WKU engineering students placed third overall – the school’s best finish ever -- in the 35th annual American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Concrete Canoe Competition+.
WKU’s Mon Row, named for “The Father of Bluegrass” Bill Monroe, placed in the top 10 in every category of the competition, held June 3-5 at Louisiana Tech University.
WKU finished first in enhanced focus area, third in final product, fifth in project proposal and seventh in oral presentation. In canoe races, WKU placed fourth in co-ed sprint, fourth in men’s sprint, fifth in women’s sprint, fifth in women’s slalom and eighth in men’s slalom.
The top five finishers in the 2022 ASCE Society-Wide Concrete Canoe Competition were California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Universite Laval, Quebec City, Canada; WKU; Youngstown State University; and New York University–Tandon. Nineteen teams from across the country and around the world competed in the three-day event.
WKU students also finished 10th overall in the ASCE UESI Surveying Competition.