Over the course of a school year, the team concocts a concrete mixture light enough to float in water and uses it to construct a canoe. “You want to, first of all, design a canoe that’s as ...

Answer: The concrete canoe floats due to the unit weight of the concrete being less than the unit weight of water. The unit weight of water is 62.4 pounds per cubic foot, and the unit weight of our ...

In June, they were one of 19 teams to earn an invitation to the ASCE’s nationwide Concrete Canoe Competition and took home fifth in the men’s slalom race. The UB team’s travel and participation in the ...

Despite a stumbling block during the construction phase, the University’s Concrete Canoe team is set to compete in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ concrete canoe race from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The team met for “Pour Day,” at 5:30 a.m. and finished at 8 p.m. After letting the canoe cure for 21 days, the team sanded it down and the visual design team took over to stain and paint the ...

The UF concrete canoe team floated to the occasion by winning its fourth national title in the concrete canoe competition at the ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships, which took place from ...

This year’s canoe weighed 384 pounds. Despite the heaviness, Dunn said the team was able to make the canoe float by using a hull design modeled after traditional canoes and by mixing into the concrete ...

Lydia Lamey ’25, co-captain, Michigan Tech Concrete Canoe How Do You Float a Concrete Canoe? The Concrete Canoe competition includes a five-minute technical presentation that covers project management ...

Virginia Tech students Michaela Foster, left, and Leah Goulet, right, participate in a sprint race during the concrete canoe competition as part of the American Society of Civil Engineers ...

The concrete canoe face-off included sprint and slalom races. Unfortunately, Iowa State’s team was unable to compete as their boat was cracked and fully broke on their way to the lake.

Virginia Tech's concrete canoe design team goes into the water at Claytor Lake. Rowers Leah Goulet and Michaela Foster prep for the women's slalom race.