Anthony S. Bartolomeo, P.E., ENV SP, Dist.M.ASCE, both an eminent and expert civil and environmental engineer, has been honored with inclusion in ASCE’s 2018 class of Distinguished Members for a visionary practice and business acumen of the highest caliber in integrating innovative solutions that address the social, financial, ethical, and legal challenges in today’s built environment.
Bartolomeo is the current president and chief executive officer...
ASCE has announced its newest class of Distinguished Members.
Distinguished Member status is reserved for the most eminent of civil engineers in the Society. A mere 229 of ASCE’s more than 150,000 current members can call themselves Distinguished Members.
Meet the 2018 Distinguished Members. Each will be honored at ceremonies this October at the ASCE Convention in Denver.
• James H. Anspach, PG, Dist.M.ASCE; a utility engineering...
Robert E. Bachman, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, Dist.M.ASCE, one of this generation’s foremost leaders in the practical advancement of the state of the practice in seismic resistance of structures of all types, has been honored by ASCE with inclusion in its 2018 class of Distinguished Members for the development of modern seismic design provisions adopted into the building codes of the United States.
Bachman has also...
James H. Anspach, PG, Dist.M.ASCE, considered a principal founder of the profession of subsurface utility engineering and, subsequently, utility engineering, has been honored with inclusion in ASCE’s 2018 class of Distinguished Members for his exemplary 38-year career as researcher, educator, and practitioner.
Anspach has worked for the benefit of the public and the engineering profession by fostering a dynamic evolution of the industry for standard-of-care...
Distinguished Member Soli J. Arceivala, a pioneering environmental engineer in India and coauthor of a well-known instructional guide to wastewater treatment projects, has died at 91.
Arceivala, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, established India’s first postgraduate two-year academic program in environmental engineering at the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute in Mumbai. He served as director of India’s National Environmental Engineering Research Institute from 1967 to 1971, before becoming a...
Richard N. Palmer, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE, an internationally recognized expert in water resources planning, has been honored with inclusion in ASCE’s 2017 class of Distinguished Members for his conceptual and practical contributions to applying structured decision analysis and participatory methods in managing conflict in water resources, including shared vision planning, and for methods addressing potential impacts of climate change in natural resource management.
Palmer’s...
John G. Tawresey, P.E., F.SEI, Dist.M.ASCE, former vice president and chief financial officer at KPFF Consulting Engineers, has been honored with inclusion in ASCE’s 2017 class of Distinguished Members for his eminence in risk management; pioneering research, testing, and development of new structural masonry systems; leadership improving the quality of engineering services and business practice for U.S. consulting firms; and contributions to engineering education.
The...
Kincho H. Law, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE, an exceptional researcher whose work is both theoretically novel and practically useful, has been named to the 2017 class of ASCE Distinguished Members for pioneering innovations in applying computational and information sciences to many civil engineering issues, ranging from wireless sensing for structural monitoring and control, and the management of regulatory information for compliance and analysis, to wind farm...
James O. Jirsa, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, a teacher, researcher, and engineering society leader, has been named to the 2017 class of ASCE Distinguished Members for his contributions to the development of reinforced concrete construction through research, mentoring, and professional activities, and in particular to the fundamental understanding of bond and anchorage in concrete and their impact on seismic design.
Jirsa has contributed significant new...
David J. Hammond, P.E., S.E., Dist.M.ASCE, a structural engineer considered to be the “Father of Rescue Engineering,” has been named to the 2017 class of ASCE Distinguished Members for his leadership in creating the first teams of structural specialists for the Federal Emergency Management System’s Urban Search and Rescue System, for developing FEMA’s multiweek training program for structural specialists, and for serving as the...
