Concrete Canoe Competition:
Youngstown State University’s concrete canoe placed fifth in america at their fourth appearance within the American Society of Civil Engineers National Concrete Canoe Competition, held July 23-25 in San Diego, CA.
YSU earned the ability to represent the Ohio Valley Student Conference with the national competition by placing first at their regional conference in April. This has been in depth tutorials appearance that YSU has created within the national competition, where additionally?competed in 2008, 2012, and 2013.?
This year’s national competition had 25 qualifying teams, including two from Canada and a second from China. Also, approximately 250 teams competed of their respective regional competitions for the appropriate to qualify for the national competition.
The competition is judged based on several criteria including: final product, design paper, a technical presentation, and through 5 races.?
YSU finished in the top five in each and every academic category including fourth invest final product, fifth devote design paper, and fifth placed in presentation. Also, YSU won the innovation award and that is given for “Superior and artistic Make use of Technology and Materials in Construction of an Concrete Canoe” to its by using CSA Cement to produce?rapidly setting, self-consolidating concrete.?YSU also positioned in the very best 10 in most race.?
YSU’s canoe, named Backdraft, was created as a tribute to the strength and courage of firefighters. The 20-foot long canoe weighed in at 229 pounds. The canoe was constructed from?1/2″ concrete layer with basalt fiber reinforcing mesh and steel prestressing cables.
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Team members include (from left to right): Emma Daugherty of Moon Township, PA;?Montana Gessler of Poland, OH;?Spencer DeSalvo of Columbiana, OH;?Colton Hamilton of Graysville, PA;?Kenneth Anderson of Ashtabula, OH; William Graham of Jamestown, PA; Tom Carnes of Lake Milton, OH; Nicholas Martin of Center Township, PA; Greg Lipp of Rogers, OH; and Luis Vindel of San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
The photo with awards from left to right: Montana Gessler, Greg Lipp, Emma Daugherty, Nicholas Martin, Luis Vindel, Tom Carnes, Spencer DeSalvo, William Graham, Colton Hamilton, and Kenny Anderson.
The photo with paddling the canoe from left to right: Montana Gessler and Emma Daugherty.
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Steel Bridge Competition:
Youngstown State University’s steel bridge placed 16th?in the American Society of Civil Engineers National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC), held May 25-26 by way of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
YSU earned the right to represent the Ohio Valley Student Conference for the national competition by placing first within their regional conference in April. Youngstown State has competed along at the NSSBC 13 right out of the last 16 years.?
This year’s national competition had 42 qualifying teams, including three from Canada, one from Mexico, and the other from China.?Approximately 250 teams competed inside their respective regional competitions for the appropriate to qualify for the national competition.
The competition?is judged based?on several criteria including: weight, deflection(when rich in 2,500 pounds), construction economy, and display. Other sellers includes designing, fabricating, and constructing?a:10 scale style of an approximately 170-foot long bridge. YSU’s steel bridge was 17 feet in size and weighed 181 pounds.?
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Team members shown in the photo?include (from left to right): Luis Vindel of San Pedro Sula, Honduras; Tom Carnes?of Lake Milton, OH; Nicholas Martin of Center Township, PA; Spencer DeSalvo of Columbiana, OH; Montana Gessler of Poland, OH; and Kenneth Anderson of Ashtabula, OH. Workers not shown inside the picture include:?Emma Daugherty of Moon Township, PA;?Colton Hamilton of Graysville, PA;?William Graham of Jamestown, PA; and?Greg Lipp of Rogers, OH.
For details for the Canoe and Steel Bridge Competitions, please contact Dr. Islam at [email protected] or Tommy Carnes at [email protected].
