The ASCE News Civil Engineering Roundtable showcases insights from a cross-section of ASCE members on a variety of industry topics. ’Tis the season for gratitude. And this Thanksgiving holiday, ASCE members are stepping back and giving thanks for the profession they love – civil engineering. For what in civil engineering are you thankful this year? Chase Henrichs, P.E., M.ASCE, project engineer, Crafton Tull, Rogers, Arkansas
ASCE has honored Melinda Luna, P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award for outstanding contributions to history and heritage research, hundreds of articles written on civil engineering history, and provision of a better knowledge and appreciation of the history and heritage of civil engineering, including outside of the civil engineering community. Over the past 20 years, Luna has researched and written
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: • Timothy H. Bedenis, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE • Robert J. Frosch, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE • Biman Gati Gupta, Ph.D., C.Eng., F.ASCE • Kent A. Harries, Ph.D., P.Eng., F.ASCE •
Amy Epps Martin, P.E., F.ASCE, a professor and researcher at Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Martin has more than 22 years of experience teaching civil engineering materials courses and conducting research on safe, sustainable asphalt technologies. Her research achievements and products are based on balancing fundamental theory and practical science
Robert J. Frosch, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor of civil engineering and senior associate dean of Facilities & Operations in the College of Engineering at Purdue University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Frosch’s research, which focuses on the design and behavior of structural concrete, has resulted in changes to both the ACI Building Code and AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications.
ASCE’s Structural Engineering Institute issued the “Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design” early this year. Performance-based design continues to be one of the four focus areas (along with resilience, life-cycle cost analysis and innovation) of ASCE’s Grand Challenge. Don Scott, P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE, the prime investigator for the prestandard development team, talks about both the prestandard and, more broadly, the power of performance-based design to close
I have used most of the “Ask Anthony” articles in this column to answer questions from ASCE members about civil engineering careers. However, in this article, I’d like to turn the table and ask you a question. Recently, I’ve been getting questions from high school and some college students interested in civil engineering. They want to know what to expect in a civil engineering career.
Robert G. Tracy, an expert in concrete applications, notably restorations, and the founder of two consulting firms in Michigan, has died at 72. Tracy, P.E., M.ASCE, applied much of his experience toward concrete deterioration analysis and restoration program development throughout the United States. In the past few years he worked to preserve and restore historic structures in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, his home state.
Stanley M. Bemben of New Britain, Connecticut, a gifted structural analyst, former University of Massachusetts Amherst civil engineering professor, and consultant, has died at 85. In his youth, he boasted that he knew how to build things and “could do it better than others.” It was fitting, then, that he chose to make civil engineering his career. Proving he could indeed do it better than
Choosing your major is one of the most important decisions you’ll make in your life. But as anyone who chooses to major in civil engineering can tell you, that decision is really only half the journey. Civil engineering encompasses so many different disciplines and focus areas. Over the course of this school year, Robert Sprotte is going to take ASCE members on that journey of
