Guillermo Díaz-Fañas, C.Eng, Ing., P.E., M.ASCE, has been giving back and making a difference all his life.
Today he talks about the nonprofit he helped start, Qu-AKE: Queer Advocacy and Knowledge Exchange, for LGBTQ+ professionals working in the built environment (1:16).
In the Changing the World segment, Hector Colon de la Cruz discusses his work on ASCE's Infrastructure Report Card for Puerto Rico (12:50).
And in Member...
There may be no better place for catching up on some reading than the laid-back down time of a summer vacation at the beach.
But what to read?
So many choices. So many books.
For the second consecutive year, ASCE News has compiled its annual list of beach reads, perfect for the civil engineer whose idea of relaxing in the sun features a heavy dose of interesting,...
Guillermo Díaz-Fañas started Qu-AKE – the Queer Advocacy Knowledge Exchange – a nonprofit serving and supporting LGBTQ+ professionals who work in the built environment.
The Board of Direction continues to take a big-picture approach to leadership.
Last year, that meant developing a new strategic plan for ASCE. At its quarterly meeting in Arlington, VA, March 10, the Board moved from strategy into implementation, highlighted by the approval of a future-focused reorganization of the Society’s Committee on Advancing the Profession.
“I’m very excited, because in essence what happened with CAP was...
“So many women working as civil engineers are now in their 20s and 30s and struggling with that question: can I have this career that I’ve worked my whole life for and also have a family?” said Rose McClure, structural engineer.
Who do you picture when you think of a civil engineer? Did you picture a woman in the profession?
Studies show that only 14 percent of the civil engineering workforce is composed of women. About 40 percent of women who have engineering degrees never enter the workforce or drop out.
The three women serving in presidential roles for ASCE in 2018 – President Kristina Swallow, President-Elect Robin Kemper, and Past President Norma Jean Mattei – continue to inspire ASCE members, women and men alike.
As president-elect, Kemper has been busy visiting ASCE groups all over the map, inspiring members in person. Interviewed via email for ASCE News’ month-long series, Women in Civil Engineering, Kemper touched...
More than 1,200 ASCE members participated in the ASCE News Women in Civil Engineering series by contributing their headshots for an ASCE collage. More than three dozen women contributed their insights and perspectives to the series content. It was a remarkable response and important subject matter.
Read more from the series here, and check out highlights from ASCE's #HerEngineering hashtag on social media:
Always see such...
