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Clarkson University’s Construction Engineering Management (CEM) Program’s Student Projects in Engineering Experience and Design (SPEED) teams landed some serious hardware this past weekend at the 36th Annual Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region 6 & 7 National Open Problem Student Competition in the Integrated Project Delivery category.
Clarkson’s student team received the Merit Award, given to a team in recognition of its exceptional teamwork, presentation performance, and drive to excel.
The team, led by Civil Engineering Major Sean Donnelly ‘23, returned Clarkson to national prominence after competing against schools like Stanford University, Auburn University, Colorado State, Arizona State, and UC Berkeley, among others.
The team tackled a problem focused on the execution of a large, complex project using an Integrated Project Delivery approach with the student teams each assuming the role of a private design-build entity. This was the only category in the competition that permitted graduate students, in addition to undergraduates, to take part.
Supporting Donnelly in this undergraduate-only team were Civil Engineering Major Hannah Williams ‘23, Civil Engineering Major Caeden Bailey ‘24, Civil Engineering Major Haley Meshcon ‘23, Civil Engineering Major Seth Anderson ‘23, and Civil Engineering Major Shazoi Hall ‘24.Hosted at the Nugget Casino in Reno, NV and drawing 163 teams from across the nation, this national level competition features the best-of-the-best future construction engineering and management leaders.
“Being the integrated project problem, we really looked at the teams and how they worked together, how they were able to play off one another and whether they really had each other's backs,” said Wendy Bohn, Project Executive for the Clark Construction Group. “Because that is what it takes in a real integrated project team. And there was no other team that did that better than Clarkson.”
Clarkson last participated in this project category at the national level in 2019, when it took second place.
Also getting rave reviews were the Sustainable Building team led by Civil Engineering Major Rob Schneider ‘23 and consisting of Civil Engineering Major Chase Lyndaker ‘23, Environmental Engineering Major Julia Piskun ’23, Civil Engineering Major Alex Thomas ‘23, Civil Engineering Major Brett Tiffany ‘23, and Kelly Kilgallen Civil Engineering Major ‘23. Participating as alternates in each category were Civil Engineering Major Tyler Haight ’24, Civil Engineering Major Nikki Borowiec ’24, Engineering & Management Major Mark Bedetti ’23, and Environmental Engineering Major Mackenzie Peters ’23.
Getting these students prepared for these premier challenges were adjunct Instructor in the CEM program Randy VanBrocklin ‘90, who served as primary coach along with Howard E. Lechler CEM Director Erik Backus ’97 and Rob Collins ‘22, who stayed on after his December graduation to help the teams.
As a private, national research university, Clarkson is a leader in technological education and sustainable economic development through teaching, scholarship, research and innovation. We ignite personal connections across academic fields and industries to create the entrepreneurial mindset, knowledge and intellectual curiosity needed to innovate world-relevant solutions and cultivate the leaders of tomorrow. With its main campus located in Potsdam, N.Y., and additional graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region, Beacon, N.Y., and New York City, Clarkson educates 4,600+ students across 95 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, the arts, education, sciences and health professions. Our alumni earn salaries that are among the top 2.5% in the nation and realize accelerated career growth. One in five already leads as a CEO, senior executive or owner of a company. To learn more about Clarkson University, go to www.clarkson.edu.
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