May 1, 2003

CIVIL ENGINEERING 
STUDENTS ADVANCE TO 
NATIONALS IN CONCRETE 
CANOE RACES

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In competition against 10 other Northwest universities, Boise State civil engineering students placed first overall in the concrete canoe competition, held last weekend at Lucky Peak Reservoir as part of the Pacific Northwest regional conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The winning Boise State team will advance to the ASCE concrete canoe national championships June 20-22, hosted by Drexel University in Philadelphia. Additionally, the Boise State team placed in every event it entered. About 400 students from 16 Northwest colleges and universities participated in the three-day regional ASCE regional conference and engineering competitions April 25-27. In the concrete canoe competition, Montana State University-Bozeman finished second and University of Alaska-Anchorage finished third. The overall winners were awarded based on finishes in five races, technical paper, presentation and durability. In the steel bridge building competition, the top three finishers will advance to the national championships in San Diego. University of Alaska-Fairbanks finished first, with University of Alaska-Anchorage second and University of British Columbia third. In the most popular event, bowling with concrete bowling balls, Boise State took top honors. In second place was University of Alaska-Anchorage, and in third was Washington State University. The concrete bowling ball designed by the University of Idaho team, which finished fourth, was voted most popular ball. In the environmental competition, Boise State place first, followed by University of Idaho in second place and University of Alaska-Anchorage in third. In this competition, students used common items such as paper towels, a sponge, cardboard, pop bottles and other common household items to design a small-scale treatment plant to purify contaminated water. In the transportation engineering competition, University of Alaska-Anchorage placed first, Boise State University-team I place second and St. Martin’s College placed third. In the surveying “treasure hunt” competition, the winner was again University of Alaska-Anchorage, followed by Oregon State University in second and University of Idaho in third. In the technical paper category, the topic was “Engineering Ethics in Disaster Recovery.” Katie Walker of Oregon State University won top honors, followed by Jennifer Emerson from the University of Idaho in second place and Katherine Elliot of Portland State University in third place. In the sole non-engineering competition, a tug-of-war, University of Idaho vanquished all challengers. -30- Contacts David Haws Civil engineering 208 426-4364 dhaws@boisestate.edu Meghann Martin Boise State ASCE 860-1327 meghann2@excite.com Media contact Pat Pyke communications and marketing 208 426-1987 ppyke@boisestate.edu

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