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Congratulations to all of our teams on another gre Congratulations to all of our teams on another great year in BWE! 

Here are some of the highlights from the year. Good luck to our teams still completing their projects or those who will be competing at the national level!
Save up your bottles and cans for the BWE Can Driv Save up your bottles and cans for the BWE Can Drive! Now through February 20, drop your return tickets into the team envelopes found in the BWE office. The fundraised money will go towards competition fees, travel, and supplies. The team that raises the most money will win a prize!
Meet this year’s ACRP team! The ACRP team parti Meet this year’s ACRP team!

The ACRP team participates in the Airport Cooperative Research Program’s University Design Competition. This year, our team is focusing on permeable pavement research for taxiways and aprons or other pavement solutions that may be beneficial to airports. Additionally, we are exploring other innovative pavement solutions that could improve airport sustainability and operational efficiency.

We can’t wait to see everything this team does as part of BWE this year!
Meet this year’s Timber Strong team! The team h Meet this year’s Timber Strong team!

The team has been using the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Process to analyze the new rules for the competition and ideate a unique design that not only meets this year’s parameters but goes above and beyond. The team is currently working on locating sponsors, constructing our report, and finalizing calculations.

We can’t wait to see everything this team does as part of BWE this year!
Meet the Steel Bridge team! Steel Bridge designs, Meet the Steel Bridge team!

Steel Bridge designs, fabricates, and constructs a competitive steel bridge on a yearly basis to meet a specific set of requirements and withstand a certain load.

We can’t wait to see everything this team does as part of BWE this year!
Meet this year’s WERC team! The WERC team will Meet this year’s WERC team!

The WERC team will be working on removing metals from mining influenced waters using fungi. The team has been researching Oyster mushrooms and working on creating a system to take out these metals through a bioreactor. The WERC team will be attending the WERC competition in April of 2025. 

We can’t wait to see everything this team does as part of BWE this year!
Meet this year’s EPA Campus Rainworks team! The Meet this year’s EPA Campus Rainworks team!

The EPA Campus Rainworks team’s goal is to incorporate green infrastructure and sustainable practices into the MTU campus. The team is currently ideating and narrowing down our project for this year. The areas of interest on campus include the waterfront to the portage, either by Princes Point or towards facilities. 

We can’t wait to see everything this team does as part of BWE this year!
Meet this year’s Engineers Without Borders team! Meet this year’s Engineers Without Borders team!

This team will be working with an underprivileged community in Bolivia to implement sustainable and cost-effective solutions in their road system that mitigate the challenges presented by the rainy season such as erosion and washout.

We can’t wait to see everything this team does as part of BWE this year!
New to the BWE scene this year is Concrete Canoe! New to the BWE scene this year is Concrete Canoe! 

Concrete Canoe at Michigan Tech designs, builds, and tests a canoe made of entirely of concrete prioritizing speed, agility, and aesthetic value. The team looks for ways to keep the process sustainable, innovative, cheap, lightweight, and efficient. 

We can’t wait to see everything this team does as part of BWE this year!
Want to learn more about BWE? Visit us tomorrow in Want to learn more about BWE? Visit us tomorrow in Dillman 208 for our info session!
Come see us at K-Day!! BWE is excited for a great Come see us at K-Day!! BWE is excited for a great school year
Congratulations to the Steel Bridge team for winni Congratulations to the Steel Bridge team for winning first place overall at the Eastern Great Lakes regional ASCE symposium! They also received 6 additional awards which were: 

1st in stiffness 
1st in structural efficiency
1st in lightness 
2nd in construction speed 
2nd in construction efficiency
3rd in cost estimation

The team plans to continue practicing their bridge building and fine-tuning their plans as they prepare for Nationals in Ruston, LA. 

Congratulations and great work!
Hard WERC really does pay off 🥳 Congratulation Hard WERC really does pay off 🥳

Congratulations to both of our WERC teams who competed at the WERC Environmental Design Competition hosted by NMSU last week! 

WERC 1, competing with their green infrastructure storm water management design placed first overall, 2nd in their benchscale demonstration, and got honorable mention for their business flash talk!

WERC team 4 (all freshman competing against seniors might I add! 😲) was awarded with judges choice for their algal CO2 removal system! 

Not only did both teams do amazing, but they also soaked up some sun (and fun) in New Mexico! Congratulations everyone 😊
Congratulations to the Timber Strong Team! They p Congratulations to the Timber Strong Team!

They placed first overall at the ASCE build competition last week. They also set a new build record this year, beating their own previous record! 

We are so proud of this team for all their hard work this year! Great job everyone 😁
💧Team Takeover ⛈️ We are so excited to be 💧Team Takeover ⛈️

We are so excited to be here in Las Cruces for the WERC Environmental Design competition! Our WERC 1 team has spent this year creating a green-infrastructure storm water management system for the town of Dollar Bay, MI. Dollar Bay has been experiencing flooding issues for years and our design uses natural bioretention cells and check dams to reduce flooding and remove salinity pollution from road salts! 

A huge thank you to our task sponsors: EPA R&D office, the NM Space Grant Consortium, NASA SMD Earth Science Division, CSM Smith, & Souder, Miller, & Associates, and our host, the NMSU WERC competition. 

Stay tuned for updates on our progress this week! 

#NMSUWERCcompetition
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👷🏻‍♂️Team spotlight 👨‍🏭 Steel 👷🏻‍♂️Team spotlight 👨‍🏭

Steel Bridge and Timber Strong are participating in the ASCE student Symposiua & competitions in Akron, Ohio this week! 

This year, the Steel Bridge team has been asked to design a bridge to cross a water hazard in the Louisiana Lincoln Parish Disc Golf Course. They have collectively put hundreds of hours of work (yep you read that right!) into modeling, report writing, prefabrication, fabrication, and build practice.

Timber Strong will be building a two-story wood structure with a cantilever second story. Their overall focus is on designing a structure that is sustainable, atheistically pleasing, and structurally durable. They have also been putting in a lot of work into modeling, report writing, and build practice!

Please join us in wishing both of these hardworking teams good luck at competition!
Hey everyone! BWE will be hosting a bake sale on Hey everyone!

BWE will be hosting a bake sale on the first floor of the library from 11 am- 1pm tomorrow (3/26)! All money raised will directly support teams. 

Please consider stopping by for a sweet treat! 🧁
🗳️Election day! 🗣️ Congratulations to 🗳️Election day! 🗣️ 

Congratulations to next year's Eboard! 

From left to right: 

Digital Relations Chair- Brailee Klipa

Secretary- Allyson Walcott

Vice President - Jakob Christiansen

ESAB Liaison- Connor Tokie

President- Ryan Andrick

Public Outreach- Elsa Meyer

Congratulations everyone! Can't wait to see the amazing things you will do for BWE!
Our weekly class meetings are Thursdays at 4pm in Our weekly class meetings are Thursdays at 4pm in EERC 100. Feel free to stop in anytime to get an introduction to BWE and our teams! This week , each team will have a short presentation explaining their  current progress on projects!
Hey everyone! BWE will be accepting returnable c Hey everyone! 

BWE will be accepting returnable can donations to fundraise for competition fees, travel, and supplies for our projects! Feel free to message any BWE social media or any BWE member to coordinate pick up or drop off of your cans :) This will run until February 23. 

Any donation is greatly appreciated!
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