On a mild, overcast April weekend, the screams and chants of students took over the Town of Lexington, VA. Bewildered and intrigued looks came from rescue divers, tourists and locals as concrete canoes were launched and steel bridges erected. The 2015 ASCE Virginia Student Conference was held on April 9-11 at the campus of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va.
All fourteen schools were in attendance. There was an overwhelming attendance in the national AISC Steel Bridge and the National Concrete Canoe Competitions. Steel Bridge has 12 bridges entered into competition, while only 2 bridges making it through to the end to compete at Nationals in Kansas City. Nine Concrete Canoes competed. Virginia Tech and George Mason will be representing the Virginias Conference at the Steel Bridge Competition in Kansas City. Fairmont State University won concrete canoe for the twelve year in a row and will be attending the national concrete canoe competition at Clemson University. Winners for the other competitions are noted below. The 2016 Virginias Student Conference will be held in Washington, DC at The George Washington University.
2015 VIRGINIA’S STUDENT CONFERENCE WINNERS |
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| Survey | Environmental | Transportation | Mystery Quiz | ||||||||||
| 3rd Place | MU | 3rd Place | VT | 3rd Place | GMU | 3rd Place | VT | ||||||
| 2nd Place | BSC | 2nd Place | GMU | 2nd Place | WV TECH | 2nd Place | UVA | ||||||
| 1st Place | UVA | 1st Place | MU | 1st Place | WVU | 1st Place | WV TECH | ||||||
Concrete Canoe |
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Races |
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| Women’s Endurance | Men’s Endurance | Women’s Sprint | Men’s Sprint | ||||||||||
| 3rd Place | UVA | 3rd Place | WVU | 3rd Place | WVU | 3rd Place | VT | ||||||
| 2nd Place | WVU | 2nd Place | GMU | 2nd Place | VMI | 2nd Place | GMU | ||||||
| 1st Place | FSU | 1st Place | FSU | 1st Place | FSU | 1st Place | FSU | ||||||
CO-ED |
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| 3rd Place | MU | ||||||||||||
| 2nd Place | VMI | ||||||||||||
| 1st Place | FSU | ||||||||||||
| Final Product | Design Paper | Presentation | Final | ||||||||||
| 3rd Place | MU | 3rd Place | WV TECH | 3rd Place | FSU | 3rd Place | WV TECH | ||||||
| 2nd Place | VT | 2nd Place | FSU | 2nd Place | WV TECH | 2nd Place | VT | ||||||
| 1st Place | FSU | 1st Place | MU | 1st Place | VT | 1st Place | FSU | ||||||
Steel Bridge |
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| Construction Speed | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
| Lightness | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
| Display | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
| Stiffness | George Mason | ||||||||||||
| Economy | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
| Efficiency | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
| Overall | |||||||||||||
| 2nd Place | George Mason | ||||||||||||
| 1st Place | Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
Marr Technical Paper Competition |
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| School | Participant | Topic | |
| 3rd Place | UVA | Anne Menefee | Optimizing Nutrient Recycling of Hydrothernal Algae-to-Biofuel Production Processes |
| 2nd Place | WVU | Laura Dalton | Rheological Properties of Foamed Cement |
| 1st Place | GWU | Emily Porter | From Materials Science to Pedstrian Intersections: Modeling and Simulating Pedestrian Flow Dynamics |
Hardy Cross Oratory Competition |
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| School | Participant | Topic | |
| 3rd Place | UVA | Lara Sisman | NO2 Emissions from Algae Cultivations |
| 2nd Place | WVU | Colin Frosch | Shared Space: Back to the Basics |
| 1st Place | MU | David Cooper | Development of an Intelligent Diagnosis System to Evaluate Mine Roof Bolt Integrity |
Thompson Award Winners |
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| School | Faculty Advisor | Winner |
| UVA | Johnathan Goodall | Adam Maguire |
| VPI | Paolo Scardina | Hillary Siegall |
| ODU | Gary Schafran | Albert To |
| VMI | Chuck Newhouse | Cadet Peter Buehlmann |