Why civil engineering students should make things

The benefit of making things for younger children in STEM education has been widely supported. But what about the civil engineering students in college-level courses?

Latest news

Annual Construction Institute Student Days presents real-world challenges, opportunities

For the first time, the annual Construction Institute’s CI Student Days heavy civil engineering team challenge was held as an online event this summer. The real-world lessons and opportunities afforded by the competition, however, remained the same.

ASCE members celebrate Senate infrastructure bill as ‘giant leap forward’

ASCE’s long-term advocacy efforts scored a huge victory this week when the Senate passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in a 69-30 bipartisan vote.

Steel bridge returns to roster of ASCE student competitions

ASCE has renewed its partnership with the American Institute of Steel Construction for the student steel bridge competition, starting with the 2021-2022 school year.

5 things you didn’t know about the Pennsylvania Turnpike

The Pennsylvania Turnpike was designated an ASCE landmark in 1988.
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Obituaries

Longtime Stanley Consultants Leader Dies at 85

Richard H. Stanley, former longtime chairman of Iowa-based Stanley Consultants who leveraged the success of his family engineering firm to help launch and lead...

EWRI Fellow, Longtime University of Memphis Professor Anderson Dies

Jerry Lee Anderson, active on a number of Environmental and Water Resources Institute committees and a civil engineering professor for over 39 years, died...

71-Year ASCE Member, Former Colorado Section President Day Dies at 91

A Life Member who joined ASCE in 1945, David Allen Day, P.E., F.ASCE, a construction and excavation expert, has died at 91. Day served as...

Former Nashville Section President, Engineer With Army Corps Dies at 82

Life Member Jesse T. Perry, a Nashville-based civil engineer who taught architect-engineer contracting to hundreds of professionals over a lengthy career with the U.S....

Awards

2019 Younger Member Group Awards Are In

The Large Group award goes to the Los Angeles Younger Member Forum “For outstanding professional, technical, social, outreach, and community service activities on behalf of...

Low Earns Middlebrooks Award

ASCE has honored Bak Kong Low, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, with the 2019 Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award for the paper “Insights from Reliability-Based Design to...

Harvey Gets Masters Award

ASCE has honored John T. Harvey, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award for research, development, and implementation results...

ASCE members honored with induction into NAE

The National Academy of Engineering recently announced its 2021 class of new members, and of the 128 inductees, several are ASCE members.

New Fellows

Researcher, Organizer Elseifi Now Fellow

Mostafa Elseifi, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Louisiana State University, has been named a Fellow...

Conner Earns Fellow Honors

Willis “Rick” Conner, P.E., F.ASCE, president of engineering consulting firm American Structurepoint, headquartered in Indianapolis, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board...

Ashford becomes newest ASCE fellow

Scott A. Ashford, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, the Kearney Dean of Engineering at Oregon State University, has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Marking now a Society fellow

Tonja Koob Marking, Ph.D., P.E., owner of the engineering firm Gaea Consultants LLC, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

ASCE student conferences, competitions embrace the virtual

Yes, the ASCE student conferences are a little different this spring, but they're succeeding in the new virtual format.