Conference
The Pacific Southwest Conference (PSWC) is one of our biggest ASCE events of the year. Every spring, it brings together 18 universities in the Southwest region to participate in three days of competitions, social activities, and a giant awards banquet.
The competitions are the highlights, because our Concrete Canoe, Concrete Sports, Environmental Design, GeoWall, Steel Bridge, and Surveying teams work hard every year for the competitions at this conference. These three days can be fierce, but the conference schedule also has a bunch of fun activities which includes Jeopardy, basketball, ultimate frisbee, tug of war, scavenger hunt, talent show, and, our favorite, KanJam! In addition, there is a career fair and, finally, the awards banquet, where there is usually much cheering and celebration.
PSWC is hosted by a different school every year. In 2018, the conference was held at Arizona State University. It was a high-octane event; students were chanting and displaying much spirit. About 100 Bruins attended the conference, and after displaying strong performances and securing top finishes in multiple competitive events, ASCE at UCLA brought home fourth place overall! Our scores and ranking can be viewed below, but perhaps the main takeaway is that all our members had an amazing time and had great things to say about their experience.
The competitions are the highlights, because our Concrete Canoe, Concrete Sports, Environmental Design, GeoWall, Steel Bridge, and Surveying teams work hard every year for the competitions at this conference. These three days can be fierce, but the conference schedule also has a bunch of fun activities which includes Jeopardy, basketball, ultimate frisbee, tug of war, scavenger hunt, talent show, and, our favorite, KanJam! In addition, there is a career fair and, finally, the awards banquet, where there is usually much cheering and celebration.
PSWC is hosted by a different school every year. In 2018, the conference was held at Arizona State University. It was a high-octane event; students were chanting and displaying much spirit. About 100 Bruins attended the conference, and after displaying strong performances and securing top finishes in multiple competitive events, ASCE at UCLA brought home fourth place overall! Our scores and ranking can be viewed below, but perhaps the main takeaway is that all our members had an amazing time and had great things to say about their experience.
PSWC 2018 overall rankings.
PSWC 2019 will be hosted by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo from April 3rd-6th. To attend PSWC as a UCLA student, you must first be a student member of our ASCE student chapter. You must also register for the free national membership through the national ASCE organization, which not only grants you eligibility for full participation in the conference, but also access to many ASCE scholarships and publications. We will announce more information regarding the logistics and costs as we get closer to the event. Until then, we will be diligently working on our projects to continue our success in the years to come!
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Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions. We are also open to sponsorship. We try to minimize individual traveling expenses to make PSWC affordable for everyone, so any financial help is appreciated. Please contact our Conference Coordinator for more information.