The annual Presidents and Governors Forum (PGF) gathered 107 Section and Branch presidents, Region governors and Society directors from around the world to ASCE headquarters in Reston, Virginia. This Leader Training Committee-sponsored event provided opportunities for attendees to learn about ASCE resources, network with other ASCE leaders and develop skills that will benefit their Sections and Branches. The program began, Sunday, with an icebreaker, followed
Ten minutes in the company of Jared Diamond, or spent simply reading one of his books, and you’re bound to come away looking at the world a little bit differently than you had before. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of “Guns, Germs, and Steel” doesn’t just take a systems approach to questions of climate change and sustainability. His approach encompasses no less than the entire history
Mental health is not something you can simply snap your fingers and fix. And it’s not something you should ignore either. On today’s episode of “ASCE Plot Points,” Elyssa Dixon speaks candidly about the steps she’s taken to make herself healthier and happier (1:08). Then in the debut of a segment called “Extracurricular,” Joe Natale explains how his love for the performing arts has had
Robert Clark Ewing, a structural engineer in demand during America’s rapidly growing postwar years, and an expert on foundations who shored up famed Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eudora Welty’s house, has died at 99. Ewing, P.E., F.ASCE, “Bob” to his friends, was a dedicated engineer whose trail of works took him from Seattle to the Willamette Valley in Oregon through Memphis, Tennessee, and down to Jackson,
John W. Weaver II, founder and former managing principal of Weaver Consultants Group in Chicago, has died at 66 in a tragic plane crash that also claimed the lives of his sons John III, 40, and Matthew, 38. Weaver, P.E., M.ASCE, was born in Elkhart, Indiana, where his father had been mayor. He got an early jump on his career while still in sixth grade,
Thomas P. O’Connor, P.E., F.ASCE, an environmental engineer with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. O’Connor has over 22 years with EPA. He currently works for the National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Water Systems Division, Water Resources Recovery Branch at the Edison Environmental Center (EEC) in Edison, New Jersey.
ASCE has honored Louise A. Wallendorf, P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Orville T. Magoon Sustainable Coasts Award for lifelong dedication to sustainable coasts, collaborative research and coastal education. For almost 40 years, Wallendorf has made outstanding contributions to sustainable engineering practices in managing shorelines and coastal infrastructure as a researcher, educator and active ASCE volunteer. She played a crucial role in the formation of ASCE’s
ASCE has honored Costas E. Synolakis, Ph.D., with the 2019 International Coastal Engineering Award for his three-decade-long pioneering efforts in the field of tsunami research, which has not only transformed scientists’ understanding of tsunamis but also saved countless lives. Synolakis is a global leader in coastal engineering. Over the past three decades he has made significant contributions in the areas of tsunami research and
