ASCE has honored Pedro J. J. Alvarez, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, NAE, with the 2021 Simon W. Freese Environmental Engineering Award and Lecture for his extraordinary accomplishments in using fundamental scientific principles and current research findings to solve the most challenging environmental problems. As an outstanding administrator/researcher/educator, Alvarez has made significant contributions to our professional society. He is one of the world’s foremost experts in environmental
ASCE has honored Hai Yang, Ph.D., C.Eng, M.ASCE, with the 2020 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award for his leadership in the fields of transportation network modeling and transportation economics and for his extraordinary record in both research and mentoring. Yang’s career has been exceptional in terms of its impact. He is universally acknowledged as one of the most influential transportation researchers in the world.
It was three years ago this month that ASCE got into the movie business. “Dream Big: Engineering Our World” debuted on IMAX and other giant screens in museums and theaters around the world in February 2017. The film, presented by Bechtel and produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films in partnership with ASCE, showcases engineering in a colorful, dynamic and diverse way, forever changing how a generation
Deepankar Choudhury, Ph.D., F.ASCE, an Institute Chair Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, in Mumbai, India, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Choudhury’s major research areas are geotechnical earthquake engineering, computational geomechanics, foundation engineering and soil dynamics. His video lectures through NPTEL, Government of India, on “Soil Dynamics” and “Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering” and his
Riadh S. Al-Mahaidi, Ph.D., F.ASCE, a professor of structural engineering and director of the Smart Structures Laboratory at Swinburne University of Technology, in Melbourne, Australia, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Prior to joining Swinburne in 2010, he was the head of the Structures Group at Monash University. Over the past 20 years, Al-Mahaidi has focused his research and practice
Philippe Jeanjean, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a geotechnical engineer with over 26 years of industry experience, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Jeanjean is currently the technical authority, that is, head of Geotechnics, for the Exploration and Production Upstream Segment of BP America Inc., a major oil and gas operator. He leads a team of geotechnical engineers from his base in
Patrick S. Collins, P.E., F.ASCE, director of the Engineering Department and city engineer at the City of Valdosta, Georgia, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Collins has been in his current position for nine years, and has been employed in the engineering profession in both the private and public sector for 32 years. He specializes in municipal and county government
“One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn’t exist … Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.” – Stephen Hawking All humans are prone to making mistakes, even engineers. But in a profession built on perfection, how do civil engineers handle making mistakes on the job? In this episode of the “ASCE Interchange,” Michael Howell, president
When it comes to inspiring the next generation of civil engineers, representation is so very important. Jose Castro, an assistant engineer in water resources for Michael Baker International in Irvine, California, tells his story of both how he was inspired to pursue civil engineering when he was a student and how he now inspires students through outreach work (1:52). In Extracurricular, we hear from Ashlyn
The old Bonner Bridge had seen better days. The new Basnight Bridge hasn’t – for those days are now. And at $252 million, the 2.8-mile-long crossing should still be around 100 years from now. What was merely an addition to North Carolina’s wishlist in 1989 now spans the Atlantic Coast’s most dangerous channel, Oregon Inlet, and connects Hatteras Island to the beautiful Outer Banks. The
