Walter C. Grantz, who oversaw the design of many iconic transportation tunnels including the I-95 Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore, Boston’s Ted Williams Tunnel, and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel’s parallel crossing, has died. He was 88. Grantz, P.E., a Life Member of ASCE, applied his talent at immersed-tube design over 40 years with Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, then capped his career as
Franklin Sherkow, P.E., ENV SP, is an ASCE Fellow and Life Member, and former president of ASCE’s Oregon Section. He was on the civil engineering faculty at Oregon State University for six years before returning to consulting. In today’s Member Voices, he recalls a lesson on leadership he taught to his college classes, and looks at what those conversations can teach us about future engineers.
You won’t find a bigger proponent for productivity in the workplace than me. I write and podcast regularly on how you should use the Pareto Principle (also known as the 80/20 Rule) to stay focused on what matters in your career, among other productivity strategies. That being said, the other day I was thinking more deeply about productivity in civil engineering and realized that, while
ASCE United Kingdom Group President Carlos A. Brebbia, recognized for advancements in the boundary element method of engineering calculations, has died at 79. Brebbia, Ph.D., F.ASCE, founded the Wessex Institute of Technology in Southampton, England, to engage in research and promotion of the boundary method technique that he developed in 1977-78. He enabled WIT to link with major academic institutions worldwide, including a U.S. office
The ASCE Board of Direction did nothing short of face down the future of the entire civil engineering profession at its March quarterly meeting in Arlington, VA. The goal is to take the lead in shaping that future, not merely reacting to it. “Society and the world we work to improve is changing rapidly,” said ASCE President Kristina Swallow, P.E., ENV SP, F.ASCE. “Our role
The three women serving in presidential roles for ASCE in 2018 – President Kristina Swallow, President-Elect Robin Kemper, and Past President Norma Jean Mattei – continue to inspire ASCE members, women and men alike. As president-elect, Kemper has been busy visiting ASCE groups all over the map, inspiring members in person. Interviewed via email for ASCE News’ month-long series, Women in Civil Engineering, Kemper touched
More than 1,200 ASCE members participated in the ASCE News Women in Civil Engineering series by contributing their headshots for an ASCE collage. More than three dozen women contributed their insights and perspectives to the series content. It was a remarkable response and important subject matter. Read more from the series here, and check out highlights from ASCE’s #HerEngineering hashtag on social media:
Each month a cross section of prominent ASCE members shares insights on important industry topics in the ASCE News Civil Engineering Roundtable. For ASCE News’ Women in Civil Engineering series, the roundtable will focus on issues affecting women in the profession. This week, our panel gets a bit more personal and shares different hurdles each has faced throughout their careers. What has been your single
