April 17, 2015
CAEE undergraduate students were recently challenged by Department Chair Richard Corsi to produce a video related to the department's strategic vision.
The winning team, Boots & Cats, was announced at the 13th Annual Spring Banquet on April 16, 2015. Boots & Cats team members are civil engineering senior Luis Galindo and civil engineering junior Zelenny Lozano.
Banquet attendees had the opportunity to view the winning video as well as three runner-up videos. All teams who placed received recognition.
The Challenge:
- Produce a video that is less than 180 seconds in total length.
- The video must relate to one or more of the major components of the CAEE strategic vision.
- Videos may be humorous or serious, but must be aimed at educating, and suitable for, the general public.
- Videos must contain information that is technically defendable.
- Videos must include at least one image or scene from somewhere on the UT Austin campus.
- Videos must include a CAEE professor doing something in the background.2
Scoring (points):
- Relevance to CAEE strategic vision 25
- Impact (video leaves a clear, memorable, and impactful message) 25
- Quality (video is innovative, professional, organized in thought, and clear) 25
- Technically defendable (information provided is correct and from reliable sources) 25
- Innovative use of professor in background (up to +10 bonus points for innovation)
- Time (-1 for every sec over 180 sec)
- Professor in background (-10 points if excluded)
Runner-up video entries
2nd Place - The Civilians (John Goode, Peter Park, Rachel Pine, Rahul Patel)
3rd Place - A and F, LLC (Rachel Allensworth, Bruno Chiquini, Hagen Fritz)
4th Place - UHI@UT (Lauryn Altena, Lilian Gonzales Arechaga, Gitanjali Bhattacharjee, Tarek El-Afifi, Raul Olvera)
