Mailer 1
Shared Oct. 18, 2023 with all student chapters
Competitions
Mailer 2
Shared Jan. 17, 2024 with all student chapters.
Mailer 3
Shared March 21, 2024 with all student chapters.
Student Chapter Resources Needed To Compete in Society Competitions and Events
Please visit ASCE Society-wide Competition Rules & Regulations to view the “Student Chapter Resources Needed For Society Competitions and Events” table. This resource table outlines student chapter resources and time needed to compete in each of the Society-wide competitions, pilot competitions, and events. (Note that this is guidance and estimates. Student chapters should use their judgment and take their specific circumstances into account when planning and preparing for competitions.)
2024 ASCE Society-wide 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.
AISC/ASCE Student Steel Bridge Competition
ASCE and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) are partnering to offer the Student Steel Bridge Competition (SSBC) at ASCE Student Symposia.
The Student Steel Bridge Competition challenges students to extend their classroom knowledge to a practical and hands-on steel-design project that grows their interpersonal and professional skills, encourages innovation, and fosters impactful relationships between students and industry professionals.
Each student team develops a concept for a scale-model steel bridge to span approximately 20 feet and to carry 2,500 pounds according to the competition rules. The team must determine how to fabricate their bridge and then plan for an efficient assembly under timed construction conditions at the competition. Bridges are also load-tested, weighed, and judged on aesthetics.
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.
2024 Topic
The fictional City of ASCE is well known for its early 20th Century waterfront and manufacturing hub on the Big Brown River to support the budding industrial economy at the time. However, a decline and abandonment of the riverfront has since occurred. The City is seeking proposals to revitalize and redevelop three blocks of the waterfront area using the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision framework to meet the City sustainability goals.
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: Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students Topic
Submission Deadline: March 29, 2024
Submission link: https://forms.gle/svANNar6dMDsQAYRA
The Student Symposium Paper Competition and the Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students are two separate competitions and must be submitted separately. The Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students is due March 1st and submitted to [email protected]. The Student Symposium Paper Competition will be submitted to the host directly by March 29, 2024. The submission link is https://forms.gle/svANNar6dMDsQAYRA