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We all know the joke about the difference between the extroverted and the introverted engineer when they talk to someone. Introverted engineers look at their shoes, and extroverted engineers look at your shoes. Funny, unless you’re an engineer trying to break away from this career stereotype like I did. An introvert is defined as a shy, reticent person. Engineer or not, these characteristics do pose
Humans have long had a love-fear relationship with technology. Building information modeling revolutionary David Odeh, an ASCE Technical Region Director, says forget the fear and focus on all that technology can do to help you find civil engineering solutions (2:46). In Civil Engineers Are Not Boring, we meet Assunta Daprano, whose passion for railroads is both a hobby and a career (13:03). In Member Memos,
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: • Adjo Akpene Amekudzi‐Kennedy, Ph.D., F.ASCE • Graham E. C. Bell, Ph.D., P.E., FNACE, F.ASCE • Jeffrey S. Chiu, Esq., P.E., F.ASCE • Daniel J. De Battista, P.E., F.ASCE
Jonathan L. Goodall, an associate professor of civil engineering with appointments in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Goodall’s teaching and research interests are hydrology, water resources engineering, and hydroinformatics. The focus of his primary research is creating new computational approaches for
John S. McCartney, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor and department chair in the Department of Structural Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. McCartney’s specialty is geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. His research interests include unsaturated soil mechanics, geosynthetics engineering, and energy geotechnics, and he has led research projects funded by the National Science
Jean Griffith Hansen, P.E., F.ASCE, managing consultant and director with Ankura, a management consulting firm in Hamilton, NJ, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Hansen has extensive and diverse skills in construction management consulting, and experience applicable to all phases of construction and facility management projects and engagements. Her contract dispute resolution, contract risk management, and insurance claim preparation expertise
Janis A. Steinbrenner, P.E., F.ASCE, engineering manager for the City of Woodstock, GA, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Steinbrenner is renowned for her thoroughness and follow-through during her 19 years in transportation design of roadway and streetscape projects at the local and state levels. In her current position since 2015, she supervises and reviews both road and stormwater endeavors
Daniel Nichols’ garage is still standing. Granted, it smells strongly of salmon now. But it’s still standing. The magnitude-7.0 earthquake that shook Anchorage, AK, Nov. 30, did significant damage, make no mistake. One highway ramp interchange was nearly totally destroyed, among plenty of property damage. That it wasn’t much worse, though, is a point of pride for Alaskan civil engineers. “Considering how strong it was,
The calendar hasn’t turned yet, but the 2019 ASCE Board of Direction’s year is already off to a great start. Members of the Board gathered for a two-day retreat, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 in Leesburg, VA, to jumpstart their Society work for next year. “It went well,” said ASCE President Robin Kemper. “I’m very excited about our year.” If Kemper’s vision for her presidential
