2023 Student Chapter Contest Winners

The winners from the 2023 Student Chapter competitions were announced at the 57th U.S. Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia.

All 2023 ARMA Student Chapters competition winners (PDF)

Winners of the 2023 Student Design Competition

FIRST PLACE
Team name: Rock Blasters
University: Colorado School of Mines
Faculty advisor: Gabriel Walton
Team contact: Akash Chaurasia
Members: Mohamed El Bahnasawy, Muhammad Ishaq, Mehrdad Imani Tilenoei, Isabella West

SECOND PLACE
Team name: Dalhousie Rock Mechanics
University: Dalhousie University
Faculty advisor: Andrew Corkum
Team contact: Fernando Gomez
Members: Luis Gomez de Alba, Alireza Ghadamgahi Khorassani, Farzaneh Hamedi Azad, Max Trzop, Ryan Ziebarth

THIRD PLACE
Team name: GeoTek
University: Monash University
Faculty advisor: Qianbing Zhang
Team contact: Yimo Zhu
Members: Yuxi Liu, Feng Xiao, Yuhao Zeng

Winners of the 2023 Student Chapters Research Contest

FIRST PLACE
Mahmoud Desouky, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

SECOND PLACE
Kadek Hendrawan Palgunadi, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

THIRD PLACE
Jiwon Choi, Seoul National University

Winners of the 2023 Student Photo Contest

STUDENT WINNERS

FIRST PLACE
Zhuang Cui, China University of Petroleum – Beijing

SECOND PLACE
Luis Tejada, New Mexico Tech

THIRD PLACE
Balnur Mindygaliyeva, Colorado School of Mines

PROFESSIONAL WINNERS

FIRST PLACE
Ardani Patanduk, Indonesia

SECOND PLACE
Tom Roper, Australia

THIRD PLACE
Anuradha Khetwal, USA