Alec Building Contest 2009

The 8th Annual Student Organization Alec Building Contest was held in Spring 2009. The event, held in conjunction with Alec's Birthday on April 1st and sponsored by the Friends of Alec Annual Giving Program, had 11 entries. 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! 1,676 students, faculty, staff and alumni placed their votes online to choose the winners, and over 1,700 members of the UT community stopped by the ECJ lobby on Wednesday, April 1st to meet Alec and share his many birthday cakes.

And the winner is...

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) with 28% of the votes

Alec and the winning students
Alec and the HKN representatives.
2nd place statue 3rd Place statue Honorable Mention
2nd Place
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
(23% of votes)
3rd Place
Theta Tau
(12% of votes)
Honorable Mention
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
(9% of votes)

Learn more about Alec.

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

See all 11 statues in the 2009 Alec Building Contest

Photos from Alec's 2009 Party

Over 1,700 members of the UT community stopped by the ECJ lobby on Wednesday, April 1st to meet Alec and share his many birthday cakes. Take a look at all the pictures from the party.

Previous Contests

Contest Rules

Contest rules and registration information

History & Traditions