Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, retired chairman and CEO of Bechtel, who led the company through massive expansion from the 1960s through the '80s, and was a lifelong philanthropist who championed production of ASCE's 2017 IMAX movie Dream Big: Engineering Our World, has died at 95.
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Educational outreach in 2020 is different than it was in 2019.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed where and how kids learn. But civil engineers have innovated and adjusted so that they can continue to inspire students around the world.
“The reason I do outreach is to engage with kids and encourage them to explore the wonders of engineering. It makes me feel good passing on my...
ASCE Plot Points Season 4 Episode 6: Avery Bang is probably most familiar to civil engineers for her star turn in the ASCE movie Dream Big.
But by day, she's the president and CEO of Bridges to Prosperity, an organization that collaborates with industry partners and local communities to design, build and maintain bridges that provide crucial lifelines to people in some of the most...
Two ASCE members have been honored in the 2020 Engineering News-Record national “20 under 40” list of top young professionals.
Todd Abrams, A.M.ASCE, is principal-in-charge of civil engineering for the WT Group in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, just west of Chicago.
Menzer Pehlivan, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, a geotechnical engineer at Jacobs in Bellevue, Washington.
“What makes me most proud is the professional growth my colleagues and I have...
From skyscrapers and dams, to bridges and drinking water, civil engineering is integral to our quality of life. Civil engineers build modern civilization and are responsible for the health, safety and welfare of the public, while harmonizing the built and natural environments. In short, civil engineers are society’s unsung heroes. That’s why it is important to celebrate the difference civil engineers make in our...
Imagine. It’s your senior year of high school. You’ve got a spot on the varsity basketball team. A winter awaits, full of buzzer-beaters and hardcourt heroics.
But instead you give it up for … civil engineering?
Tony Kulesa did just that, passing on basketball season during his senior year in favor of a job-shadowing opportunity at a civil engineering firm in nearby Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Surprising as...
It was three years ago this month that ASCE got into the movie business.
“Dream Big: Engineering Our World” debuted on IMAX and other giant screens in museums and theaters around the world in February 2017.
The film, presented by Bechtel and produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films in partnership with ASCE, showcases engineering in a colorful, dynamic and diverse way, forever changing how a generation of...
Monica Morales grew up in Reno, the daughter of parents who each work at casinos. So it was probably inevitable that her career path would come down to a game of chance.
As a senior in high school, Morales was excited to be headed for college. The only question was what to study. Everything from medicine to fashion design was under consideration.
Then one day, a...
