Last year, ASCE News collected New Year’s resolutions from some of the Society’s young leaders. They were brave; they were bold; they were optimistic. And they were mostly successful – we think – in their 2017 pursuits. Now, with the calendar ready again to turn over, we have another group of accomplished young civil engineers looking forward to an exciting year. Here are their New
Sudi Shoja, P.E., F.ASCE, principal for Engineering Solutions Services, serves as the disaster preparedness chair for the ASCE Orange County Branch. Unfortunately, it’s a role that has been called upon with great frequency this year. Shoja has helped lead an impressive effort of collaboration and generosity in Southern California as the region deals with relentless wildfires. She shares her story here. “Fires in Northern California and
From putting civil engineering on IMAX screens around the world to sending home a report card grading America’s infrastructure, ASCE had a big year. This week, ASCE News is taking a look back at 2017, highlighting the members and moments that made the year memorable. Here is a look at the Society’s year through the most quotable of quotes. On Dream Big: Engineering Our
From putting civil engineering on IMAX screens around the world to sending home a report card grading America’s infrastructure, ASCE had a big year. This week, ASCE News is taking a look back at 2017, highlighting the members and moments that made the year memorable. We begin with a look through the lens of social media. Here is the story of ASCE’s 2017 told in
If you’re a civil engineer like I am, you’ve probably heard of ASCE’s Raise the Bar. Whether you stumbled across it online, heard about it at a conference, or read about it in a newsletter, do you understand it? I get a lot of questions from civil engineers about Raise the Bar, specifically what it means and how it is intended to help civil engineers.
Distinguished Member Soli J. Arceivala, a pioneering environmental engineer in India and coauthor of a well-known instructional guide to wastewater treatment projects, has died at 91. Arceivala, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, established India’s first postgraduate two-year academic program in environmental engineering at the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute in Mumbai. He served as director of India’s National Environmental Engineering Research Institute from 1967 to 1971, before becoming a
Robert H. Marks, M.ASCE, an ASCE Life Member who shifted from a civil engineering career to one that provided crucial research in chemistry and physics, has died at 91. Time spent at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology getting Navy officers’ training during World War II, followed by service in the submarine naval reserve, served him well after the war when he earned a bachelor’s degree
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 a foundation that continues to strive for global harmony, has died at 85. Stanley, P.E., F.ASCE, followed his father into a business that began in 1913 and is now ranked 72nd among the nation’s top 500 design firms by Engineering News-Record.
Roy M. Alverson, a Life Member with a passion for applying his professional skills in the Tuscaloosa, AL, community he was born and raised in, has died at 76. He joined ASCE in 1965 and had been active in a variety of roles with the Tuscaloosa Branch. Alverson graduated from the University of Alabama with a B.S. degree in civil engineering and a master’s in
An ASCE Infrastructure Resilience Division team traveled to Mexico in November, gathering information about the region’s recent earthquakes to help engineers better understand how to make infrastructure more resilient. This is what they learned
