Elizabeth Collins Burkhart, P.E., D.PE, F.ASCE, executive vice president of Collins Engineers Inc. and a structural engineer with more than 25 years’ experience specializing in coastal and waterfront structures, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Burkhart’s involvement with ASCE began in the Student Chapter at Old Dominion University, where she was student chapter President in her senior year. She is
Timothy McClain Shell, P.E., F.ASCE, for nearly 30 years the responsible charge of important capital improvement projects for the San Diego County Water Authority and the City of Vista, California, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. For both SDCWA and Vista, Shell’s projects have included municipal transportation, water conveyance, drainage, parks and building projects. The past 20 years he has
Janjanam Durgaprasad, Ph.D., S.E., F.ASCE, a research scientist and professor of civil engineering at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Durgaprasad started his professional career as the senior research fellow at National Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL-CSIR), Bangalore, in 1991 and moved the next year to the Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC-CSIR), Chennai, to serve
Kimberly K. Cornett, P.E., F.ASCE, a project manager with Jacobs and an ambassador for civil engineering, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Cornett has served ASCE in several positions over the past 18 years. Her career in both engineering and the Society began in the San Antonio Community, where she started serving the ASCE San Antonio Branch as treasurer and
Yvette E. Pearson, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, is the associate dean for accreditation, assessment and strategic initiatives at Rice University in Houston. She has been an active member of ASCE for two decades, taking on a variety of leadership roles for several sustainability, education and diversity committees and programs. She currently chairs ASCE’s Members of Society Advancing an Inclusive Culture (MOSAIC), and recently launched the Engineering
Uncertainty is the dominant theme right now in the construction industry. The COVID-19 pandemic this spring has fundamentally changed the way the business works – from supply chains to project schedules. “Construction’s always interesting. There’s always a problem to solve,” said Joseph Hellenbrand, P.E., M.ASCE, engineer at Capital Project Management Inc., based near Philadelphia. “This is like a next-level problem to solve, dealing with all
ASCE presents nearly 100 Society awards every year, recognizing civil engineers who advance the profession either through achievement or published papers. The most recent Society awards are: • Pingbo Tang, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction • Ben Young, Ph.D., F.ASCE, with the 2020 Shortridge Hardesty Award • Tomoaki Takeda, Tsukasa Mizutani, Tomonori Nagayama and Yozo Fujino
ASCE members elected to Fellow status have made celebrated contributions and developed creative solutions that have enhanced lives. Just 3 percent of Society members hold this prestigious honor. The most recent members elevated to Fellow are: • Jamal A. Abdalla, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE • Patricia J. Culligan, Ph.D., C.Eng, F.ASCE • Elham H. (Ellie) Fini, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE • Feng Fu, Ph.D., C.Eng, F.ASCE •
It usually starts with a daydream. “What if instead of working for my boss, I was the boss? What if I was the one making all the decisions? Maybe I could start my own company.” For 99 percent of civil engineers, the daydream remains just that – the stuff of imagination. Mike Howell, on the other hand, turned that dream into reality. After nearly 15
Patricia J. Culligan, Ph.D., C.Eng, F.ASCE, chair and Robert A.W. and Christine S. Carleton Professor of Civil Engineering at Columbia University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Culligan was recently appointed the Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Internationally recognized for her expertise in water resources, porous media flow and transport and geoenvironmental
