KALAMAZOO -- Concrete for sidewalks and building foundations? Of course. Glass-embedded concrete as an alternative to granite countertops? OK. But a concrete canoe? And one that weighs close to 400 ...

NEW ORLEANS — If you throw a block of concrete in a bayou, it will sink. So how is it that hundreds of engineering students from around the Southeast managed to not just build, but race canoes made of ...

Brady Smith, a fourth-year civil engineering technology student, is the captain of this year’s Concrete Canoe team. Smith and the rest of the RIT team will be hosting the regional Upstate New York ...

Note: Digital photograph available at http://www.rit.edu/news/pics/rit_canoe.jpg Canoes made of concrete float, and those who need to see to believe will get their ...