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2026

Rosemont/Chicago, IL, March 29, 2026

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1st Place: Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
Students: Angie Santa Cruz Mejia, Yuriko Cristian Melendez Chavez, Mayck Fredy Castillo Quispe, Karla Fernanda Bendezu Herencia, Samantha Torres Salas, Astrid Yamile Paquirachin Rodriguez, Aaron Ramses Tamayo Soto, Erick Bryan Cadillo Amaro
Advisor: Christian Alberto Asmat Garaycochea
2nd Place: West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
Students: Maria Lewińska, Dominika Kleszczyńska, Bohdan Stoiak, Bartłomiej Pieńkowski, Kacper Kaźmierczak, Kamil Orzelski
Advisor:Prof. Maria Kaszyńska, PhD Norbert Olczyk
3rd Place: Universidad de los Andes
Students: Sofía Cortés, Juan Esteban Reina, Juan Andrés González, Victor Arturo Mesa, María Juliana Rodríguez, Alejandro Redondo, Juan David Betancourt, María Isabella Molina
Advisor: Juan Francisco Correal

2023

BOSTON, MA, OCTOBER 29, 2023

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1st Place: Universidad Mariano Gálvez de Guatemala, Sede Quetzaltenango
Students: Ciria Soto, Kevin de León, Gabriel Gramajo, Sebastián Santay, Kevin Sosa, Anthony Jerez, Dana Vicente
Advisor: Lester García
2nd Place: Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Students: Bruno Custode, Daniel Abril, Juan Martin Tamayo, Mateo Molina, Oscar Granja, Tommy Silva
Advisor: Francisco Jativa
3rd Place: Universidad Central del Ecuador
Students: Dylan Barriga, Milton Remache, Alexander Herrera, Steven Mena, Andrés Criollo, Damaris Llanos, Ricardo Marroquín, Elian Salazar
Advisor: Luis Machado, Luis Wladimir Morales Gubio

2019

Cincinnati, OH, October 20, 2019

Structure Type 1 Category – view overall results
1st Place: Universidad Central Del Ecuador
Students: Amaguaya Pacalla Mario, Cárdenas Sánchez Marlon, Morales Arcos Luis Vicente, Quilumbaquín Álvarez Emerson Patricio, Albán Duque Erik Jonathan, Brito Fray Juan, León Tapia Alexis
Advisor: Ing. Sánchez Oñate Diego Mauricio, Ing. Luis Wladimir Morales Gubio
2nd Place: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Students: Dalton Brookshire, David Rall, Paityn Jansen, Martin Witges, Holly Liebel, Josh Hemann, Joel Kuhlmann
Advisor: Anne Werner
3rd Place: Bannari Amman Institute of Technology
Students: Govindhan Shanmugam, Gowtham Thirumoorthy, Ranjithselvan Karuppusamy, EniyaChandramouli Gunasekaran
Advisor: Manjunath Nochikkuttai Venkatachalam
Structure Type 2 Category – view overall results
1st Place: Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Students: Bernardo Carrera, Daniela González, Mirta Grefa, Elizabeth Rueda, Melanie Soria
Advisor: Eng. Gustavo Tapia
2nd Place: North Carolina State University
Students: Amy Butler and Renzo Cieza Morro
Advisor: Roberto Nunez
3rd Place: University of Minnesota Duluth
Students: Joshua Comstock, Grant Magnuson, Matthew Henderson, Joshua Tomczak, Brandon Anderson
Advisor: Dr. Mary Christiansen

