John Frederick “Fred” Graham Jr., for many years a civil engineering and construction leader in Pittsburgh, has died. He was 82. Graham, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, was born in Pittsburgh and he devoted his working life to the city. After graduating from Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), he worked most of his career as director for engineering and construction for Allegheny County. In 1989, he became
Engineering News-Record magazine recognizes its Top 25 Newsmakers this week at the annual ENR Award of Excellence Gala. Each year, ASCE members feature prominently on the Newsmakers list, and this year is no exception. Here are the Society members among the ENR 2019 Top 25 Newsmakers: Ginger Evans, P.E., M.ASCE Now the CEO of Reach Airports, Evans helped orchestrate an $8.5 billion overhaul of O’Hare
ASCE presents nearly 100 Society awards every year, recognizing civil engineers who advance the profession either through achievement or published papers. The most recent Society awards are: • Ana Maria Ferreira da Silva, A.M.ASCE, and Mohsen Ebrahimi, EIT, A.M.ASCE, with the 2019 Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize • James L. Fouss, Ph.D, P.E., D.WRE (Ret.), M.ASCE, with the 2019 Royce J. Tipton Award • Heidi M.
And the winner is … The 150 North Riverside project in Chicago earned the 2019 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award, announced Thursday night at ASCE’s 20th annual Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Gala. 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’s amazing to be recognized
Infrastructure when? Infrastructure now. ASCE members from all 50 states and Puerto Rico brought their message – and the #InfrastructureNow hashtag – to over 310 Members of Congress Wednesday afternoon, advocating for a variety of infrastructure solutions at the annual Legislative Fly-In. The key piece of ASCE’s advocacy argument is the Highway Trust Fund. The HTF is the main funding source for federal investment in
Veera Gnaneswar Gude, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, F.ASCE, an associate professor of environmental engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Mississippi State University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Gude has over 18 years of academic, industry, and research experience in the environmental engineering field, including six years with Du Pont Singapore and a startup company in Seattle.
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: • Khaled A. Alamdeen, P.E., F.ASCE • Lisa M. Anderson, P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE • Richard Lee Baker, MSCE, P.E., F.ASCE • Todd L. Barber, P.E., F.ASCE • Nancy Straub Cline, P.E., F.ASCE • Ricardo de
Boualem Hadjerioua, Ph.D., F.ASCE, lead water power technology and senior research engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Hadjerioua is considered one of the leading national and international authorities on water power, water resource analysis, and integrated river systems, and has over 30 years of demonstrated proficiency in
Bryan T. Veith, P.E., F.ASCE, a professional engineer with over 25 years of civil and environmental engineering experience in consulting practice, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Veith recently completed a stint as vice president / director of client services at Brown and Caldwell’s 1Water operation in Florida. Over his career, he has served in varying roles – region (multioffice)
Louay Mohammad, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Louisiana State University and renowned pavement engineer, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Mohammad holds the Irma Louise Rush Stewart Distinguished Professorship and is the Transportation Faculty Group Coordinator at LSU. He also serves as director of the Engineering Materials Characterization and Research Facility at the Louisiana
