ND students named champions of 2021 American Society of Civil Engineers Great Lakes Student Conference

• The Concrete Canoe Competition consisted of a presentation and report detailing the efforts by the mix design and structural teams to build the Notre Dame canoe, “Much Canoe About Nothing.” Led by senior Kevin Deye, the ND team finished in third place in this competition.
• The John R. Craig Legacy Competition involved making a video about alumni experiences and persistence in the face of adversity as related to Concrete Canoe. The ND video, designed by junior Mia Lochhead and featuring 2005 ND ASCE alum Brian Tracy, won first place in the competition.
• In the Construction Institute Competition, a team of four sophomores, led by Andrew DeLuca, created and presented a plan for construction as if they were a construction company that had just accepted a bid for a local project.

• In the Concrete Cornhole Competition, a team of four underclassmen, guided by sophomore Lalo Segura, not only created a cornhole board out of concrete, but also played against other teams virtually. The ND student chapter finished in third place overall.
• Juniors Kyle Copley and Megan Kulpinski captained the Sustainable Solutions Competition, where a team provided a proposal and a 3D model for a sustainable outdoor space on a college campus. The team earned a fifth-place finish.
• Senior Celine Castillo presented her Technical Paper in a technical writing competition and junior Ken Pendergest represented the Notre Dame student chapter in the AutoCAD Competition. 

The team worked hard all year, embracing the challenges of working within COVID-19 precautions, and the hard work paid off. The team is proud of their resilience this year and look forward to building on this success next year!