2017

Detroit, MI, March 26, 2017

Structure Type 1 Category – view overall results
1st Place: Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Students: Santiago Bolaños, Danilo Garcia, Alejandra Leon
Advisor: Francisco Játiva
2nd Place: Facultad de Estudios Superiores Aragón Team
Students: Hernández de la Cruz José Eduardo, Olea Silva Juan Jesús, Ruiz Garduño Eduardo Andrés
Advisor: Jose Paulo Mejorada Mota
3rd Place: Universidad De Cuenca
Students: Alvaro Román Bacuilima Muñoz, Darwin Miguel Apolo Bustamante, Rubén Sebastián Guambaña Chérrez, Wilson Paúl Guillén Chima, Jasson Rubén Sánchez Calle
Advisor: Dr. Juan Fernando Zalamea León
Structure Type 2 Category – view overall results
1st Place: Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Students: Andres Rodriguez, Jose Eduardo Paredes, Milagros Jimenez, Juan José Tamayo
Advisor: Francisco Jativa
2nd Place: Facultad de Estudios Superiores Aragón
Students: González Cruz José Antonio, González Ramírez Juan Manuel
Advisor: Jose Paulo Mejorada Mota
3rd Place: University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Students: Isabelle Martínez Rivera, Kaliam Y. Ortiz, Jaime Fuentes Ortiz, Manuel González Soto
Advisor: Arsenio Cáceres

2015

Kansas City, MO, April 12, 2015

Structure Type 1 Category – view overall results
1st Place: Universidad Central del Ecuador (UCEVG)
Students: Edwin Ivan Cahuatijo Sojos, Verónica Yolanda Torres Cueva, Verónica Alexandra Castro Cerón, Juan Carlos Cajamarca Chauca, Erick Fernando Zumárraga Potosi
Advisor: Luisa Paulina Viera Arroba
2nd Place: Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPNEC)
Students: José Antonio Samaniego Pactong, Julieana Maribel Romero Gualán, Edwin Iván Lituma Cruz, Juan José Torres Valdivieso
Advisor: C E Eugenia De Las Mercedes Villacis
3rd Place: The University of Texas at Austin (TEXAS)
Students: Noah Mcilhon, Matt Comer, Andrea Cruz, Ricardo Soto, Chi Phung
Advisor: Kevin Folliard
Structure Type 2 Category – view overall results
1st Place: Universidad de Cuenca (UCUEN)
Students: José Alberto Gallardo Briones, Teodoro Esteban Amaya Astudillo, Juan Pablo MendietaCorrea, Pedro José Márquez Pesantez, Klever Marcelo Maurad Guncay
Advisor: Fernando Zalamea
2nd Place: Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQA)
Students: Andres Robalino, Daniel Murray, David Gonzales, Juan Pablo Stacey, Victor Tapia
Advisor: Eva Lantsoght
3rd Place: Universidad Central del Ecuador (UCEMF)
Students: Victor Andrés Carpio López, Luis Fernando Cando Lara, Pedro Vicente Corregidor Maldonado, Angel Daniel Paucar Velasteguí
Advisor: Dr. Margarita Flor

2013

Minneapolis, MN, April 14, 2013

FRP Predictions Category
1st Place: Universidad de Cuenca – UC1
Students: Santiago Velez Guayasamin, Patrcicio Rodriguez, Eduardo Plaza, Carolina Vallejo, Ismael Portillai
Advisor: Ivan Canizares
2nd Place: University of Utah – UTAH
Students: Christopher York, Hyun-Soo Kim, Jem Locquiao, Chase McDonald
Advisor: Amanda Bordelon
3rd Place: Lawrence Technological University – LTU1
Students: Jordan Britz, Carl Durden, Jacob Theurer, Nicole Gerou
Advisor: Luis Mata
FRP Load-to-Cost Category
1st Place: Universidad de Cuenca – UC1
Students: Santiago Velez Guayasamin, Patrcicio Rodriguez, Eduardo Plaza, Carolina Vallejo, Ismael Portilla
Advisor: Ivan Canizares
2nd Place: University of Minnesota Duluth – UMD1
Students: Kyrstyn Haapala, Miranda Anderson, Matt Jansen, Ben Cammack, Ray Stockinger
Advisor: Eshan Dave
3rd Place: Missouri S&T – MST2
Students: Scott McDonald, Marcus Eckstein, Jeff Mayer, Colleen Lewis
Advisor: Lesley Sneed

