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Sacramento State Defeats UC Dungpile In Engineering Contest
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Yeah I’m not surprised. We use to hand them their ass in the concrete canoe competition as well. It was really a two school race between us and Berkeley in the region. To their credit they did have a kick ass steel bridge team. We also owned them in the water treatment competition too. Nevada was our main competitor for that competition. It’s one thing to know the theory behind something; it’s another to know how to apply it in a practical application. :ugeek:
Yes, some of your professors are good. A good example would be Dr. Ben Fell who was the mentor for your engineering students.cecesdada said:
"Professor Fell joined Sacramento State in Fall 2008 after completing his PhD at the University of California, Davis. "
Those Ags are everywhere. Hey Ben, see you at the game in your Aggie Blue!
agalum said:
Sorry ag, Dr. Fell is now a Hornet! He bleeds green and gold now!
StungAlum
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agalum said:
If you get a PhD at a CA public U. you most likely got it from a UC. Besides, the guy got his MS at Stanford and his BS at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Seems to me he doesnt have any loyalty to any institution in particular, but if he wants to make his boss happy, he'll support the Hornets.
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=7390
http://annualreport.ucdavis.edu/2007/student_athletes.html
http://news.engineering.ucdavis.edu/coe/index.html?display_article=99
As somebody with some inside information to the program, UCD stopped it's focus on the SEAOCC Design Competition a long time ago. It's treated as nothing more than a hands on learning exercise for underclassmen within the CE/ME programs. The real prizes are at MidPac in the eyes of the students there now...and at least, within the realm of the NSSBC, UC Davis and now UC Berkeley have been doing nothing but win since 2004, locally, and nationally they have claimed every Steel Bridge Mid-Pacific Title, have two National Championships and multiple Top 3 National finishes.
http://annualreport.ucdavis.edu/2007/student_athletes.html
http://news.engineering.ucdavis.edu/coe/index.html?display_article=99
As somebody with some inside information to the program, UCD stopped it's focus on the SEAOCC Design Competition a long time ago. It's treated as nothing more than a hands on learning exercise for underclassmen within the CE/ME programs. The real prizes are at MidPac in the eyes of the students there now...and at least, within the realm of the NSSBC, UC Davis and now UC Berkeley have been doing nothing but win since 2004, locally, and nationally they have claimed every Steel Bridge Mid-Pacific Title, have two National Championships and multiple Top 3 National finishes.
SEAOCC was (at least when I was a student) separate than the ASCE MidPac Competitions. As I said above, ucd was solid in the steel bridge competition, but they couldn't build or row a concrete canoe to save their ass. We also owned the region in the water treatment competition. We won in 2006 and 2007 (Which was new and I think didn't really catch on until 2006 at the earliest) and UNR was the only stiff challenge for us. Your mothership always outspent everyone else, especially in 2006 when they raised over 70k when they hosted. However you want to look at, one thing for certain is that we out drank everyone. 
