Freddy A. Naranjo, P.E., F.ASCE, assistant bureau chief in the Quality Control Bureau at the Alabama Department of Transportation, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
In the industry since 1991, Naranjo has been involved in some quite important infrastructure projects across Alabama, a few of them very significant in alleviating congestion and providing safety. He has expertise in planning, design,...
Karim Chatti, Ph.D., F.ASCE, professor of civil engineering at Michigan State University and director of the University Transportation Center on Highway Pavement Preservation, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Chatti is an internationally recognized expert in pavement engineering. His research focuses on mechanistic modeling of pavement systems, including pavement dynamics, vehicle-pavement interaction, backcalculation of pavement layer properties, pavement roughness, rolling...
ASCE 2019 Past President Kristina Swallow, P.E., ENV SP, Pres.18.ASCE, has been appointed director of the Nevada Department of Transportation.
In announcing the appointment, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak emphasized that Swallow’s distinguished career as a civil engineer and public servant made her the ideal choice to guide the state’s transportation infrastructure.
“I’m looking forward to serving in this role,” Swallow said. “We have a really great...
Could you imagine a world without transportation?
Probably not.
That’s because the built world we live in wouldn’t be possible without it.
According to ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, U.S. roads carried people and goods over 3 trillion miles in 2016 alone – or more than 300 round-trips between Earth and Pluto.
As our population grows, the need for pioneering solutions does too. Today, we’re amid exciting times...
The picture is starting to come into focus.
The ASCE Board of Direction spent a good portion of its quarterly meeting, July 28-29 in Baltimore, honing its strategic plan, a process that began in January with vision, goals, and measurables set to coalesce at the October meeting.
The Board broke into focus groups to discuss and refine six goal statements. They then ranked several potential strategies...
Texas Section 1988 President and former ASCE Board member Malcolm L. Steinberg Sr., a state Department of Transportation engineer and author, has died at 90.
Steinberg, P.E., F.ASCE, enjoyed a 40-year career as a transportation engineer for the state in San Antonio and El Paso. An active ASCE membership included his Section presidency and as president of a local branch. He served on the ASCE...
Distinguished Member Jacob Dekema, a World War II veteran and former San Diego Section president who supervised the postwar boom of freeway construction in and around San Diego, has died at 101.
As supervisor of the state transportation department’s District 11 from 1955 to 1980, Dekema was able to carry out an early vision for San Diego that shapes it to this day. Family, friends...
