Robert B. Rhode, ASCE’s oldest active member, has died at 104 in his hometown of Duluth, Minnesota.
Rhode, P.E., L.S., F.ASCE, leaves a legacy of civil engineering accomplishments both in Duluth and with ASCE. He served as the Duluth Section president in 1953-54 and on ASCE’s Board of Direction as the District 7 director in 1980-82. Age didn’t keep him from remaining active with ASCE,...
Many ASCE members are making civil engineering history and heritage part of their vacation plans this summer.
In celebration of the Visit ASCE Landmarks campaign, Society members have been posting and tagging photos of their travels to various ASCE Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks. There are more than 200 to choose from.
Members have repped ASCE from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, with a lot of trips...
June celebrates the birth of Englishman John Smeaton, the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, often regarded as the “father of civil engineering.”
Smeaton was born in Austhorpe, Leeds, England on June 8, 1724. After studying at Leeds Grammar School he was initially trained in law and joined his father's law firm, but left to become a maker of scientific instruments.
He was elected a Fellow of the...
It’s all how he envisioned it would be.
ASCE student teams from across the country – from across the world – will travel to the Colorado School of Mines this weekend.
They’ll come in caravans with colorful concrete canoes in tow.
They’ll chant and cheer and bang drums. They’ll talk shop and trade ideas and share presentations about concrete mixes so innovative they defy logic.
And they’ll take...
The 2017 ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition celebrates its 30th year when teams convene on the Colorado School of Mines this weekend in Golden, CO.
Take a look back on three decades of history, fierce competition, and mind-boggling records.
Most All-Time Wins:
• UC Berkeley (5)
• University of Wisconsin–Madison (5)
• University of Alabama in Huntsville (5)
Number of Teams to Win National Championship: 11
Number of Official Competitions: 30
Total...
October marks the anniversary of the George Washington Bridge, which was officially opened to the public Oct. 25, 1931. At its opening, the bridge surpassed the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit for the title of longest main span in the world.
Spanning the river to link New York City and New Jersey had challenged planners and engineers for decades. In 1888, Gustav Lindenthal proposed a suspension...
The life of a road warrior is never easy.
Business travelers spend many hours in airports, airplanes, and hotels when their careers require travel. Often travel turns into adventure, with delays, cancellations, and other unforeseen challenges which cause down time. Many people are looking for ways to use that down time more productively and with purpose.
Paul Giroux, Dist.M.ASCE, is one of the talented few to manage...
