Elham H. (Ellie) Fini, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, co-founder of Bio-Adhesive Alliance Inc., senior sustainability scientist at Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and associate professor of Arizona State University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Fini has served as a program director at the National Science Foundation and as president of the American Association of Civil Engineers (Northern branch
Benjamin Osy Okoh, C.Eng, P.E., R.Eng, S.E., CP, F.ASCE, the managing director/CEO of FieldMarshal Integrated Engineering Concept Limited, in Nigeria, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Okoh began his distinctive engineering career with Bulet International Nigeria Ltd. in 2006, and was involved in the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Headquarters Abuja and Phase 2 of Head of
Ali Maher, Ph.D., F.ASCE, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and director of the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) at Rutgers University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Since 1988, Maher has been a full-time faculty at Rutgers, teaching and conducting research in the areas of geotechnical, geoenvironmental and infrastructure engineering. His research contributions have been primarily
The movie “Back to the Future” depicts people as riding around in flying cars or on hoverboards by now. While we may not have those yet, the past decade has seen new forms of transportation emerge. One of the biggest is the rise of shared mobility. It all started in 2010 with ridesharing apps. Now, over 98 million people worldwide use apps like Uber and
Thank you for rejoining me in our series on Design Thinking. In the first article, we explored with Seth Godin the overarching themes of design thinking and the foundation of the methodology – empathy. Today, we are joined by Carly Foster to explore the application of design thinking in the world of resilience. Foster’s expertise and work lend to the direct application of DT in
Abby Cowser has one last assignment to complete as a college student. She needs to figure out what she wants for graduation dinner. “My mom said she’ll cook me whatever I want, so that’s a plus,” Cowser said. “I might pick chicken parm – that’s one of my favorites. Or maybe something to go with cheesy potatoes.” Cowser, A.M.ASCE, graduates from Penn State University on
Jamal A. Abdalla, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor of civil engineering (structures) at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Prior to his current position, Abdalla taught at Qatar University and at the University of Khartoum, Sudan. His teaching interest spans a wide range of structural engineering topics, including structural dynamics, structural
Frederick P. Powell, P.E., S.E., F.ASCE, a senior associate with Hazen and Sawyer (Hazen), in Atlanta, who has 21 years of experience designing and rehabilitating water treatment facilities throughout the central and eastern U.S., has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Powell serves on Hazen’s structural leadership team and manages a core group of engineers and designers. He is responsible for
ASCE has honored the writing team of Tomoaki Takeda, Tsukasa Mizutani, Tomonori Nagayama and Yozo Fujino with the 2020 Moisseiff Award for the paper “Reproduction of Cable-Stayed Bridge Seismic Responses Involving Tower-Girder Pounding and Damage Process Estimation for Large Earthquakes,” published in the February 2019 issue of Journal of Bridge Engineering. The authors investigated tower-girder transverse pounding that was observed on the Yokohama Bay Bridge
ASCE has honored Ben Young, Ph.D., F.ASCE, with the 2020 Shortridge Hardesty Award for his research contributions to the stability design of cold-formed steel and stainless steel members, including the development of design specifications in North America. Young has published many papers on structural engineering, including more than 50 in ASCE’s Journal of Structural Engineering, and has also presented several keynote lectures on the topic
