Team News:
May 16th, 2013:
Hopefully everyone's finals went well or are going well! We hope everyone has a great summer, wherever you spend it! Good luck with any internships or summer classes. As noted previously, there are several social gatherings that are happening over the summer. These include traveling to Nationals at the University of Illinois, our camping trip, as well as spontaneous summer kickball and possibly other social events. Check the Facebook page for more frequent updates.
If any incoming engineers want to visit and see the canoe during SOAR or any other event, feel free to email one of the co-chairs!
Nick Molzahn (nmolzahn@wisc.edu)
Ben Kranner (kranner@wisc.edu)
Eric Hartig (enhartig@wisc.edu)
Can't wait for next year, On Wisconsin!
-The 2013-2014 Co-Chairs
May 10th, 2013:
The Canoe Team placed 2nd at the 2013 Great Lakes Regional Conference Competition this past month at Trine University with Pyramidion, pictured below. A special thanks to our sponsors this year (shown below on the right). We would first like to give a tremendous thank you to all of you who participated in Concrete Canoe this year. We have had an incredible year with you, memories we won't forget, and we am already looking forward to this upcoming year to have some more fun.
We will be updating this website over the summer, and will announce important dates for next year. To all graduating members, thank you for your hard work over the years. To all other members, we hope to have you back in the fall. Have a great summer, and On Wisconsin!
February 14th, 2013: Team Meeting!
Where: 1045 Tong
Time: 8:00 pm
Updates on construction and mix design, working on aethetics and discussing events to come.
February 7th, 2013: Paddling Practice!
Where: Meeting at ECB & then heading to the NAT
Time: 9:00 pm
Teaching proper paddling technique and focusing on form. Come learn how to paddle, no experience necessary!
October 31st, 2012: Reminder mix days are every Friday from 1-5 pm in lab. Currently working on cementing our final mix and mold construction.
October 11, 2012: Team meeting tonight at 6:00 pm, Tong located in ECB. Theme will be announced and look forward to more aeshtetic brainstorming!
October 6, 2012: Concrete Canoe carried UW - Madison band director Michael Leckrone into Badger Bash at Union South before the Illinois game.
Director Michael paddling his way through the crowd.
September 23rd, 2012: It was a perfect day for paddling on Mendota! New members learned how to paddle and the whole team enjoyed an afternoon grill out.
Paddlers getting ready to go out in Aurora.
June 18, 2012: The Canoe Team is proud to announce their 8th place finish at the National Concrete Canoe Competition this year in Reno, Nevada! Thanks to all of our sponsors for helping us get to Nationals and for helping us compete with the best teams in the country. Thank you!!
Congrats to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for defending their title. Good work SLO! A Special thanks goes to the University of Nevada Reno for hosting a great competition!
The top five paper entries from this year have been posted under the design papers tab for your reference.
The Canoe Team will be starting up again in the fall, working hard to prepare for the Great Lakes Regional Conference to be held at Trine University. Looking forward to next year, hope to see you there!
April 23, 2012: The Canoe Team placed 1st at the Regional Conference Competition this past week at Bradley University with Aurora (shown below). The team has some more hard work to do before Nationals which will be held June 14th-16th at the University of Nevada, Reno. A special thanks to our sponsors this year (shown below on the right) and to all who helped out this year!
If you're new to the team and not on the email list, send an email with Join Canoe in the title to canoe@cae.wisc.edu!
Want to follow the UW-Madison Canoe Team, follow us on twitter, ‘@uwconcretecanoe’.
Thanks to Alliance Trailer Body Shop and Alliance Graphics for working with us to update, paint, and decal the trailer.
Interested in displaying our canoe? Contact the team if you have a place in your home or place of business for a Wisconsin Concrete Canoe on display!
We have the new site up and running and will be working hard to get more content and updates up online. Keep checking in for more information on the Wisconsin Concrete Canoe Team.