The votes are in

UMR's concrete teams won the hearts and minds -- in the form of votes -- of attendees at the American Concrete Institute's fall convention in Denver Sunday. They also capture the judges' attention, garnering nine awards overall in the student design competitions. Or, as team leader Justin Carr tells it, the UMR teams just "smoked the competition."

“We took first and second with indented specimens that were wavy and black,” Carr explains. “Our aesthetic cylinders looked like they were made of black plastic, not concrete, which impressed many.”