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Every year, ASCE student chapters across the country come together to compete in regional student symposiums, and our Pacific Southwest Symposium (PSWS) this year is going to be held at University of Hawaii, Manoa in Honolulu, Hawai’i.
Our club’s competitive projects are vital for supplementing the theory-based civil engineering curriculum at UCLA. Through participating in projects, our 350 active members are able to get hands-on experience in an academic environment that will help them later on in obtaining internships, research positions, and full-time jobs. ASCE at UCLA competes in 8 events at PSWS (more than any other school in the region!) and typically places very high in each event and overall. Students work on these projects throughout the whole school year, and competing at PSWS is the culmination of all their hard work.
For many students, PSWS is the first time they get to meet other civil engineering students from both within and outside UCLA. Our club will be able to guarantee spots to vital members such as those on build teams, but we want to be able to give anyone who wants to attend the opportunity to, and we don’t want cost to be a hindering factor that causes them to miss this opportunity that they may never get again. The more money we raise, the more people we will be able to bring to PSWS.
While our club typically has no problem sending our members and project teams to PSWS when it takes place in southern California, this year will be especially difficult due to the added costs of flights, hotels, transportation, and shipping our projects.
The cost to send each of our members to compete is significantly higher than previous years, and while we have raised as much of the funds through our own means as we can, we cannot do it alone. We on the fundraising team been a part of ASCE at UCLA since our freshman year and have seen the impact this club has on all civil engineering students here, so it is really important that our members can make it to Hawai'i.
Concrete Canoe
Design and construct a 19 foot canoe made of concrete, race it against other schools, and present to a panel of judges.
Environmental Design
Design a filtration system to remove contaminants from polluted water and present to a panel of judges.
GeoWall
Design and build a retaining wall out of poster board and kraft paper to hold back over 500 pounds of sand.
Steel Bridge
Design, fabricate, and construct a 1:10 scale steel bridge to resist vertical and horizontal loads and present to a panel of judges.
Surveying
Get hands on experience with land surveying using equipment such as total stations, prisms, and pacing and present to a panel of judges.
Sustainable Solutions
Design a proposal for sustainable and equitable improvements to an underutilized parcel of land, applying urban planning, land development, and sustainability practices and present to a panel of judges.
Timber-Strong Design Build
Design, model, and build a small-scale timber structure with a focus on aesthetics and sustainability for a panel of judges.
Transportation Design
Design a real-world transportation facility to solve a real-world transportation issue using AutoCAD, traffic analysis, and environmental analysis, and present to a panel of judges.
The following projects are service based projects or compete in competitions outside of PSWS.
Construction Management
Respond to a request for proposal (RFP) with deliverables including a construction estimate, schedule, project management plan, and site logistics plan, and then present to industry judges.
Seismic Design
Design, analyze, and construct a 5-ft 20 story balsa wood skyscraper and test it on a shake table against other schools.
Seismic Outreach
Work with local middle school students to teach about civil engineering concepts as ASCE’s only community service project.
On behalf of the American Society of Civil Engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, we thank you for your continued support. Because of your generosity, many more students will be able to attend this competition! Thank you!
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Your donation of $10 will provide 1 student with a PSWS t-shirt and merch to commemorate their experience. As a thank you for your donation, we will send you a recap video of our experience at PSWS! (Fully tax deductible)
Your donation of $25 will provide food for 2 students for 1 day. As a thank you for your donation, we will send you a recap video of our experience at PSWS and give you a shoutout on our social media! (Fully tax deductible)
Your donation of $50 will provide 1 student with lodging for 1 night. As a thank you for your donation, we will send you a personalized handwritten postcard from Hawaii, a recap video of our experience at PSWS, and give you a shoutout on our social media! (Tax deductible donation of $48)
Your donation of $100 will supply a minivan to transport 7 students to and from the competition for a day. As a thank you for your donation, we will send you an ASCE at UCLA bag, a personalized handwritten postcard from Hawaii, a recap video of our experience at PSWS, and give you a shoutout on our social media! (Tax deductible donation of $88)
Your donation of $200 will cover registration fees for 1 student, including 3 meals, merch, banquet, and awards. As a thank you for your donation, we will send you all the project manager-level perks and either an end-of-the-year banquet ticket or an ASCE at UCLA bag! (Tax deductible donation of $178)
Your donation of $500 will cover round-trip flight costs for 1 student. As a thank you for your donation, we will send you all the project manager-level perks. You will also be able to choose either an end-of-the-year banquet ticket, an ASCE at UCLA bag, or a souvenir from Hawaii! (Tax deductible donation of $478)
Your donation of $1000 will ship 1 of our competitive projects to Hawaii. As a thank you for your donation, you will receive everything previously listed including a souvenir from Hawaii, a ticket to our end-of-the-year banquet, an ASCE at UCLA bag, a handwritten postcard, a social media shoutout, and our recap video! (Tax deductible donation of $958)