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WKU’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will host the 2023 ASCE Indiana-Kentucky Student Symposium April 13-15.

Engineering students from 12 schools -- Purdue University at West Lafayette, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Purdue University Northwest, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Trine University, University of Evansville, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of Notre Dame, University of Southern Indiana, Valparaiso University and WKU -- will participate in the American Society of Civil Engineers regional event.

The Student Symposium includes 2023 ASCE Society-wide Competitions in Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge, Surveying, Sustainable Solutions, Construction Institute Student Symposium, Timber-Strong Design Build, and Student Symposium Paper as well as 2023 Regional Competitions in Balsa Wood Bridge, Concrete Cornhole, Transportation, Lawn Darts, and Mystery Design. Learn more about the competitions at https://studentsymposium.asce.org/indiana-kentucky/competitions/

The Indiana-Kentucky Student Symposium will begin with a welcome ceremony and dinner at 6 p.m. April 13 at WKU’s L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center, 406 Elrod Road.

Competition events on April 14 will be held from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Basil Griffin Park, 2055  Three Springs Road, with Concrete Canoe, Concrete Cornhole, Timber Strong, Lawn Darts, Surveying and Mystery Design.

Competition events on April 15 will be held from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at STUPP Bridge Company, 445 Century St., with Steel Bridge, Balsa Wood Bridge, Construction Institute, Sustainable Solutions, Transportation, Canoe Oral Presentations, Surveying Oral Presentations, and Technical Paper Oral Presentations.

The symposium will conclude with an awards ceremony and banquet at 6 p.m. April 15 at the National Corvette Museum, 350 Corvette Drive.

In 2022, WKU’s concrete canoe team finished third in the 35th annual ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition+, the school’s best finish ever, and placed first at the Indiana-Kentucky Student Symposium. WKU’s best national finish had been fourth-place in 2002, 2007 and 2016; fifth in 2019.

For more about the symposium, visit https://studentsymposium.asce.org/indiana-kentucky/

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Western Kentucky University prides itself on positioning its students, faculty and staff for long term success. As a student-centered, applied research university, WKU helps students expand on classroom learning by integrating education with real-world applications in the communities we serve. Our hilltop campus is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, which was recently named by Reader’s Digest as one of the nicest towns in America, just an hour’s drive from Nashville, Tennessee.