Herff Civil Engineering students to compete in ASCE National Competition
April 26, 2026
For the first time, a group of sustainable solutions students will represent the Herff College of Engineering in the American Society of Engineers' National Student Championships.
Herff students last represented the University of Memphis at the ASCE National Student Championships in 2009 when Herff's Department of Civil Engineering sent its Concrete Conoe team to the competition. ASCE recently introduced its Sustainable Solutions competition.
A group of Herff Civil Engineering students won the ASCE Sustainable Solutions regional competition, earning a chance to go to West Virginia and compete with teams from across the country. The students designed a site utilizing the International Sustainability Institute’s Envision checklist. Teams were given the same set of rules, necessary criteria, and constraints across the society. It was up to the teams’ creative direction to make engineering decisions that led to a diverse range of designs and answers to certain problems. The Herff students' design heavily emphasized the hydrology and wider community use of the site.
Herff's team will have a chance to revise and improve their design before the national competition, taking into account suggestions from faculty and fellow students.