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Concrete Canoe, Environmental, Geotech, PSWC, Steel Bridge

Final Prep for PSWC 2016

All of our design teams are busy making final preparations for PSWC 2016. With less than a week before conference, the KAP basement is full of activity from everyone from steel bridge working on final fabrication and assembly, concrete canoe preparing the stands, section, and display table, geotech building their box, surveying practicing, and environmental finishing their system. We’re excited to showcase our work in Long Beach next week!

The environmental team work on their filtering system.
The environmental team works on their filtering system.
The concrete canoe team tests out their new, reusable folding wood canoe stands.
The concrete canoe team tests out their new, reusable folding wood canoe stands.
Geotech captain Marissa measures the geowall box.
Geotech captain Marissa measures the geowall box.
Steel bridge team members discuss how to manufacture a part.
Steel bridge team members discuss how to manufacture a part.
Steel bridge members at work.
Steel bridge members at work.
The steel bridge box where pieces are transported.
The steel bridge box where pieces are transported.
The steel bridge team takes a brief break to pose for a photo.
The steel bridge team takes a brief break to pose for a photo.
Pieces of the Steel Bridge are laid out.
Pieces of the Steel Bridge are laid out.
Surveying team members practice in E-Quad.
Surveying team members practice in E-Quad.

Concrete Canoe, Misc. PSWC Events

Saturday Night PSWC Prep

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We’re all working hard to get everything ready for PSWC 2015. Our Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge, Geotechnical, Dog House, and Concrete Bowling teams are all putting in long hours today in the KAP Basement, and everyone’s super excited for conference!

  • Painting the dog house, steel bridge, and transportation poster stands.
  • Noah paints the concrete bowling ball.
  • Painting the lettering on the canoe.
  • Assembling the display table.
  • 4 Days to PSWC 2015!
ASCE

2014 ASCE Global Engineering Conference Panama in Pictures

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Five USC representatives traveled to Panama City, Panama last week for the 2014 ASCE Global Engineering Conference. In addition to attending various technical sessions and networking with professionals, we visited several significant architectural and engineering sites, including the Panama Canal and the job site of the Panama Canal expansion project.

  • Lots of construction in Panama City
  • ASCE LA Section Dinner in Panama
  • ASCE LA Section Dinner in Panama
  • ASCE LA Section Dinner in Panama
  • Local Culture Presentation at ASCE LA Section Dinner in Panama
  • Local Culture Presentation at ASCE LA Section Dinner in Panama
  • ASCE LA Section Dinner in Panama
  • Panama City skyline at night
  • Outside the Panama conference hotel
  • USC ASCE Representatives at the 2014 Global Engineering Conference, Panama
  • Lunch at a roadside stand
  • Lunch at a roadside stand
  • General session at the conference
  • Break-out presentation on the construction of the 3rd set of locks of the Panama Canal
  • View from the conference hotel
  • South (Pacific) Panama Canal entrance
  • Panama Canal: 3rd set of locks construction
  • Panama Canal: 3rd set of locks construction
  • Panama Canal: 3rd set of locks construction
  • Panama Canal: 3rd set of locks construction
  • Panama Canal: 3rd set of locks construction
  • ASCE Students and Members overlook the Panama Canal expansion construction project
  • Panama Canal: 3rd set of locks construction
  • Panama Canal: 3rd set of locks construction
  • Panama Canal: 3rd set of locks construction
  • Panama Canal: 3rd set of locks construction
  • Centennial Bridge over the Panama Canal
  • Panama Canal: Spillway at Miraflores locks
  • Panama Canal: Miraflores Locks
  • Panama Canal: Miraflores Locks
  • Panama Canal: Miraflores Locks
  • Panama Canal: Miraflores Locks
  • Panama Canal: Miraflores Locks
  • Panama Canal: Miraflores Locks
  • Panama Canal: Miraflores Locks
  • Panama Canal: Miraflores Locks
  • Global Conference Closing Luncheon
  • USC ASCE members with ASCE Global Conference 2014 Keynote Speaker, and USC Alum, Grant Imahara
  • Casco Viejo, Panama
  • Casco Viejo, Panama
  • Casco Viejo, Panama
  • Casco Viejo, Panama
  • Night view of Panama City
  • Dinner in Casco Viejo, Panama
  • Casco Viejo, Panama
  • Low tide view towards downtown Panama City
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins: masonry detail
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins: restored and original brick arches
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama: modern steel structure inside historic masonry tower
  • Antigua Panama: city view from historic tower
  • Antigua Panama: observation tower
  • Antigua Panama: observation tower
  • Antigua Panama: observation tower
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • Antigua Panama – 17th century ruins
  • El Mercado de Maiscos – seafood market
  • USC ASCE President and VP Winston and Tedman share a tandem
  • Biking along the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal
  • Biking along the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal
  • Ships line up to enter the Panama Canal
  • Biking along the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal
  • Biking along the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal
  • Bridge of the Americas over the Panama Canal entrance at sundown

Concrete Canoe, Environmental, Misc. PSWC Events, PSWC, Steel Bridge

Final PSWC 2014 Preparations

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All of our design teams are busy with last-minute preparations for PSWC 2014. We’re off to San Diego tonight, excited to compete!

