Rensselaer Civil Engineering Students Take First Prize at National GeoChallenge Competition

May 20, 2011 rockman Conferences Comments Off on Rensselaer Civil Engineering Students Take First Prize at National GeoChallenge Competition
Winning team for 2011 Geo-Challenge from Rensselaer

Winning team for 2011 Geo-Challenge from Rensselaer

Here’s a press release from Rensselaer about their students winning the MSE wall competition at the Geo-Frontiers conference. Congratulations guys! [Source: Rensselaer via ASCE SmartBrief. Image: RPI]

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