Our Crowdfunding Groups
The American Society of Civil Engineers is the Registered Student Organization under which the Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge design teams fall. Over the past few years, both of our teams have been significantly improving. In 2015 the Concrete Canoe team placed first at the Mid Continent Student Conference for the first time ever. They then moved on to compete at the National level, hosted by Clemson, for the first time in SIU history. In 2016, the Concrete Canoe team again won the regional competition and advanced to Nationals in Tyler, Texas, and moved up 5 places from the year before. In 2016, the Steel Bridge team also placed first at the Mid-Continent Student Conference, which allowed them to qualify for Nationals which was hosted by Brigham Young University in Utah, a feat that had not been accomplished in nearly ten years. The materials for both the Canoe and the Bridge are costly, and registration, transportation, and lodging for three separate conferences are quite expensive as well. We rely on the kindness of generous donors such as yourself to allow us to continue our successes. Both of the teams provide real world, practical experience, and also promote team work, which are skills that cannot always be taught in the classroom. Thank you for your consideration.
-Nicole Hanke, President ASCE SIUC Student Chapter
- Jessica Wignes, Concrete Canoe Captain
-Joseph DeWerff, Concrete Canoe Captain
-Nicholas Berty, Steel Bridge Captain
Ten dollars will help the bridge team get cans of paint, as well as get the canoe team two 2x4's.
With twenty five dollars, the canoe team can make 3-D models for testing, and the bridge team would be able to buy the tools we need for competition.
With a donation of fifty dollars, the bridge team can afford a set of bolts for competition, and the canoe team purchase GSB boards.
With one hundred dollars, the canoe team can get FRP boards, and the steel bridge team can purchase end mills for machining connections.
For two hundred and fifty dollars, both bridge and canoe team can get fuel to go to competition as well as pay for a place to stay.
With a donation of five hundred dollars, the steel bridge team can start to purchase the steel for the bridge to be machined for competition, and the canoe team can pay for their registration fees for competition.
