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

Failure Investigator, Former WJE President Hanson Dies at 84

Distinguished Member John M. Hanson, nationally renowned as an investigator of high-profile failures of concrete and steel structures, and a former president of Wiss,...

57-Year Civil Engineering Professor at University of Miami Dies at 102

Murray I. Mantell, a visionary, professor and scholarship donor with the University of Miami for decades, has died at 102 years old. Mantell, a Life...

One of the EPA’s first engineers on hazardous sites dies

Russel Halvor Wyer, an industrial engineer who worked on hazardous site projects for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and on water control projects for Bechtel Corporation, has died.

Engineer whose projects took him around the world dies at 88

Arif Husain, a retired senior civil engineer with SNC-Lavalin in Montreal and an ASCE life member, has died. He was 88.

Awards

Kopp receives 2021 Cermak Medal

ASCE has honored Gregory A. Kopp, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2021 Jack E. Cermak Medal for his many contributions in wind engineering through research and development of wind load standards of buildings and the NIST aerodynamic database.

Ramirez Earns Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award

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...

Colucci-Rios recognized with Wilbur S. Smith Award

ASCE has honored Benjamin Colucci-Rios, Ph.D., P.E., J.D., F.ASCE, with the Wilbur S. Smith Award for unending leadership and dedication to action for the improvement of road safety in Puerto Rico and around the world.

Flynn and Chapra earn Greeley Award

ASCE has honored Kyle F. Flynn, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, and Steven C. Chapra, Ph.D., F.ASCE, with the 2021 Samuel Arnold Greeley Award for the paper “Evaluating Hydraulic Habitat Suitability of Filamentous Algae Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler,” in the March 2020 issue of Journal of Environmental Engineering.

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...

Upchurch Elevated to ASCE Fellow

Jonathan E. Upchurch, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a contributor to the civil engineering profession in variety of roles – educator, professional society leader, and in...

Oppenheimer Granted ASCE Fellowship

Joel Oppenheimer, P.E., F.ASCE, a senior vice president at STV Inc., has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Oppenheimer oversees STV’s...

New ASCE Fellows – May 2020

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 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.