{"id":152142,"date":"2026-04-06T11:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142//?p=152142"},"modified":"2026-04-06T11:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:45:47","slug":"best-of-the-southeast-ucf-conquers-civil-engineering-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142//best-of-the-southeast-ucf-conquers-civil-engineering-competition/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142//","title":{"rendered":"Best of the Southeast: Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Conquers Civil Engineering Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ civil engineering students sailed to the top of the Concrete Canoe Competition at this year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u2019s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Southeast Student Symposium. Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u2019s ASCE student chapter clinched first place, defeating a field of 13 teams that included Georgia Tech and the University of Florida, which has placed first for 13 of the past 14 years./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/n

The victory qualifies Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ to compete at the ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships in June in West Virginia where nearly 20 teams from North America will compete for the top crown./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u201cMany of the other schools were chanting /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u2018U-C-F/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u2019 with us when we won because of how significant the moment was./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u2014 Edward Collazo Borges, Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ ASCE chapter president/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u201cWinning first place in the Concrete Canoe Competition was exciting, but doing it in such a competitive region and against a program like UF /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u2014 which has such a strong history in the event /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u2014 made it even more meaningful,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u201d says Edward Collazo Borges, the president of the Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ ASCE chapter. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u201cFrom the outside, it may not seem like a lot, but this was huge /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u2014 not just for Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½, but for every school in our region. During the awards ceremony, many of the other schools were chanting /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u2018U-C-F/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u2019 with us when we won because of how significant the moment was./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152142/n