2011

Tampa, FL, April 3, 2011

Highest Load to Cost Ratio
1st Place: British Columbia Institute of Technology
Students: Ilario Ghilarducci, Iraj Manshadi, and Mehdi Janatipour
Advisor: Dr. Rishi Gupta
2nd Place: University of Minnesota Duluth
Students: Kyle Berg, Andrew Venaas, Justin Baker, and Allison Carlson
Advisors: Eshan Dave and Eric Musselman
3rd Place: University of Houston
Students: Claude Bonanni, Chantalle Oyardo, Kim Pham, Luan Tran, and Rodolfo Vilicana
Advisor: Dr. Ashraf Ayoub
Predictions
1st Place: University of Utah
Students: David Thomas, Levi Roberts, Mike Vrtis, Mike Larsen, and Chris York
Advisor: Dr. Paul J. Tikalsky
2nd Place: Université de Sherbrooke
Students: Vincent Labrie, Simon Martel, Éric Michaud, Charles Pouliot, and Marcel Thum
Advisor: Dr. Brahim Benmokrane
3rd Place: University of Minnesota Duluth
Students: Kyle Berg, Andrew Venaas, Justin Baker, and Allison Carlson
Advisors: Eshan Dave and Eric Musselman
 

2009

San Antonio, TX, March 15, 2009

Most Accurate Prediction of Load and Deflection
1st Place: University of Sherbrooke
Students: Valerie Rosa Paradis, Marie-Josee Blais, Jonathan Dubuc, Christian Dulude, and Stephanie Kim Bonneville
Advisor: Dr. Brahim Benmokrane
2nd Place: Missouri University of Science and Technology
Students: Corey Grace, Dane Shaw, Hishem Belarbi, Frank Morrissey, and Isaac Ferguson
Advisor: Dr. Abdeldjelil Belarbi
3rd Place (tie): Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Students: Juan Humberto Gonzalez-Moreno, Paulo Joel Gomez-Salas, Aaron Longoria-Laines, and Eduardo Salinas-Ibanez
Advisor: Jorge M. Rivera-Torres
3rd Place (tie): University of Houston
Students: Leslie Valle, Jacqueline El-Salmi, Raul Bautista Jr., and Fernando Alquicira
Advisor: Dr. Ashraf Ayoub
Highest Ultimate Load-to-Weight Ratio
1st Place: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Students: Dan Vielhaber, Mike Shaughnessy, and Matt Bennett
Advisor: Kerry Slattery
2nd Place: University of Houston
Students: Leslie Valle, Jacqueline El-Salmi, Raul Bautista Jr., and Fernando Alquicira
Advisor: Dr. Ashraf Ayoub
3rd Place: University of British Columbia
Students: Gordon Shannon, Aaron Post, Zhasmina Mihova, and Sijie Xu
Advisor: Dr. Nemkumar Banthia
 

2007

Atlanta, GA, April 22, 2007

Most Accurate Prediction of Load and Deflection
1st Place: Ryerson University
Students: Gregory Norton and Heidi Woytiuk
Advisor: Dr. Reza Kianoush
2nd Place: Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Students: Fidel Martinez-Martinez, Jose Acosta-Flores, Arturo Garcia-Martinez, Miguel Castillo-Monrroy, and Angel Martinez-Garza
Advisor: Alejandro Duran-Herrera
3rd Place: University of Missouri Rolla
Students: Matt Flint, Chris Mills, Dan Drury, Emilie Els & Everett Litton
Advisor: DJ Belarbi
Highest Ultimate Load-to-Weight Ratio
1st Place: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Students: Oliver Coulson and Suzanne Shaffer
Advisor: Kerry Slattery
2nd Place: Ryerson University
Students: Au Lu, Jicheng Xu, and Yu Ngai Hong
Advisor: Dr. Reza Kianoush
3rd Place: University of British Columbia
Students: John Lavoie, Josh Loh, Helen Chin, Garret Lim, and Ben Hong Lau
Advisor: Dr. Nemkumar Banthia
 

