THE ENGINEERS

Below are the engineers that deseign and constructed the 2013 PSWC Concrete Canoe. NAU personally congratulates each member the concrete canoe team for their exemplary performance at the 2013 PSWC, for going above and beyond in their application of engineering principles, and for representing NAU as the most accomplished canoe design team in school history.

SARA WATTS: sw346@nau.edu

(Major: Civil Engineering; Minor: Mechanical Enginnering)

• Oversee schedule, finances, quality control, task delegation, and material procurement.
• Research, select, and purchase reinforcement
• Post tensioning loss calculations
• Enjoys long walks on the beach and US History (especially George Washington)

 

KELLI RIDER: krr69@nau.edu

(Major: Civil Engineering; Minors: Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering)

• Waterline Analysis
• Canoe Load Case Analysis
• Rib Design
• Hired Gun

 

JONATHAN BRUSNAHAN: jpb82@nau.edu

(Major: Civil Engineering; Minor: Mechanical Engineering)

• Research of common hull shapes
• Hull Design Development
• AutoCAD Specialist
• Post-tension Design
• Will make fun of you... no, seriously.

 

NASER ALJABERI: nka25@nau.edu

(Major: Civil Engineering)

• Research concrete materials
• Develop and test trial mixes
• Construction Lead
• Comedic Relief

 

ELISE CHEEVER: ejc69@nau.edu

(Majors: Civil and Environmental Engineering; Minor: Chemistry)

• Document production of Night Fury
• Create design report and engineer’s notebook
• Zoboomafoo!

 

*All photos by Concrete Canoe Team Night Fury