ASCE has honored Jorge A. Ramirez, Ph.D., with the 2019 Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award for his exceptional wide-ranging research on arid lands hydrology and hydraulics, including analyzing the vulnerability of the U.S. water supply system to climate change and observationally demonstrating the complementary relationship of evapotranspiration, and for his outstanding teaching and mentoring. Ramirez’s research activities and contributions have been broad in the fields
Effective communication is more essential to civil engineering than ever. The great irony, one you’ve likely recognized, is that as technology and social media make communicating with other people easier than ever, the ability to truly connect with someone only gets more difficult. Jaffer Almosawy, a civil engineer for GCW Inc. in Las Vegas and a 2018 ASCE New Face of Civil Engineering, navigates the
The official nominees for 2020 ASCE president-elect, as selected by the Society’s Board of Direction Nominating Committee, are Jean-Louis Briaud, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE, and Dennis D. Truax, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, D.WRE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE. The Society’s election will be conducted May 1 through June 1 via online balloting. Members at the grade of Associate and above in good standing as of April 1 will be
Todd Semonite, P.E., M.ASCE, Lieutenant General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has been honored by ASCE as the 2019 Outstanding Projects And Leaders award-winner in government. The ASCE OPAL awards honor outstanding civil engineering leaders for their lifetime accomplishments. This year’s OPAL winners will be recognized at the 2019 OPAL Gala, March 14, in Arlington, VA. Semonite’s leadership is of the highest caliber,
Ron Klemencic, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE, chairman and CEO of Magnusson Klemencic Associates and one of the most talented, accomplished, and pioneering civil engineers of our time, has been honored by ASCE as the 2019 Outstanding Projects And Leaders award-winner in design. The ASCE OPAL awards honor outstanding civil engineering leaders for their lifetime achievements. This year’s OPAL winners will be recognized at the 2019
The Fourth National Climate Assessment sounded alarm bells about climate change’s effects, both current and future, upon its release last November by the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Civil engineering, of course, is at the forefront of this discussion. After all, it is civil engineers – planning, designing, and constructing infrastructure – who have to account for these climate change effects. But how can civil
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: • Misko Cubrinovski, Ph.D., with the 2019 Ralph B. Peck Award • Jonathan D. Bray, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, NAE, with the 2019 Karl Terzaghi Award • W. Allen Marr, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, NAE, with the 2019 H. Bolton
When you were a little kid, everybody asked you, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” And your answer truly could be whatever you wanted it to be. Baseball player? Sure. Firefighter? Yep. Ballerina. Why not? The more ambitious your dream, the more creative your hopes, the better. So now that you’re an adult, why stop approaching your career with the same
Loaiza has over 22 years of experience in water and wastewater utility program management and engineering design. His background includes directing capital improvement projects, overseeing the development of engineering master plans, engineering design and operations of water and wastewater treatment facilities, land development design, and project management. He is well versed in treatment plant design and operation, water distribution, sewer collection, drainage, grading, paving, signage and
Jeanne M. VanBriesen, Ph.D., P.E., F.EWRI, F.ASCE, the Duquesne Light Company professor of civil and environmental engineering, professor of engineering and public policy, and director of the Center for Water Quality in Urban Environmental Systems (Water QUEST) at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. VanBriesen’s research is in environmental systems, including biotransformation of recalcitrant organics, detection of