2005

New York, NY, April 17, 2005

Most Accurate Prediction of Load and Deflection
1st Place: Purdue University
Students: Brant Jason Taylor, Erik Sandved, David Delong, Robert Keith
Advisor: Robert Frosch
2nd Place: British Columbia Institute of Technology
Students: John Lavoie, Eric Yin, Aziz Akhtary
Advisor: Svetlana Brzev
3rd Place: Queen's University
Students: Brant Oldershaw, Liz Oldershaw, Nick Bronsema, Karl Repka
Advisor: Mark Green
Highest Ultimate Load-to-Weight Ratio
1st Place: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Students: John Clark, Jim Vogt
Advisor: Luke Snell
2nd Place: Widener University
Students: Daniel Braxton, Reid Hankins, Adam Powell
Advisor: Vicki Brown
3rd Place: Queen's University
Students: Brant Oldershaw, Liz Oldershaw, Nick Bronsema, Karl Repka
Advisor: Mark Green
 

2003

Vancouver, BC, March 30, 2003

Most Accurate Prediction of Load and Deflection
1st Place: Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology (HOTAN)
Students: Yashar Moslehy, Siavash Hashemi, Masoud Moallemi Oreh, Foad Khayyer
Advisor: Ali Reza Bagheri
2nd Place: Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (Team #1)
Students: Alma Casas-Galvan, Francisco J. Loredo Herrera, Carlos A. Muniz Ruiz, Manuel A. Rodriguez Flores
Advisor: Raymundo Rivera-Villarreal
3rd Place: Queen's University
Students: Ehab Boutros, Meagan Garrett, Andrew Hoskin, Jennifer Lavoie, Matthew Makarenko
Advisor: M. F. Green
Highest Ultimate Load-to-Weight Ratio
1st Place: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Team F1)
Students: Camargo Jose Perez, Hector Guerrero Bobadilla
Advisor: Ing Marco Antonio Alvarez Solis
2nd Place: Widener University
Students: Daniel Braxton, Eric Cimo, Emily Maurer, Renee Robert, David Sledziewski
Advisor: Vicki Brown
3rd Place: Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology (HOTAN)
Students: Yashar Moslehy, Siavash Hashemi, Masoud Moallemi Oreh, Foad Khayyer
Advisor: Ali Reza Bagheri
 

2001

Fall 2001

Highest Ultimate Load-to-Weight Ratio:
1st Place: Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico Team #2
Students: Sofia Arroyo Loranca, Bernardo Fernandez, Arturo Godoy Simon, Diego Rivera Benard, and Juan Manuel Jimenez
Advisor: Carlos Gomez Toledo
2nd Place: University of Missouri-Rolla
Students: Joe Clendenen, Jay Brown, Rich Dubois, Steve Stack, and Michael Purol
Advisor: D. J. Belarbi
3rd Place: Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon Team #l
Students: Jose Torres, Pedro Ramirez, and David Reyes
Advisor: Raymundo Rivera Villarreal
Most Accurate Prediction of Load and Deflection:
1st Place: Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico Team #l (6.4% Discrepancy)
Students: Gregorio Hernandez, Daniel Castrejon, Mario Castellanos, Carlos Rico Grajeles, and Jorge Moguel
Advisor: Carlos Gomez Toledo
2nd Place: Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon Team #2 (27.3% Discrepancy)
Students: Luis Manuel Torres Flores, Hugo Gauna Rodriguez, and Victor Hugo Gonzalez Rangel
Advisor: Raymundo Rivera Villarreal
3rd Place: University of Missouri-Columbia (53.1% Discrepancy)
Students: Michael Ash and Curtis Stundebeck
Advisor: Steve Kurtz