ASCE has honored Ben Young, Ph.D., F.ASCE, with the 2020 Shortridge Hardesty Award for his research contributions to the stability design of cold-formed steel and stainless steel members, including the development of design specifications in North America.
Young has published many papers on structural engineering, including more than 50 in ASCE’s Journal of Structural Engineering, and has also presented several keynote lectures on the topic...
ASCE has honored Pingbo Tang, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction for research and education activities that pioneer theories and practice of predictive civil infrastructure construction, operation and management through an integration of human-centered automation, structural engineering, automated spatiotemporal data analytics and management science.
Tang has continuously contributed and distributed his research discoveries to benefit the civil...
ASCE has announced its newest class of Distinguished Members, a status reserved for the most eminent civil engineers in the Society.
Of all ASCE membership, only 223 can call themselves Distinguished Members.
Here are the eight Distinguished Members for 2020. Click each name for more on the honoree’s career:
Lorne G. Everett, Ph.D., D.Sc, Hon.D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE, a leading expert in groundwater monitoring, characterization and remediation technologies.
George E....
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:
• Ares J. Rosakis, Ph.D., M.ASCE, NAE, with the 2020 Zdeněk P. Bažant Medal for Failure and Damage Prevention
• George R. Ruchti Jr., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Stephen D. Bechtel Pipeline Engineering Award
• Dan M. Frangopol, Sc.D., P.E., F.SEI,...
ASCE has honored Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, Ph.D., NAE, with the 2020 Theodore von Karman Medal for his lasting scientific contributions to diverse fluid dynamical topics, from cryogenics to solar convection, especially the dynamics and mixing of turbulence in laboratory, computational and terrestrial flows, and his vast impact on scholarship, scientific development and education in many countries.
Sreenivasan has contributed profusely to the fundamental understanding of...
ASCE has honored Qiu-Sheng Li, Ph.D., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Robert H. Scanlan Medal for his outstanding contributions to wind engineering and structural mechanics, from fundamental research to engineering applications.
Li has contributed superbly to wind engineering, industrial aerodynamics and structural mechanics in comportment with the requirements of the Scanlan Medal. He was involved in numerous wind engineering and structural dynamic studies on major building...
ASCE has honored Glaucio H. Paulino, Ph.D., F.EMI, M.ASCE, with the 2020 Raymond D. Mindlin Medal for pioneering contributions to the field of mechanics, including geometric mechanics associated to origami and tensegrity engineering, which led to the creation of multifunctional structures and configurational metamaterials with unprecedented properties.
Paulino has made numerous seminal contributions in a variety of areas in the mechanics and physics of solids...
ASCE has honored Yozo Fujino, Ph.D., with the 2020 George W. Housner Structural Control and Monitoring Medal for pioneering research in the development and implementation of structural monitoring and control systems in large-scale structures, as well as for his commitment to developing innovative education programs for students.
Fujino has made groundbreaking contributions to the field of structural control and monitoring, particularly with respect to structures...
ASCE has honored Dan M. Frangopol, Sc.D., P.E., F.SEI, F.EMI, Dist.M.ASCE, with the 2020 Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal for outstanding contributions to the advancement of probabilistic, reliability and risk methods in civil engineering, particularly in developing probabilistic models for life-cycle performance assessment, maintenance and optimum management of civil infrastructure systems in diverse loading environments.
Frangopol has made seminal scholarly contributions of lasting value to the...
ASCE has honored George R. Ruchti Jr., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Stephen D. Bechtel Pipeline Engineering Award for his many contributions in the field of pipe material engineering, research and evaluation, and pipeline engineering and construction, and for his work on national committees and organizations.
Along with a lifetime of service, one of Ruchti’s most valuable contributions to the pipelines industry has been his unique...
