Stories indexed under: Student competitions

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  • Concrete canoe team Concrete canoe team wins fifth straight national title June 18, 2007 Racing and exhibiting a 20-foot, 176-pound boat named Descendent, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Concrete Canoe Team did more than just buck the laws of physics this weekend: Despite stiff competition, the team earned its fifth consecutive national title at the American Society of Civil Engineers 20th annual National Concrete Canoe Competition, held June 14 through 16.
  • UW-Madison bridge, canoe teams sweep regional competition May 7, 2007 Overcoming such obstacles as thunderstorms, muddy turf and an emergency hotel-hallway bridge-building practice, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Concrete Canoe Team and Steel Bridge Team each dominated the Great Lakes Regional Competition, held April 26-29 at Purdue University.
  • Medical device refinements top student design competition May 7, 2007 Designed by University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineering students, a device that improves the diagnostic yield of fine-needle aspiration, a sensory-substitution device for hearing impairment, and a magnetic-resonance-compatible device for imaging lower extremities during movement received top honors in the first annual Tong Biomedical Engineering Design Award competition.
  • University to honor distinguished students May 7, 2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley will honor nearly 100 undergraduate recipients of the university's most prestigious scholarships, fellowships and awards.
  • Students flex entrepreneurial muscle in competition May 1, 2007 What do a discarded industrial fan, a recycled wastebasket, a surplus fishing reel, and a set of drawers from an old lab desk have to do with entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus?