Life for Garit Poire falls into two boxes. There are the days before Nov. 16, 2014, and those that have followed.
And that day in the middle, the line of demarcation?
On Nov. 16, 2014, Garit, then a civil engineering student at Florida State University, was visiting Atlanta for his mom’s birthday. He didn’t feel well. He thought perhaps he’d accidentally eaten some gluten and triggered...
It’s a telling character trait.
Some people run away from problems. Others seek out problems so that they can help solve them.
When it comes to climate change, Paul Lee falls definitively into the latter category.
“In college, I really wanted to do sustainability. And it was around the time that climate change issues were starting to become a big deal, and people were feeling very empowered...
Jose Aguilar had an idea.
A transportation engineer at Psomas in Tucson, AZ, he wanted to inspire the students in his hometown with a civil-engineering competition similar to the STEM activities and competitions that he loved when he was a teenager.
It was a nice idea, a good idea. But for the time being, just a concept. And this is where most people usually stop –...
It’s been almost two years since Dream Big: Engineering Our World began amazing kids and adults alike on big screens at museums and theaters across the world.
Since then, the film – presented by Bechtel and produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films in partnership with ASCE – has enjoyed quite a ride of success, smashing attendance goals, scoring big with critics, inspiring ASCE outreach events all...
Every year, ASCE honors its New Faces of Civil Engineering – 10 college students and 10 young professionals whose early-career accomplishments mark them as the profession’s future stars.
The 2019 class of professionals includes a remarkable range of talents and accomplishments, particularly from engineers who are still just 30 and younger.
Self-starting, globetrotting, groundbreaking, risk-taking, world-saving … you name it, they’re doing it.
Here are the 2019...
Effective communication is more essential to civil engineering than ever.
The great irony, one you've likely recognized, is that as technology and social media make communicating with other people easier than ever, the ability to truly connect with someone only gets more difficult.
Jaffer Almosawy, a civil engineer for GCW Inc. in Las Vegas and a 2018 ASCE New Face of Civil Engineering, navigates the...
Students and young civil engineers are faced with
many challenges, and they are constantly learning new things, meeting new
people, and making decisions. It’s a bit like drinking from a firehose.
ASCE understands, which is why we’ve rolled out
new member benefits developed by those who’ve been there. These early career resources
will help ease the transition during an exciting yet intimidating time in your
career.
Career
by Design
Career...
Back in 1998, ASCE launched a new faculty training program with a name that doubled as the goal – Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education).
Twenty years later, that program has more than lived up to its name. The numbers are impressive: 38 ExCEEd training workshops producing 910 program graduates from 267 different U.S. and international colleges and universities.
“There is a critical need to...
Kelly Doyle has grown accustomed to making people uncomfortable.
For five years, she has helped lead the ASCE Younger Member Leadership Symposium, where her presentations don’t simply provide leadership tools or guidance; they prompt existential crisis.
Who are you? Why are you here? What are you hoping to accomplish in this life?
“I think for most people it’s the first time they’ve really had to think about...
The ASCE Board of Direction focused its July meeting on making the value of Society membership even more relevant to the needs of today’s engineers.
That member value might take the form of building and sustaining new and ongoing ASCE programs and benefits. It might mean developing new ideas to help ASCE members and the profession. And it could mean better engaging and connecting members...
