Caesar Abi Shdid, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, associate professor and CIE Chair at Lebanese American University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Abi Shdid has been an educator of next-generation civil engineers for over 15 years. In this capacity he has instructed graduate and undergraduate students in a variety of structural engineering topics at multiple universities and multiple construction engineering and
ASCE has honored Y. Richard Kim, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, with the 2020 Francis C. Turner Award for his extraordinary contribution to the fundamental characterization of transportation materials and its application to mechanistic pavement analysis and design. Kim is one of the most respected pavement engineers in the nation. His research interests are in the areas of pavement mechanics, material characterization and asphalt concrete behavior modeling.
Feng Fu, Ph.D., C.Eng, F.ASCE, an associate professor at City, University of London, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Fu has extensive research experience in the area of progressive collapse, structural fire analysis of tall buildings and long-span structures, tensegrity structures, and composite joints. He has authored three textbooks for three of the world’s top publishers and authored or coauthored
Benjamin Colucci-Rios, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor of civil engineering and director of the Puerto Rico Local Technical Assistance Program and FHWA Every Day Counts initiatives at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM), has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Colucci-Rios is also the Abertis International Chair-Puerto Rico, and ITE’s 2019 Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator. Exalted to the Pan
ASCE has announced the cancellation of all remaining Student Conferences and student competitions for the 2019-20 school year – including the National Concrete Canoe Competition – because of the uncertainty and health concerns caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “We have taken this measure so that faculty and students may focus fully on completing their semesters remotely and in full consideration of their health, safety and
The civil engineering profession looks a lot different today than it did a month ago or even a week ago. With government agencies and state and local officials across the nation recommending extreme social distancing measures because of the coronavirus pandemic, many civil engineers are working from home. But how does that work? Amid unprecedented circumstances, civil engineering firms and civil engineers are creating the
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ASCE honored the Bayonne Bridge: Replacement of Main Span Roadway and Approach Structures with the 2020 Outstanding Civil Engineering achievement award, as announced Friday evening, March 13, at the Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Gala in Washington, D.C. The OCEA award, established in 1960, recognizes the project that best illustrates superior civil engineering skills and represents a significant contribution to civil engineering progress and society.
It certainly was not the week anyone expected, but even as concerns over COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2020 ASCE Legislative Fly-In, Society members made their advocacy voices heard. ASCE members participated in the Week of Action, urging their senators and representatives through email to invest in a modern, resilient infrastructure for America. ASCE set a goal of sending 3,000 emails to Congress this
Binod Tiwari, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, the associate vice president for research and sponsored projects and a professor of civil and environmental engineering at California State University, Fullerton, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Tiwari has made several significant contributions to engineering, educational, editorial, research and engineering society activities. He has taught 19 different freshman to graduate-level courses developing thorough, practical
