Why civil engineering students should make things

The benefit of making things for younger children in STEM education has been widely supported. But what about the civil engineering students in college-level courses?

Latest news

Annual Construction Institute Student Days presents real-world challenges, opportunities

For the first time, the annual Construction Institute’s CI Student Days heavy civil engineering team challenge was held as an online event this summer. The real-world lessons and opportunities afforded by the competition, however, remained the same.

ASCE members celebrate Senate infrastructure bill as ‘giant leap forward’

ASCE’s long-term advocacy efforts scored a huge victory this week when the Senate passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in a 69-30 bipartisan vote.

Steel bridge returns to roster of ASCE student competitions

ASCE has renewed its partnership with the American Institute of Steel Construction for the student steel bridge competition, starting with the 2021-2022 school year.

5 things you didn’t know about the Pennsylvania Turnpike

The Pennsylvania Turnpike was designated an ASCE landmark in 1988.
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Obituaries

Life Member, Former Publisher of Physics and Chemistry Research Dies at 91

Robert H. Marks, M.ASCE, an ASCE Life Member who shifted from a civil engineering career to one that provided crucial research in chemistry and...

Bridge consultant and past National Capital Section president dies at 90

Roland "Buzz" Berger Jr., an expert in the field of bridge and highway design and former president of the ASCE National Capital Section, has...

Longtime Oregon Section Leader Who Helped Channel Bonneville Dam’s Power Dies at 73

Gary A. Parks, honored for his roles as a past ASCE Oregon Section president and for his 41 years of work for the Bonneville...

Pioneering Environmental Engineer, Clean Water Advocate Gibbs Dies at 87

Charles Virgil “Tom” Gibbs, of Seattle, a clean water advocate whose passion for protecting the environment through engineering dated to the early 1950s, notably overseeing...

Awards

ASCE Members Acclaimed as ‘Newsmakers’ by ENR Magazine

Each year, one of the industry’s leading trade publications, Engineering News-Record,  recognizes its Top 25 Newsmakers, a veritable “who’s who” of industry innovators and influencers. And...

Al-Ghandour Named 2020 Government CE of the Year

ASCE has honored Majed Al-Ghandour, Ph.D., P.E., CPM, M.ASCE, with the 2020 Government Civil Engineer of the Year Award for his exemplary performance and...

Ostadan Named Bechtel Energy Award Winner

ASCE has honored Farhang Ostadan, P.E., F.ASCE,with the 2019 Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. Energy Award for significant contributions to practice, research, and codification activities...

ASCE Recognizes Writing Team

ASCE has honored Youngjib Ham, Ph.D, A.M.ASCE, and Jaeyoon Kim, S.M.ASCE, with the 2020 Journal of Management in Engineering Best Peer Reviewed Paper Award...

New Fellows

Researcher, Organizer Elseifi Now Fellow

Mostafa Elseifi, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Louisiana State University, has been named a Fellow...

Tiwari Named ASCE Fellow

Binod Tiwari, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, the associate vice president for research and sponsored projects and a professor of civil and environmental engineering at California...

New ASCE Fellows – January 2019

ASCE members elected to Fellow status have made celebrated contributions and developed creative solutions that have enhanced lives. Just 3 percent of Society members...

ASCE welcomes Beatisula as Fellow

Cary H. Beatisula, P.E., F.ASCE, president of CH Beatisula Inc. and an engineer with more than 22 years of active practice in structural engineering and geotechnical engineering, has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

ASCE student conferences, competitions embrace the virtual

Yes, the ASCE student conferences are a little different this spring, but they're succeeding in the new virtual format.