Sewer cut and fill and resume writing were among the tasks won by Slippery Rock University students at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2025 Mid-Atlantic East and West Symposium, March 27–29 at Penn State University. SRU students competed in surveying tasks, poster presentations and others against more than 500 students and teams from 21 universities.
Amber Maurer, a senior civil engineering major from Cowansville (Karns City HS), earned first place in the resume competition.
In the surveying competitions, SRU placed first in Sewer Cut and Fill, which is the earthmoving process of digging trenches for sewer lines and then backfilling them with soil, and third place in Differential Leveling, which is determine the difference in elevation between two points. The surveying competition students included:
- Jack Bridges, a senior civil engineering major from Export (Franklin Regional HS).
- Michael Armanini, a senior civil engineering major from Mechanicsburg (Cedar Cliff HS).
- Amber Maurer, a senior civil engineering major from Cowansville (Karns City HS)
- Rachel Ferrick, a senior civil engineering major from Erie (McDowell HS).
- Alice Bogia, a junior civil engineering major from Fleetwood (Oley Valley HS).
SRU placed third in the poster competition and fifth overall in the sustainable solutions competition. The sustainable solutions team included:
- Amina Tandukar, a sophomore civil engineering major from Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Amber Maurer, a senior civil engineering major from Cowansville (Karns City Area HS).
- Javier dos Santos, a junior civil engineering major from Willemstad, Curaçao.
- Rachell Lajara Flores, a junior civil engineering major from Philadelphia (First Philadelphia Preparatory HS).
- Nicole Taylor, a freshman civil engineering major from Karns City (Karns City HS).
- Noah Mourer, a sophomore civil engineering major from Chicora (Karns City HS).
The Mid-Atlantic East and West ASCE Symposium is one of 21 ASCE regional student symposia held annually as an opportunity for ASCE student chapters in their respective regions to showcase their skills and achievements by designing, building and/or competing in various civil engineering activities.
More information about civil engineering at SRU is available on the program’s webpage.
