UMaine ASCE Student Chapter

UMaine ASCE Student Chapter Welcome to UMaine American Society of Civil Engineers Since the 1970's, The University of Maine has been building and racing concrete canoes.

The basic idea was to start with some kind of reinforcement, mold it into the shape of a canoe, place concrete over it, let the concrete cure, remove the mold, and if we're lucky, the result is a canoe that floats! In the beginning, the canoes weighed over 500 pounds and were raced at the Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race in Bangor. In 1974 Maine held the 1st Annual Whitewater Concrete Canoe Race. Eigh

teen schools participated, making the competition the third largest in the world! Over the past three decades the race has become a national event sponsored by ASCE and Master Builders. The canoes have become lighter and faster, and are raced on flat water. Nationally competitive canoes weigh in at less than 150 pounds. The competition involves men's, women's and co-ed races (200 and 600m), a design paper, visual display, and a five minute oral presentation. In 1991 and 1992, the University of Maine teams won the New England Regional Competitions and represented the region at the national level. In 1996, the UMaine team placed 3rd in New England. The "ROCK HARD" team placed 2nd at regionals on April 12, 1997. In 2001/2002 the team was resurrected in order to host the competition and with a young, inexperienced team still placed 3rd in the New England Region on April 27, 2002. In 2003, the canoe "CC MINOW" placed 2nd in the region and in 2004 the "DEADLINE" placed 4th. The team placed 4th again in 2005 with "CEMENT MIXER." After more than a decade without a national showing, the 2006 team with their canoe "THE ARRRGREGATE!" captured 1st place at the New England Regionals and traveled to Oklahoma to compete at the national competition. The University of Maine has high hopes for the future of its concrete canoe program, as the team continues to improve its technology and applications to become more competitive on the national level.

Join us tomorrow for bowling and pizza night! Please bring $5 per person.
10/13/2022

Join us tomorrow for bowling and pizza night! Please bring $5 per person.

Today at ASCE weekly we had panel of students talk about their summer internships in the Civil Engineering field. Great ...
10/12/2022

Today at ASCE weekly we had panel of students talk about their summer internships in the Civil Engineering field. Great turnout!

Today at ASCE weekly we had Jeff Aceto from SMRT Architects and Engineers Inc. speaking about preparation for the Engine...
10/05/2022

Today at ASCE weekly we had Jeff Aceto from SMRT Architects and Engineers Inc. speaking about preparation for the Engineering Career Fair. Great turnout!

10/03/2022
Today at ASCE weekly we had Austin Harrell, P.E. and Ian Pillsbury from Realtime Utility Engineers. speaking about Trans...
09/28/2022

Today at ASCE weekly we had Austin Harrell, P.E. and Ian Pillsbury from Realtime Utility Engineers. speaking about Transmission line & Substation Engineering, structural analysis, materials, software, clients, & more.
Great turnout!

Today at ASCE weekly we had Erik Wiberg from R.W. Gillespie & Associates inc. speaking about Geotechnical Engineering in...
09/21/2022

Today at ASCE weekly we had Erik Wiberg from R.W. Gillespie & Associates inc. speaking about Geotechnical Engineering in practice.
Great turnout!

Join us this Wednesday!!
09/20/2022

Join us this Wednesday!!

Don't miss out on tomorrow's meeting!
02/23/2021

Don't miss out on tomorrow's meeting!

For those of you who are not able to come to the weekly meetings here are links to the some of the videos
11/06/2020

For those of you who are not able to come to the weekly meetings here are links to the some of the videos

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Enter our costume contest for a chance to win a super cool prize!!
10/26/2020

Enter our costume contest for a chance to win a super cool prize!!

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