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Geo-Challenge 2010
Competition Announcement
Geo-Challenge Rules



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Geo-Challenge
Student Competition
on Retaining Wall Construction
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
1:45pm-4:45pm
at
GeoFlorida 2010
West Palm Beach, FL
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The Prestigious
Atterberg Cup |
Teams 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

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

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