On the week of what was supposed to be the 2020 ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, it is time to look forward.
The 2020 competition, of course, was canceled in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
So all eyes focus now on the 2021 competition. And all those teams who had their GPS set for Madison need only shift their...
“Koxnuu.”
It’s a Mixtec word meaning “leading and guiding.”
And it proved to be the perfect name for the Tecnológico de Monterrey concrete canoe team’s 2020 canoe. Koxnuu earned the team first place at the 2020 ASCE Texas Student Conference in March, making Tecnológico de Monterrey just the second school from Mexico ever to qualify for the National Concrete Canoe Competition.
With a milestone win under its...
The 2020 ASCE Innovation Contest entry deadline has been extended to account for disruptions wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The contest will now be accepting entries through July 15.
Developed as part of the ASCE Grand Challenge as a springboard for forward-looking infrastructure ideas, and in its fifth year, the Innovation Contest is open to anyone with a high school diploma (academics, industry professionals, undergrads, grad...
Abby Cowser has one last assignment to complete as a college student.
She needs to figure out what she wants for graduation dinner.
“My mom said she’ll cook me whatever I want, so that’s a plus,” Cowser said. “I might pick chicken parm – that’s one of my favorites. Or maybe something to go with cheesy potatoes.”
Cowser, A.M.ASCE, graduates from Penn State University on Saturday, May...
The future of environmental and civil engineering could well be shaped by two young engineers who grew up in the same household.
The Gibson sisters – Peyton and Devon – will celebrate National Siblings Day this year on opposite sides of the country from each other but maintaining a shared love of family and engineering.
“We have pretty differing personalities, but we share very similar worldviews...
The Outstanding Practitioner Advisor Award presented annually by ASCE's Committee on Student Members has been renamed to honor the late Richard H. Nettleton.
Nettleton, P.E., M.ASCE, a design and construction engineer for the Virginia Beach Public Utilities Department and a longtime ASCE member, was tragically and senselessly killed during a mass shooting incident at Virginia Beach Public Works Building Two, May 31, 2019.
"We felt that...
Every day in April, ASCE Plot Points is calling a different civil engineer from around the United States to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting their life, their community, their work and the civil engineering profession.
Thirty days. Thirty phone calls.
Community Call 2 goes to Vivian Chong, a senior civil engineering student at UCLA. She talks about how the final quarter of her...
The coronavirus pandemic has halted normal life across the United States.
Remarkably though, the school year has not stopped; it’s adapted.
Even as social distancing has effectively barred side-by-side classroom instruction, educators and students at universities across the country have moved the classroom online.
The logistics of adjustment
At the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, the provost decided March 11 – relatively early compared with other...
There will be more votes to count and boxes to check in the coming year, but the move toward allowing student members to vote in ASCE elections has begun.
The Board of Direction, at its quarterly meeting March 14-15 in Washington, D.C. (with some directors attending virtually because of the coronavirus), voted to approve a recommendation that the Governing Documents Committee prepare an amendment to the...
ASCE has announced the cancellation of all remaining Student Conferences and student competitions for the 2019-20 school year – including the National Concrete Canoe Competition – because of the uncertainty and health concerns caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
“We have taken this measure so that faculty and students may focus fully on completing their semesters remotely and in full consideration of their health, safety and...
