If Board meetings had themes, this one would be “the future.”
Early on the agenda for the recent ASCE Board of Direction meeting, held Jan. 24 in Orlando, FL, was the reveal of a new, future-focused name and logo for ASCE’s key educational initiative. Formerly known as “Raise the Bar,” the initiative is now entitled “Engineer Tomorrow: Knowledge for a Changing World.” The rebranding reflects...
The official nominees for 2020 ASCE president-elect, as selected by the Society’s Board of Direction Nominating Committee, are Jean-Louis Briaud, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE, and Dennis D. Truax, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, D.WRE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE.
The Society’s election will be conducted May 1 through June 1 via online balloting. Members at the grade of Associate and above in good standing as of April 1 will be...
Dale Nelson, an extremely dedicated ASCE member from Anchorage, AK, who rose to serve as Region 8 Director from 2015 to 2018, has died. He was 74.
A Life Member, Nelson, P.E., F.ASCE, served ASCE in a number of different roles over a half-century.
From his terms as Anchorage Branch president in 1975, to Alaska Section president in 1978, to Region 8 Governor (2007-10) , to...
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 year could...
In a strong show of emphasis on member value, the ASCE Board of Direction voted at its quarterly meeting to prioritize one goal for the Society above all others – the goal assuring that “an ever-growing number of people in the civil engineering realm are members of, and engage in, ASCE.”
The Board over the last two years has developed a strategic plan for the...
The thing about ascending to the ASCE presidency is the moment never comes as a surprise. After all, Robin Kemper was elected nearly 18 months ago.
But the lack of drama doesn’t make the moment any less sweet.
Kemper was inducted as ASCE’s 2019 president at the Society’s annual business meeting, Sunday, during the ASCE 2018 Convention in Denver, her family by her side, a tear...
Kancheepuram “Guna” N. Gunalan will be ASCE’s 2019 President-Elect, elected by Society members in May and poised to be inaugurated in October at the Society’s annual membership meeting. A year later, he will become the Society’s 2020 President.
“I’m humbled and honored by the opportunity I’ve been offered to serve the Society and the profession,” he said on learning he was elected.
Gunalan, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE,...
The ASCE Board of Direction focused its July meeting on making the value of Society membership even more relevant to the needs of today’s engineers.
That member value might take the form of building and sustaining new and ongoing ASCE programs and benefits. It might mean developing new ideas to help ASCE members and the profession. And it could mean better engaging and connecting members...
The ASCE Board of Direction did nothing short of face down the future of the entire civil engineering profession at its March quarterly meeting in Arlington, VA. The goal is to take the lead in shaping that future, not merely reacting to it.
“Society and the world we work to improve is changing rapidly,” said ASCE President Kristina Swallow, P.E., ENV SP, F.ASCE. “Our role...
The three women serving in presidential roles for ASCE in 2018 – President Kristina Swallow, President-Elect Robin Kemper, and Past President Norma Jean Mattei – continue to inspire ASCE members, women and men alike.
As president-elect, Kemper has been busy visiting ASCE groups all over the map, inspiring members in person. Interviewed via email for ASCE News’ month-long series, Women in Civil Engineering, Kemper touched...
