ASCE has honored Lesley C. Ewing, Ph.D., P.E., D.CE, M.ASCE, with the 2020 Orville T. Magoon Sustainable Coasts Award for her lifelong dedication and significant contributions to coastal sustainability. For more than 35 years, Ewing has made outstanding contributions to sustainable engineering practices for managing shorelines and coastal infrastructure. Like her mentor, collaborator and friend Orville Magoon, she has been a leader in advancing the
ASCE members participated in a third survey this spring to assess pandemic-related effects on the civil engineering industry. The COVID-19 Impact and Implementation Survey, compiled by Industry Insights for ASCE, collected feedback from 836 Society members between May 26 and 28. The results paint an interesting picture – one where the initial shock of the pandemic has faded into a realization that the effects on
ASCE has honored Bernard G. Dennis Jr., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award for his tireless efforts to advance the understanding and appreciation of past civil engineers and their works. Dennis has served ASCE through his writing, editing and coordination of the ASCE publication “Engineering the Panama Canal: A Centennial Retrospective” (ASCE, 2014), leadership for chairing and membership service on the
Bobbie Shields, P.E., M.ASCE, is the owner and manager of SHIELB PLLC, a planning, engineering and management consulting firm. Previously, he worked nearly four decades as an engineering leader in both the private and public sectors in his home state of North Carolina. A longtime ASCE leader, Shields currently serves as a Region 4 governor. He was set to take part in ASCE’s virtual roundtable
ASCE has honored Pearce Ferriter, S.M.ASCE, with the 2020 Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students for his paper “How Misplaced Loyalties Are Harming the Profession.” The Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students is awarded annually for the most well-written papers on professional ethics. This year’s paper topic was Canon 6 of the ASCE Code of Ethics, which states, “Engineers shall act in such a manner
ASCE has honored the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering (Large Program) with the 2020 Walter LeFevre Award for their outstanding program promoting licensure, ethics and professionalism. SUNY Buffalo’s Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering Program takes advantage of a strong ASCE Student Chapter and local Buffalo Section to bring messages and experiences of professionalism and licensure into the
On the week of what was supposed to be the 2020 ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, it is time to look forward. The 2020 competition, of course, was canceled in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So all eyes focus now on the 2021 competition. And all those teams who had their GPS set for Madison need only shift
ASCE has honored Robert B. Sowby, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the Daniel W. Mead Prize for Younger Members for the paper “To Uphold and Enhance the Profession.” Canon 6 of the ASCE Code of Ethics states, “Engineers shall act in such a manner as to uphold and enhance the honor, integrity, and dignity of the engineering profession and shall act with zero tolerance for bribery,
ASCE has honored Amanda A. Tanaka, P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement. She is recognized for professional achievement in service to the advancement of the profession, evidence of technical competence, high character and integrity, and contributions to public service outside her career. Tanaka has nine years of experience in the private sector and has worked on various wastewater,
ASCE has honored Nicos Makris and Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh, Ph.D., EIT, S.M.ASCE, as the 2020 winners of the J. James R. Croes Medal for their paper “Effect of Supplemental Hysteretic and Viscous Damping on Rocking Response of Free-Standing Columns,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, May 2019. Abstract: This paper investigated the nonlinear, rocking seismic response of slender, free-standing columns when equipped along their sides (or at their
