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RUM becomes more ecofriendly with permeable concrete

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Firm on their mission to make the University ecofriendly, students from the Department of Civil Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, initiated the third phase of the permeable concrete project.

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Student team from RUM wins regional competition of the American Society of Civil Engineers

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The group of students from the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus that represented Puerto Rico in the southern regional competitions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, won the majority of the awards, including the prestigious Overall for the concrete canoe and steel bridge. This achievement classified them to move to the national competition where they will represent the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Puerto Rico in may and june of this year. 

This information was provided by press release from the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Campus. 

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Permeable concrete developed by graduate students at UPR-Mayaguez

Submitted on 17 February 2016 - 5:00pm

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Graduate Students from the Department of Civil Engineering (INCI) of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus presented the first instalation of permeable concrete on campus. This new material permits water infiltration, decreasing superificial water run-off and preventing floods.

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RUM Alumni won the Abertis award

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Alumni of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (RUM) were the winners of the contest Cátedra Abertis in Puerto Rico. The winners were:

Dr. Erika Cristina Jaramillo Giraldo- Methodology to Incorporate Highway Safety into Planning using Generalized Linear Mixed Models

Natalia I. Vázquez Rivera- Statistical Optimization of Pervious Concrete Pavement Containing Fly Ash and Engineered Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Runoff Quality and Quantity Controls.

For more info visit www.catedrasabertis.com.

This article was disseminated by Prensa RUM on April 29, 2015.

 

 

UPR Mayagüez won six first places in Engineering Competition in US

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The student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez (RUM) recived 23 awards in 13 events in regionals competitions at the University of Tennessee, in Chatanooga. This is the first time that the ASCE chapter at RUM recieved awards in each category and the first time to win that many awards.

They won in every category

 

Civil Engineers at University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez received over 20 awards at the ASCE Regional Competition

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This article was originally published by Rebecca Carrero Figueroa (rebecca.carrero@upr.edu) at PRENSA RUM on Friday, March 27, 2015.  

The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez received 24 awards in 13 events at the Regional Competition of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 

To read the full article visit the Spanish version of this blog or the original article at: http://www.uprm.edu/portada/article.php?id=3210

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