Geo-Challenge 2010

Competition Announcement

Geo-Challenge Rules

sand

scoreboard

testing to failure


 


Geo-Challenge
Student Competition
on Retaining Wall Construction

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
1:45pm-4:45pm
at
GeoFlorida 2010
West Palm Beach, FL

The Prestigious Atterberg Cup
The Prestigious
Atterberg Cup

2009 geo-CompetitionTeams of students from across the country compete in the action-packed MSE Geo-Challenge.

The teams design and construct a scaled-down model of a mechanically stabilized wall in which dry sand, reinforced with paper, is retained behind a paper wall that has been constructed in a plywood form.

The event is judged on the wall’s capacity to support a design load, on the amount of reinforcement used, and on the quality of the design report.

2009 Winners
IFCEE '09, Orlando, FL
University of Missouri – Columbia

2009 Geo-Competition Winners from U Missouri Columbia

(L to R) Chelsea Smith, Aaron Sides,
Wyatt Jenkins, and Daniel Huaco
The team's wall supported 169 pounds

2009 Winning Team with Jean-Louis Briaud

G-I President Jean-Louis Briaud and Dr Amy Cerato
present the Atterberg Cup