University of North Carolina at Charlotte

ASCE Student Chapter

Fall 2023 End of Semester Message

To the members of the UNC Charlotte ASCE Student Chapter,

With final exams coming to an end and winter break coming to a head, now is a great opportunity for the ASCE Student Chapter Board to share an update about the chapter over the semester.

The chapter has been able to have some wonderful social events, such as tailgates at various Charlotte football games, a joint social hosted by NC State in October, and a baseball social with the local ASCE Carolinas Southern Branch.
Our campus was host to several general body meetings for the student chapter where engineering companies came in to discuss how they serve our industry and shared their professional experiences with students.
The Innovation Team won the finals competition of the 2023 Innovation Contest held at the ASCE Annual Convention in Chicago this past October. This particular accomplishment is held dearly by our chapter for the hard work and dedication put forth by this team to represent the school.
Both our Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge Competition Teams have made excellent progress on their respective designs and construction. The captains of both teams are impressed by the work done so far, and are looking forward to the work left to be done in the coming months before Symposium.
Our Hosting Committee for the 2024 ASCE Carolinas Symposium have been working tirelessly to put together a spectacular event to get our beautiful campus in the best shape possible in order to best host our fellow competing universities in April.

Leadership at every level within this chapter are proud beyond measure by the success and spirit displayed in the last several months since the school year began. With that being said, there is much more work to be done, and there are more opportunities to improve and grow as an organization. The board wishes to keep this enthusiastic good will in momentum for the spring semester, and will do our very best to serve this chapter as we look ahead to the Symposium in April, and the future beyond.

Enjoy your winter break, and we will see you all when classes begin again in January!

Sincerely,

ASCE Student Chapter Board

About Us

ASCE is the first and oldest national engineering society, founded in 1852. National membership exceeds 144,000, with over 15,000 being student members. National membership is free to students which allows access to all technical content ASCE offers. This is an amazing opportunity, considering ASCE is the world’s largest publisher of civil engineering technical content! As a student chapter, our goal is to facilitate interaction between students, faculty, and practicing engineers. Additionally, we sponsor intercollegiate competitions, community outreach, and society social events. The UNC Charlotte chapter hosts guest speakers from industry and government at meetings held throughout the semester. We strongly encourage all civil engineering students to participate in the many events that ASCE hosts!

The purpose of our chapter is to work together as engineering students for common goals. These goals are modeled after the National ASCE Chapter and include upholding a common view of making society a better place through the continual improvement of transportation, environmental, geotechnical and structural advancements as well as to represent the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Civil Engineering program at the Carolinas Symposium. The schools within the competition of the Carolinas Symposium include Clemson University, The University of South Carolina, The Military College of South Carolina –The Citadel, North Carolina State University, Duke University, North Carolina A&T, Horry Georgetown Technical college, and South Carolina State University. This competition consists of competing in civil engineering related activities, such as the concrete canoe and steel bridge, and other various completions with the chance to advance to Nationals and the opportunity to meet and network with other future civil engineers in the Carolinas.

2023 Innovation Contest National Champs

Our Innovation Team won the finals competition of the 2023 Innovation Contest that took place at the ASCE Annual Convention in Chicago, on October 20. We are so incredibly proud of our fellow members and all their hard work to achieve this incredible accomplishment!

Co-Chairs: Jordan Landis and Justin Spurmont

Members: Katie McKendrick, Jarrod Vonkchalee, Luke Bender, Abigail Rose, and Emma Fredericks