EWRI 2004 Parsons Brinckerhoff Capstone Design Contest
Currently all undergraduate civil engineering programs are required to include a "capstone" design experience and schools are strongly urged to require their students to collaborate and work in teams. Finalist teams competed at the EWRI Congress where each student team orally presented their project to a panel of industry judges during a special session at the conference making it the only live competition of the Congress! With such strong presentations this year, there was a tie for second place. EWRI would like to extend a very sincere thank you to Parsons Brinckerhoff for sponsoring this competition.
First Place: Villanova University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, for Waste Digester for a Chester County Farm, presented by Christopher Gelardo, Rachel Greengas, Greg McDermott, Amy Sfara, and Lauren Zuravnsky.
Second Place: University of Minnesota, Department of Civil Engineering for Orwell Dam Flood Control Design, presented by Amanda Bergstrom, Brian Connolly, Noa Funk, Nick Minderman, and Joe Nietfeld.
Second Place: Iowa State University, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering for Xicotepec Wastewater Improvement Project, presented by Ben Bobzien, Scott Schaefer, and Justin Nickel.