From Mold to GOLD
Mixing it up
Will it Float??
Paddle to the Medal
What's under the tarp???
100
Concrete is placed over this canoe-shaped form to give the canoe its shape.
What is a mold?
100
This powdery ingredient acts like the “glue” that holds concrete together.
What is Cement???
100
True or False: A canoe made from concrete can float.
What is true!!!!!!
100
Two important items we use when practicing and on race day
What is a lifejacket and a paddle
100
Where all engineering students can be found
What is the Co-Lab!!!
200
This mesh-like material is placed inside the concrete to help prevent cracking and strengthen the canoe.
What is reinforcement?
200
Sand and gravel are examples of this concrete ingredient.
What are aggregates??
200
This is the front end of a canoe.
What is the bow?
200
The two types of races that happen on race day
What is Slalom and Sprint
200
The name of our campus mascot
What is EDDIE THE EAGLE????
300
True or false: The canoe is ready to race immediately after the concrete is placed.
What is false? It must properly cure first.
300
True or false: Cement and concrete are the same thing.
What is false? Cement is ONE ingredient in concrete
300
This force keeps the canoe from sinking.
What is Buoyancy?
300
The number of race categories that will be happening at ASCE PSWS 2027'
What is four?
300
The year that Cal State LA was founded
1947
400
This is the exciting team event where concrete is poured into the mold to form the entire canoe.
What is casting day?
400
This ingredient initiates the chemical reaction that hydrates concrete and allows it to harden.
What is water?
400
A wider canoe is generally more difficult to tip over because of this
What is stability?
400
The distance of the sprint races for this year's competition
What is 200 meters
400
Cal State LA #1 Ranked in...
What is Upward Mobility!!!!
500
Concrete is strong in compression, weak in ...
What is tension?
500
Concrete is kept moist after placement through this process, allowing it to properly harden and gain strength.
What is curing?
500
If the combined weight of the canoe and paddlers becomes too great, this unfortunate thing may happen.
What is sinking?
500
The 2027 rules replaced the separate men’s and women’s slalom races with this new two-person event.
What is the co-ed 200-meter slalom?
500
Name ALL of the Civil Engineering Faculty Advisors (Upper Division)
Who is Dr. Joseph Lucey, Dr. Corey Bowen, and Dr. Welson Kwan?