Host will announce in Mailer 1 which competitions below will be offered at the 2027 ASCE Greater China Student Symposium. Mailer 1 will be sent out in mid-October and posted on this website. Please continue to check back for updates!
Competitions
ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition
Since the early 1970s, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapters have competed to be the best at designing, constructing, and racing concrete canoes. During that time, canoe mixtures and designs have varied, but the long-established tradition of teamwork, camaraderie, and spirited competition has been constant. Each year, teams, their associates, judges, and other participants build upon this tradition. This year, teams answered a call for Technical Proposals and Enhanced Focus Area Reports and are competing to be the winning bid on a prototype standardized canoe design for future concrete canoe competitions. Learn more about the competition.
ASCE Sustainable Solutions Competition
The ASCE Sustainable Solutions Competition challenges students to develop a stronger understanding of sustainability and learn to incorporate sustainable solutions into everyday problems that engineers incur. Students are encouraged to be creative in their solutions and use all resources available. Learn more about the competition.
2027 Topic
This year’s competition is a simulated competitive grant application. Teams will emulate a municipality, transportation planning organization, special district, or other government public authority and propose real-life projects that they would like to see implemented using sustainable practices within their own communities. The fictional 2027 Sustainable Surface Mobility Grant program uses the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision framework to serve as the basis to assess sustainability.
Student Symposium Paper Competition
The ASCE Student Symposium Paper Competition emphasizes the importance of being able to write and present a paper as essential communication skills for all engineers and often necessary for advancement in your career.
Good faith participation in the ASCE Student Symposium Paper Competition, including submission and presentation by at least one (1) member of the ASCE Student Chapter, is a requirement to advance to an ASCE Society-wide Competition Finals. Competitions requiring this include Concrete Canoe, Student Steel Bridge, UESI Surveying, and Sustainable Solutions.
No other Society-wide competition report or paper may serve as a submission for the ASCE Student Symposium Paper Competition.
Student Symposium Paper Competition topic: TBD
Submission Due Date: March 1st
Submission email: