Other Ways You Can Contribute

E-mail us at asce@seas.ucla.edu if you'd like to help or want to know more.

The Concrete Canoe team relies on material donations every year, as do the other conference teams.

In addition to monetary gifts, the UCLA-ASCE Student Chapter relies heavily on the generous donations of time, expertise, and raw materials to support its many projects and acivities.

Time and Expertise

Speaker nights, interview workshops, skill (e.g. surveying) training, career fairs, and field trips are all made possible by the generous donation of time and expertise by engineers.

Raw Materials

Our steel and concrete design projects require materials that, to a group with a limited budget and fundraising capacity, are very expensive. Examples of materials include steel tubes and plates for the annual bridge contest, and concrete and formwork components, such as plywood, foam blocks, lightweight aggregates, reinforcing materials like carbon fiber and fiberglass for the annual canoe, concrete bowling, and related contests.

Other Goods and Services

Our organization also benefits greatly from the donation of other type of goods and services, such as transportation of our 20-foot canoe to and from the annual competition, color printing services for project reports and funding proposals, automotive painting facilities for the concrete canoe, and computer equipment for our office.