Spring Break
Concrete canoe club cruises to third place
Stephanie Vallejo
Issue date: 5/13/09 Section: News
Daniel Wanner, a sophomore civil engineer, is the team's construction engineer.
"One of my roommates last year, when I was a freshman, told me about it," he said. "I just tagged along last year and got hooked on it."
Both Wanner and Young said they heard about Concrete Canoe Club through the American Society of Civil Engineers club at SJSU.
In total, 85 students from the engineering department went to the Mid-Pacific Regional Conference, participating in steel bridge, water treatment and water canoe competitions.
Cirinelli said this is going to be his fourth year on the concrete canoe project.
"It's not a senior project or a class," he said. "We all do it on our own time for fun."
Next year's goal is to improve everything and win at regionals, Cirinelli said.
"The winners get glory, they get bragging rights and they get trophies," he said. "If you can make it to nationals, you get to be recognized at the national level and get representation for your school."
Wanner said it was fun hanging out with his teammates while working on the canoe.
"We become a team, and you learn teamwork skills and leadership skills," he said.
Young said he is already thinking about ways to improve for next year's canoe project.
"So much of what we do in engineering is purely paperwork, equations, problems, report," he said. "We don't ever get our hands dirty, usually. This is sort of a way to tie what we learn."
"One of my roommates last year, when I was a freshman, told me about it," he said. "I just tagged along last year and got hooked on it."
Both Wanner and Young said they heard about Concrete Canoe Club through the American Society of Civil Engineers club at SJSU.
In total, 85 students from the engineering department went to the Mid-Pacific Regional Conference, participating in steel bridge, water treatment and water canoe competitions.
Cirinelli said this is going to be his fourth year on the concrete canoe project.
"It's not a senior project or a class," he said. "We all do it on our own time for fun."
Next year's goal is to improve everything and win at regionals, Cirinelli said.
"The winners get glory, they get bragging rights and they get trophies," he said. "If you can make it to nationals, you get to be recognized at the national level and get representation for your school."
Wanner said it was fun hanging out with his teammates while working on the canoe.
"We become a team, and you learn teamwork skills and leadership skills," he said.
Young said he is already thinking about ways to improve for next year's canoe project.
"So much of what we do in engineering is purely paperwork, equations, problems, report," he said. "We don't ever get our hands dirty, usually. This is sort of a way to tie what we learn."
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ridiculous
posted 6/15/09 @ 10:47 PM PST
There was no tie, Berkeley won final product. And that is not the correct tie-breaker procedure anyway.
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