ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — A team of students from the Missouri University of Science and Technology is putting its 225-pound concrete canoe to the test this week.

Students are taking the 20-foot vessel to Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville for a student conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The event is Thursday through Saturday.

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