Alec Building Contest 2007

The 6th Annual Student Organization Alec Building Contest was held in Spring 2007.  The event, held in conjunction with Alec's Birthday on April 1st and sponsored by the Friends of Alec Annual Giving Program,had five more entries and 2,800 more votes than ever before.  The purpose of this event is to celebrate the tradition and creativity of Alec throughout the engineering community and to increase awareness about Alec and the Friends of Alec program.

Congratulations to all of the contestants in this year's Student Organization Alec Building Contest! 2,163 students, faculty, staff and alumni placed their votes online to choose the winners, and over 1,400 members of the UT community stopped by ECJ to meet Alec and share his birthday cake.

And the winner is...

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)'s winning statue
The winning Alec entry, created by HKN
Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) won with 43% of the votes!
Tau Beta Pi's 2nd place statue AIChE's 3rd Place statue AEI's statue which won Honorable Mention
2nd Place
Tau Beta Pi
(36.7% of votes)
3rd Place
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
(11.6% of votes)
Honorable Mention
Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI)
(8.5% of votes)

Learn more about Alec.

Questions? Contact DJ Paine at 512-475-6792 or djpaine@mail.utexas.edu.

See all 4 statues in the 2007 Alec Building Contest

Previous Contests

Contest Rules

Contest rules and registration information

History & Traditions