WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

05/04/2026

Congrats Madison!

Madison Gardner, a senior in computer science, has been awarded a ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship to conduct AI and robotics research at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) in Switzerland.

04/13/2026

What a weekend for WKU ASCE at the IN/KY Symposium 💥
Our students showed up, competed hard, and represented WKU at the highest level. The results speak for themselves 👇
🏗️ Timber-Strong
🥇 Best in Show

Water Treatment
🥉 3rd Place
❓ Mystery Design
🥉 3rd Place

🌉 Steel Bridge
🥇 1st Place Stiffness
🥇 1st Place Efficiency
🥈 2nd Place Aesthetics
🥉 3rd Place Lightness
🥉 3rd Place Overall

🛶 Concrete Canoe
🥇 1st Place Overall
🏆 Best Final Product
🥇 Coed Sprint
🥇 Men’s Sprint
🥇 Men’s Slalom
🥇 Women’s Sprint
🥇 Women’s Slalom
🥇Technical Paper
🥇Presentation
➡️ Qualified for ASCE Student Championships (June 25–27)
🔥 On top of it all, WKU ASCE is once again a Top 5 Student Chapter and Robert Ridgway Award Finalist (winner announced in May)
Proud is an understatement. The work, the grit, the teamwork…it shows.
It was great seeing all the volunteering and showing up to support the current team!

04/13/2026

What a weekend for WKU ASCE at the IN/KY Symposium 💥
Our students showed up, competed hard, and represented WKU at the highest level. The results speak for themselves 👇
🏗️ Timber-Strong
🥇 Best in Show

Water Treatment
🥉 3rd Place
❓ Mystery Design
🥉 3rd Place

🌉 Steel Bridge
🥇 1st Place Stiffness
🥇 1st Place Efficiency
🥈 2nd Place Aesthetics
🥉 3rd Place Lightness
🥉 3rd Place Overall

🛶 Concrete Canoe
🥇 1st Place Overall
🏆 Best Final Product
🥇 Coed Sprint
🥇 Men’s Sprint
🥇 Men’s Slalom
🥇 Women’s Sprint
🥇 Women’s Slalom
🥇Technical Paper
🥇Presentation
➡️ Qualified for ASCE Student Championships (June 25–27)
🔥 On top of it all, WKU ASCE is once again a Top 5 Student Chapter and Robert Ridgway Award Finalist (winner announced in May)
Proud is an understatement. The work, the grit, the teamwork…it shows.
It was great seeing all the WKU Alumni volunteering and showing up to support the current team!
Western Kentucky University Ogden College of Science & Engineering at WKU WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

04/10/2026

It’s competition weekend, and our WKU ASCE teams are in Lexington! 💪🔴⚪

Join us at Jacobson Park as our students put months of hard work on display. These teams have been putting in early mornings, late nights, and everything in between—now it’s time to compete.

We’d love to see our alumni, friends, and supporters come out and cheer them on this weekend! Your support means a lot to our students and helps continue the strong tradition of WKU ASCE.

We wear red! We show up! GO TOPS!!!!

04/10/2026

It’s competition weekend, and our WKU ASCE teams are in Lexington! 💪🔴⚪

Join us at Jacobson Park as our students put months of hard work on display. These teams have been putting in early mornings, late nights, and everything in between—now it’s time to compete.

We’d love to see our alumni, friends, and supporters come out and cheer them on this weekend! Your support means a lot to our students and helps continue the strong tradition of WKU ASCE.

We wear red! We show up! GO TOPS!!!!

Western Kentucky University Ogden College of Science & Engineering at WKU WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences WKU Alumni

04/09/2026

08/06/2025

Congrats Robert, well deserved!

07/03/2025

We’re proud to celebrate the achievements of our WKU partnerships! Congratulations to the WKU Concrete Canoe Team in the 2025 ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships — 3rd Overall in the Nation! 🥉

We’re especially proud of Evan and John, who are part of our Scotty’s team. Keep up the great work!

07/03/2025

The team was also designated the recipient of the prestigious Robert Ridgway Award.

07/02/2025

Western Kentucky University’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter placed third overall at the 2025 ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championship.