The University of Evansville student concrete canoe team will test their canoe on Tuesday, April 14, to see if it will float. On Swamp Day, as the students call it, the canoe will be placed in a tank filled with water in front of the Koch Center for Engineering and Science on UE’s campus. The test is scheduled from 5:00-6:30 p.m., and the public is invited to come and watch the proceedings.
The swamp test is part of the UE team’s preparation for the concrete canoe portion of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) Great Lakes Conference.
“It’s a safety test that all canoes have to pass in order to be eligible to participate in the race portion of the competition. In fact, it’s a test that even regular canoes have to pass in order to be deemed safe for water sports,†explains Mark Valenzuela, UE associate professor of engineering, who is a faculty advisor for the team.
The ASCE Great Lakes Conference will be hosted by Notre Dame on Thursday, April 16. The conference’s concrete canoe races are Friday, April 17, and formal oral presentations about the project in front of civil engineering professionals is Saturday, April 18.
