ASCE has honored Erol Tutumluer, Ph.D., M.ASCE, with the 2020 James Laurie Prize for career contributions to the advancement of transportation engineering in the field of transportation geotechnics, which provides key knowledge to building sustainable pavement and railroad track infrastructure.
Tutumluer is an internationally recognized expert on the geotechnical aspects of pavement and railbed structural design and performance. He has published prolifically. His work includes...
ASCE has honored Kara M. Kockelman, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. Energy Award for significant contributions to fields related to energy consumption by the transportation system, through extensive research on how electric, hybrid and autonomous vehicles impact energy consumption and how an inclusive energy perspective can better fit within the broader urban environment.
Kockelman is a professor at the University...
Brian Phan’s parents had a simple, if daunting, plan as they made their way out of poverty in Vietnam back in the early 1990s and moved their young family to Los Angeles.
“Their goal was to allow their kids to do well in school, get good grades if they can, and hopefully accomplish that American dream,” Phan said.
Of course, the Phans had few if any...
ASCE has honored Hai Yang, Ph.D., C.Eng, M.ASCE, with the 2020 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award for his leadership in the fields of transportation network modeling and transportation economics and for his extraordinary record in both research and mentoring.
Yang’s career has been exceptional in terms of its impact. He is universally acknowledged as one of the most influential transportation researchers in the world....
Yinhai Wang, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor of transportation engineering in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and an adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Washington, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Wang is also the founding director of the UW Smart Transportation Applications and Research Laboratory (STAR Lab) and has...
Allen Johnson, P.E., F.ASCE, a pioneer of public infrastructure design-build and public-private partnerships, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Johnson has managed large and highly significant infrastructure programs and projects throughout the United States valued at more than $1.7 billion. His work with AECOM, Gresham Smith and Partners, Parsons, APAC, Fluor and HNTB defines the practice of civil engineering and...
David Swallow, P.E., F.ASCE, the deputy chief executive officer of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Swallow is a civil engineer with over 25 years of transportation-related experience, and has been with Southern Nevada RTC since January 2001. In his position he oversees the RTC’s planning, engineering and funding programs for transportation infrastructure,...
Christopher S. Decker, P.E., F.ASCE, a senior vice president and project manager for RDM International Inc., has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Decker has more than 27 years of experience working as a pavement engineer on airfield and roadway projects for miscellaneous state department of transportation agencies, commercial airports and military bases. Over the course of his career, a firm...
One of the most important and divisive transportation trends of 2019, dockless scooters have taken U.S. cities by storm.
Kristin Musulin, senior editor for Smart Cities Dive, breaks down the positives, problems and possibilities (1:04).
In today's Origin Story, we hear from Greg Kuklinski about how his love for civil engineering goes all the way back to his days in the crib (10:34).
And in a particularly...
Joel Oppenheimer, P.E., F.ASCE, a senior vice president at STV Inc., has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Oppenheimer oversees STV’s Maryland Transportation and Infrastructure practice, and is an active mentor at the firm, currently mentoring four people. He is also an inspirational/motivational speaker who for the past 15 years has presented his “Building a Better Life – Concrete Steps for...