  • Ben grinds down a piece of the steel bridge.
  • Ben grinds down a piece of the bridge.
  • The Steel Bridge team prepares to practice assembling their bridge.
  • The Steel Bridge team practices assembling their bridge.
  • Kelly holds the results of a failed concrete bowling ball test.
  • The Concrete Bowling Ball awaits its paint job.
  • The Environmental team’s system goes through a test run.
  • Cleaning the basement canoe area.
  • The space shuttle cut-away section, complete with cardinal red steel stands made from last year’s steel bridge.
  • Kelly and Lucy assemble the final product display table.
  • Admiring the completed canoe-staining.
  • DiSCovery II awaits its lettering.
  • Lucy applies a second coat of paint to the canoe letters.
  • Jake paints canoe letters.
  • Erin paints “Southern” onto the canoe.
  • Carefully painting lettering onto DiSCovery II.
  • Painting on the canoe & university name.
  • Erin paints lettering onto the canoe.
  • Touching up the canoe lettering.
  • Erin and Jessica discuss the status of the canoe finishing.
  • Jessica and Erin paint “DiSCovery II” onto the canoe.
  • Jessica carefully touches up the canoe lettering.
  • Painting lettering onto the canoe.
  • Removing a lettering stencil from the canoe.
  • Watching paint dry.
  • Touching up the canoe lettering.
  • Erin cuts out labels for the concrete aggregate samples for the display table.
  • Jessica goes into full-on artist mode while staining the canoe.
  • All of USC ASCE’s equipment and creations are safely packed into the U–Haul to head to San Diego.
  • WALL-E Looks over DiSCovery II and the rest of our gear in the U-Haul.
Concrete Canoe

Concrete Canoe Update

We’ve been busy putting the finishing touches on our concrete canoe and its auxiliary components over the past few weeks. Our cut-away section is a seven-foot-long space shuttle, complete with red steel stands (not pictured):

space-shuttle-section

Our two stands include a massive asteroid (made out of concrete, of course), and a special robotic guest:

asteroid-stand

We’re building some other cool stuff, including a canoe, of course, but you’ll have to wait until PSWC to see everything else. For now check out the construction pics:

  • Lucy and Kelly carve an asteroid out of Styrofoam.
  • Placing a concrete shell on the asteroid canoe stand.
  • Preparing to paint the asteroid canoe stand.
  • Team members admire the (shiny) DiSCovery I Practice Canoe as they remove it from the mold.
  • Re-lining the canoe with contact paper for the DiSCovery II pour.
  • Placing concrete.
  • A carefully orchestrated operation of mixing and placing concrete.
  • Mixing concrete for DiSCovery II.
  • Placing concrete in DiSCovery II.
  • Adding another layer of reinforcement (this time fiberglass).
  • Preparing to build a curing tent for DiSCovery II.
  • Assembling PVC pipes for the DiSCovery II curing tent.
  • Post pour-day-II celebratory team dinner!
  • Erin and Jessica assemble Styrofoam blocks to be cut into a space shuttle.
  • We just sanded a big block of foam into the shape of a space shuttle…
  • SC Traveler was finally removed from behind our building, to make room for DiSCovery I and DiSCovery II after PSWC 2014.
  • While SC Traveler was a great improvement for our 2013 canoe team, we’re hoping to reach new levels of success with DiSCovery II.
  • Preparing to place concrete in our space shuttle cut-away section.
  • Jessica sands sheets of Styrofoam into wings.
  • Freshly painted space rocks to accompany our asteroid stand.
  • Preparing to remove DiSCovery II from its mold.
  • Removing DiSCovery II from its mold.
  • Admiring our shiny new canoe.
  • DiSCovery II awaits sanding and staining.
  • Sanding the exterior of the canoe.
  • Canoe captain Jake sands the canoe, unafraid of the plentiful concrete dust.
  • Erin sands the canoe.
  • Tyler delicately brushes excess concrete dust off of the canoe.
  • Jessica meticulously sands the canoe.
  • Sanding the exterior of the canoe.
  • Erin (supposed to be working on the display board) says hi!
  • The first layer of staining is completed.