National Concrete Canoe Competition

Anthony Reed
703-295-6413 (office)
520-234-4302 (cell)
areed@asce.org

Joan Buhrman
703-295-6406 (office)
571-213-3812 (cell)
jbuhrman@asce.org

National Concrete Canoe Competition

What:

After months of hard work, calculations, and practice, practice, practice, hundreds of civil engineering students have gathered in Tuscaloosa, Ala. for the “America’s Cup of Civil Engineering”: the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 22nd Annual National Concrete Canoe Competition. Thursday, June 12 the students participate in aesthetics judging, floatation tests and other events, Friday they present academic papers on their design and construction, and Saturday they participate in a series of endurance and sprint races in the canoes they designed and built out of concrete. Footage will include b-roll of the canoe races on Saturday as well as individual interviews with each team.

When:

4 to 5 p.m. EST (3 to 4 p.m. CST, 1 to 2 p.m. PST)
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Where:

Horizons 2, Transponder 11K (located at 74.05 degrees west)
KU Analog Feed; Program Audio on 6.20/6.80
Downlink Frequency for Transponder 11 is 12120 Horizontal

For trouble during the feed contact Matt Hoggle in UA Satellite Services at (205) 348-5333 or Intelsat at 1-800-321-3959.

Who

The 2009 National Concrete Canoe Competition finalists are: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Clemson University; École de technologie supérieure; Fairmont State University; New Mexico State University; Ohio Northern University; Polytechnic Institute of NYU; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Université Laval; University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; University of Alabama in Huntsville; University of California, Berkeley; University of Cincinnati; University of Evansville; University of Florida; University of Memphis; University of Nevada, Reno; University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; University of Texas at Tyler; University of Washington; and University of Wisconsin – Platteville.

For more information and high-resolution photos, please visit www.concretecanoe.asce.org.

The National Concrete Canoe Competition is organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers and is funded by the generous support of the American Concrete Institute; Baker Concrete Construction; World of Concrete; and Holcim (US) Inc. This year’s event is hosted by the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.