On September 27th, the final of the 4th National University Student Reinforced Soil Retaining Wall Design Competition was successfully concluded at Southwest Jiaotong University. The IDP team formed by undergraduates Huang Kunkun, Yang Ming and graduate student Jin Baoshuang from the School of Geotechnical Engineering won the third prize of the competition under the guidance of Professor Cai Xiaoguang and Associate Professor Li Ping.

           Figure 1: A model of a reinforced Soil retaining wall completed by IDP team

Figure 2: IDP team on the competition site