Over 70 students participated in the Forum’s eighth annual Engineers Week Student Competition held on February 19, 2014. The event sponsored in part by the Fluor Corp. gave the same challenge to its engineers on the same day at its facilities around the world. The competition’s main sponsor is the Rice Global Engineering & Construction Forum and Rice’s George R. Brown School of Engineering. Rice is the only academic institution that took part in the challenge.

The lively competition was followed by pizza and soft drinks which were thoroughly enjoyed by competitors and judges alike. Judges from companies sponsoring the Forum participated in the event. Prizes awarded were for First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth places.

1st Place Team: The Liberal Arts Majors

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Rui Wang, Leo Meister, Tung Nguyen

2nd Place Team: Sniper Sqwad 2.0

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James Griffith (not pictured: Will Eldridge, Massex Bascomb)

3rd Place Team: OLE

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Julia Win, Lynn Gai, Ariana Kim, Sun Hye Kim

4th Place Team: Rice Bike Mechanics

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Matthew Makansi, Andy Huang, Daniel Soto

5th Place Team: Sweet Home Alabama

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Tony Ren, Henadz Horyn, Danyang Xiang, Richard Huang