ASCE has honored Anand Puppala, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, with the 2020 Ralph B. Peck Award for outstanding contributions to teaching, research and practice in geotechnical engineering as well as cumulative distinguished research contributions in expansive soils and sustainability. The Peck Award revolves around publishing case histories or developing design histories. Puppala assisted in writing up case histories for the Remote Sensing Geotechnical Special Publication
ASCE has honored Bruce L. Kutter, Ph.D., M.ASCE, with the H. Bolton Seed Medal for important and sustained contributions to the physical modeling of geotechnical and soil-structure systems to earthquakes, and for centrifuge research and continuing leadership in the field. The Seed Medal is awarded for cumulative distinguished contributions. Kutter has demonstrated pioneering and cutting-edge works in geotechnical earthquake engineering through physical modeling testing. His
Members will likely remember Robin Kemper’s 2019 presidential year for her many travels, visits and the inspiring, dramatic “Welcome to the wonderful world of ASCE!” opening line from her many speeches. ASCE will likely remember 2019 as the year the momentous Future World Vision project launched. Kemper herself doesn’t look at her ASCE presidency as some kind of legacy or personal accomplishment, but rather as
One of the best aspects of ASCE Collaborate – and there are many – is the way it allows you to take the temperature of the civil engineering profession. ASCE’s online member community features civil engineers talking civil engineering every day of the year on any number of topics. So you can talk shop, get advice about a project or – when looking at the
December is an excellent time for a good year-end list. Often that means best movies, best albums maybe the best television shows of the year. In the case of ASCE, it’s a great time to review some of the top ASCE book titles from the past 365 days. Here are some new ASCE books trending in 2019 (click on each book to learn more about
It was a rich and rewarding year at ASCE in 2019. So rich and so rewarding that mere words can’t do it justice. Here is ASCE’s 2019 Year in Photos: In May, ASCE launched Future World Vision, a bold, comprehensive project to anticipate, reimagine and prepare for the future. Using data-driven, in-depth, scenario-planning analysis, Future World Vision puts civil engineers in position to lead, not
The holiday season is upon us. Although it is a time of celebration, it’s also a time for gratitude and giving. Civil engineers have much to be thankful for. With salaries continuing to trend upward, we earn a good living as well as the respect of the public. Entrusted with protecting the public health, safety and welfare, civil engineers truly have a profound impact on
ASCE has announced a new partnership with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy as part of the recently launched International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure. The collaboration, announced this week at the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 25, aims to advance practical solutions to adapt infrastructure to a changing climate, close the resilience investment gap and break down barriers to action across the
“Engineering With Heart” is a series of articles by Michael Paddock for ASCE News. Paddock, P.E., M.ASCE, a 30-year member of ASCE, is a licensed civil engineer and surveyor. His professional career was spent managing teams of over 100 engineers designing infrastructure projects over $1 billion, and he was the youngest-ever recipient of Wisconsin’s “Engineer of the Year” award. After a near-death cancer experience, he
Margarita Kruyff is not a civil engineer. But she works with civil engineers every day in her job as the assistant director of the Environment and Sustainability Department for the City of Miami Beach and also serves as chair of the ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute Miami-Dade Chapter. So she is uniquely positioned to provide insights on what it’s like to work and communicate
