Concrete Canoe Team
How can you build and race a concrete canoe? This is the question that is left to the Virginia Tech ASCE Concrete Canoe Team. This year long project involves the design, construction, and racing of a concrete canoe. Upon completion of the product, the team competes at the ASCE Virginias Student Symposium against participating schools in Virginia and West Virginia. At the competition, the team is scored in four categories: technical presentation, project proposal, final product prototype and display aesthetics, and paddling
Races consist of a men’s and women’s sprint, endurance, and a coed sprint. The team enjoys practicing at Claytor Lake during the year to prepare for racing at the regional competition. The winner of this regional competition goes on to compete at the ASCE Student Symposium.
During the 2024 – 2025 school year, the team and their canoe Desperado,swept all four competition categories at the regional level. They went on to place 2nd overall at the national symposium at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, with a 1st place finish in final product.
The Concrete Canoe Team welcomes students of all majors and experience. If you are looking for a chance to visit other universities nationwide, build excellent professional and teamwork skills, and join a great community, then we encourage you to join our team!
Contact the Concrete Canoe captains for more information on how you can get involved.
Fall 2025 – Spring 2026 Captains
Leah Goulet and Thomas Walker
Contact us with questions at concretecanoe@vt.edu!