992.

The final ranking was:

1st: University of California, Berkeley
2nd: École de technologie supérieure
3rd: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
4th: University of Florida
5th: University of Nevada, Reno

Congratulations to all the students, faculty, and staff who worked throughout the year to make CEE's Concrete Canoe #1. Go Bear Area!





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