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ASCE has honored Mario Di Paola, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, as the 2021 winner of the Masanobu Shinozuka Medal for important and numerous contributions to stochastic systems dynamics with emphasis on analytical methods and emerging concepts, and multifaceted applications to civil engineering and other diverse themes, with superb pedagogical leadership and devotion

ASCE has honored the writing team of Bharadwaj R.K. Mantha, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; Carol C. Menassa, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; Vineet R. Kamat, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and Clive R. D’Souza with the 2021 Collingwood Prize for the paper “Evaluation of Preference- and Constraint-Sensitive Path Planning for Assisted Navigation in Indoor Building Environments,” Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, June

Jean-Louis and Janet Briaud recently announced a $1 million gift to the ASCE Foundation

The truth is that there is no single “right way” to find success, but there is a “right way for you.” Here are five keys that might help you unlock professional success as a civil engineer

Reuben Hull’s Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the birth of Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer

Extreme tornado events can cause damage and loss of life as a result of flying debris and collapsing structures. While most tornadoes are generally weak and occur in lightly populated areas, there are extreme events, like one in March 2020 that ravaged Tennessee. Multiple storm systems resulted in two tornadoes, one in Cookeville, Tennessee, and the second near Baxter, Tennessee with wind speeds of 175 mph.

Maria C. Lehman has been elected as the Society’s 2022 president-elect by a majority of Society members voting in the ASCE 2021 election

Civil engineers are returning to in-person work this year, which means renewed questions about appropriate dress code

Reuben Hull’s Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the opening of the first railroad bridge over the Firth of Tay between Dundee and Wormit, Scotland

The St. Francis Dam failure ranks as the worst U.S. man-made disaster of the 20th century