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

Preeminent Alaskan Civil Engineer Korynta Dies at 74

Earl Korynta, a former president of the Alaska Section who helped launch USKH, a former top 500 architecture-engineering-surveying firm now part of Stantec, has...

Transformative Editor of ENR and 1976 ASCE President Arthur Fox Dies

Arthur J. Fox Jr., Pres.1976.ASCE, F.ASCE, among civil engineering’s most influential figures of the 20th century, both at ASCE and as a longtime editor...

71-Year ASCE Member, Former Colorado Section President Day Dies at 91

A Life Member who joined ASCE in 1945, David Allen Day, P.E., F.ASCE, a construction and excavation expert, has died at 91. Day served as...

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...

Awards

McLaren Earns Entrepreneur Award

ASCE has honored Malcolm G. McLaren, P.E., S.E.C.B., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Civil Engineering Entrepreneur of the Year Award for founding and leading M.G....

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...

Kwok Earns Jack E. Cermak Medal

ASCE has honored Kenny Chung Sau Kwok, Ph.D., with the 2019 Jack E. Cermak Medal for his outstanding contribution to the understanding of wind-structure...

Sowby Picked for Mead Prize for Younger Members

ASCE has honored Robert B. Sowby, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the Daniel W. Mead Prize for Younger Members for the paper “To Uphold and...

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...

New ASCE Fellows – October 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...

Clarkson Research Professor Named ASCE Fellow

Hayley H. Shen, Ph.D., F.EMI, F.ASCE, a civil and environmental engineering research professor at Clarkson University, where she has held several positions since 1976,...

EPA’s O’Connor Becomes ASCE Fellow

Thomas P. O’Connor, P.E., F.ASCE, an environmental engineer with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), has been named a...

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.