American Society of Civil Engineers competitions at MU
By Vicki Hodder, formerly senior information specialist for the MU College of Engineering
May 3rd, 2006
| Mizzou served as host to regional American Society of Civil Engineers competitions April 27-29, 2006. Take a look below at your Engineering Tigers in action. |
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The ASCE Conference began on April 27 with a steel bridge competition.
At left, Mizzou’s Chance Baragary is shown reaching to complete a bridge connection during the competition’s “construction speed” contest. Mizzou won top honors in the “aesthetics” and “stiffness” categories, finishing fifth overall. The University of Missouri-Kansas City won first place overall, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale earned second place and Kansas State University was third. Photo by Ryan Goetz |
| The Mizzou bridge finished fourth in the “lightness” competition category by weighing in at 391 pounds, considerably less than last year’s 650-pound weight. Students from the 11 competing universities and colleges viewed the bridges and mingled while judges listened to team presentations. Photo by Ryan Goetz |
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MU concrete canoe team members proved their vessel — named the “Tiger Shark” — floated during the first leg of their competition on April 28. Canoes that didn’t rise above the surface after being flooded in a 3000-gallon wood and metal tank were disqualified from the following day’s concrete canoe races. Photo by Melinda Sheffler |
| MU concrete canoe team members Tyler Oesch, left, Casey O’Laughlin, center, and Matthew Oesch reveled in their strong showing in the slalom endurance race on April 29. Mizzou finished second overall in the competition, behind the University of Oklahoma team. Photo by Melinda Sheffler |
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MU concrete canoe team members Katie Pfefferkorn, left, Amanda White, center, and Sarah Otto prepare to make a sharp turn in the first endurance race on April 29. They came in third in that race, behind Oklahoma State University’s first-place team and the second-place Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville team. Photo by Melinda Sheffler |
| Rockets made from two-liter soda bottles, duct tape, poster and foam board and water soared through the air during the ASCE competition’s “mystery event” on April 28. Mizzou’s first water-pressure bottle rocket, set off by David Baker, left, and Tony Gambaro was well decorated, but had a hang time of only a few seconds. Another Mizzou rocket won the contest by staying aloft for 5:94-minutes, flying from Carnahan Quadrangle past the Reynolds Alumni Center. Photo by Melinda Sheffler |
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MU competitors Matthew Oesch, left, Matthew Brucks, center, and Paul Sherman built the winning tower in ASCE’s K’NEX competition on April 28. Towers scored points for every inch they stood over three feet and each pound they could hold. Photo by Melinda Sheffler |
| Competition judge Bradley Koester is pictured at right adding weights to Mizzou’s tower to judge its strength. MU’s entry stretched 42 inches and held 59 pounds of weight before breaking, giving the team a winning score nearly double that of the other two competing teams. Photo by Melinda Sheffler |
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Students in the April 28 wall stabilization competition used paper and tape to build a retaining wall that held back 500 pounds of sand. From the left, Jim Glascott, Jon Bailey, Andrew Blaylock and Hendrik Schoeman worked quickly to create Mizzou’s entry. The University of Kansas team won the competition by building the strongest wall in the shortest amount of time, followed by the University of Oklahoma team in second place and the Kansas State team in third. Photo by Melinda Sheffler |
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