Tarleton Environmental Engineering team takes third at WEAT competition

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Tarleton State University environmental engineering students earned third place honors at the recent Water Environment Association of Texas Student Design Competition. Team members are (l-r) Kevin Flynn, Hyedi Viehmann, Jared Sienkiewich and Ty Riebe. They were led by project mentor Tina Hanson (far right) from Garver, Inc.
STEPHENVILLE (April 27, 2018) — A team of Tarleton State University Environmental Engineering students took third place at the recent Water Environment Association of Texas Student Design Competition in San Antonio.

Kevin Flinn, Hyedi Viehmann, Jared Sienkiewich and Ty Riebe, led by their project mentor Tina Hanson from Garver, Inc. presented a design for the expansion of the Alligator Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant south of Dallas. Junior Civil Engineering majors Emory McDougald, James Tristan King and Logan Riaz also deserve honorable mention for their valuable contributions to the final design, although they did not travel with the team to San Antonio.

The WEAT competition field featured a dozen teams from Texas and Louisiana, including SMU, which took first place, and runner-up Texas A&M.

“It must be noted that we beat teams from LSU and Texas Tech,” said assistant professor Dr. Kartik Venkataraman, their Tarleton mentor. “This is a great accomplishment for these students acting as ambassadors of our program. All four students have job offers in hand but were much sought after by recruiters and engineering firms after their presentation at the event.”

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