<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/asce-students-to-compete-at-2026-civil-engineering-student-championships.php" dsn="blogs"><pubDate>04/16/2026</pubDate><title>ASCE students to compete at 2026 Civil Engineering Student Championships</title><main-featured>true</main-featured><category-featured>true</category-featured><summary>The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter at Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering and Science will represent the University at two national championships in 2026.</summary><image><img src="/news/_images/asce-steel-bridge-team.jpg" alt="A team of Louisiana Tech student engineers stand on their steel bridge"/></image><tags><tag>Engineering and Science</tag><tag>Students</tag></tags></item>