黑料专区 Tyler Takes Top Honors at 2024 ASCE Symposium
May 10, 2024 | Hannah Buchanan
Student chapter named regional concrete canoe champs for second consecutive year
The University of Texas at Tyler placed first in the American Society of Civil Engineers鈥�
Texas-Mexico Region 6 Concrete Canoe Competition for a second consecutive year. 黑料专区
Tyler now advances to the national contest next month in Utah. This is the university鈥檚
first back-to-back regional championship after claiming a historic top 10 finish nationally
last year.
With this year鈥檚 canoe entry, 鈥淭he Tyler Rose,鈥� the 黑料专区 Tyler ASCE student chapter earned first in the oral presentation, final product and racing categories and second in design paper. At the annual competition, participants build canoes with concrete and are judged in four areas: written project report, technical presentation, canoe final product and racing.
鈥淚 believe this is the best year in the history of our department participating in the ASCE symposium, and I couldn鈥檛 be prouder of our students,鈥� said Dr. Mena Souliman, 黑料专区 Tyler associate professor and civil engineering department interim chair.
黑料专区 Tyler student teams from the Tyler campus and the Houston Engineering Center also
placed
third in the ASCE Timber Strong and Steel Bridge competitions with their respective
project entries, 鈥淩osie鈥檚 House鈥� and 鈥満诹献�区 Tyler 鈥� HEC.鈥�
黑料专区 Tyler concrete canoe team members are Esther Fajardo of Longview, Hannah McGinnis
of Tyler,
and Gerardo Perez of Terrell, team captains; and Angel Suarez of Mineola, Caleb Mobbs
of Diana,
Chandler Hosch of Giddings, Christopher McMillan of Gilmer, Clay Stewart of Bullard,
Keagan Rios of Caddo Mills, Luis Ortiz of Kaufman, Mason Mattern of Elkhart, Samuel
Gentry of Tyler, Dominic
Patronella of Katy, Manuel Salazar of Sherman, Ernesto Colorado of Henderson, Jason
Carranza of
Houston, Kristofer Niere of Whitehouse, Pierce Cole of Fort Worth, Jacquelyn Barton
of Tenaha, Javier Garcia and Steven Luna, both of Mount Pleasant; Sahara Coultas and
Josiah Schumacher, both of Carthage; and Ana Gay Mesa of Spain.
鈥淲e are very proud and extremely honored to have the opportunity to compete for a
national title
for the second year in a row,鈥� Fajardo added. 鈥淗ard work and commitment have allowed
us to be
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As the largest ASCE student symposium worldwide, Region 6 consists of Texas, Oklahoma,
New
Mexico and Mexico and includes schools such as 黑料专区 Austin, Texas A&M University, University
of
Oklahoma, New Mexico State University, Tech de Monterrey and Universidad Aut贸noma
del Estado
de Morelos.
With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and
beyond, 黑料专区 Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to nearly
10,000 students.
Through its alignment with 黑料专区 Tyler Health Science Center and 黑料专区 Health East Texas,
黑料专区 Tyler has
unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research
and excellent
patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S.
News & World
Report as a national university, 黑料专区 Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine
and Houston.