University of California, Berkeley Wins National Concrete Canoe Competition
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala., June 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Despite the clouds, thunder and occasional lightning, the event being held yesterday at Tuscaloosa’s Lake Nicol looked like an ordinary canoe race. The canoes these competitors were racing were far from ordinary, though; in fact, the competitors themselves were anything but typical. They were civil engineering students from across the United States and Canada, and the canoes they were racing are made of concrete.
With equal parts technical skill, creativity and determination, the University of California, Berkeley captured the ‘America’s Cup of Civil Engineering’ yesterday at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 22nd Annual National Concrete Canoe Competition. Their first championship since 1992, Berkeley’s 230 pound, 20-foot-long canoe, the Bear Area, defeated entries from 21 other top engineering schools.
“Over the past three days, these outstanding civil engineering students have shown that technical skills combined with an innate sense of creativity can turn a seemingly impossible task into a reality,” … Details & Results
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