Topic: Society News

ASCE has honored the writing team of Mustafa Mashal, Ph.D., C.Eng, CP Eng, P.E., M.ASCE, and Alessandro Palermo, Ph.D., for the 2020 Alfred Noble Prize. Their paper, “Low-Damage Seismic Design for Accelerated Bridge Construction,” appeared in the July 2019 issue of Journal of Bridge Engineering. Mashal is Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Idaho State University. Palermo is Professor, Department of...

Lawrence (Larry) Goldberg, P.E., F.ASCE, director of infrastructure at CivilTech Engineering Inc., has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Goldberg has over 37 years of experience in civil engineering. At CivilTech he is responsible for City Infrastructure, County Infrastructure, and residential and commercial developments projects. Prior to joining the firm, he served a year as regional sales director for Neuvokas Corporation,...

Oral Buyukozturk, Ph.D., F.ASCE, a George Macomber Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Laboratory for Infrastructure Science and Sustainability at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Buyukozturk joined the MIT faculty in 1976 following two years at United Engineers and Constructors in safety analysis and design of nuclear containment structures,...

Leslie Brunell, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a teaching professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Brunell coordinates all the Civil Engineering senior design projects and one section of Multidiscipline Engineering senior design. These projects are the culmination of the undergraduate engineering experience, where students use the knowledge...

Xianming Shi, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, in Pullman, Washington, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Shi is recognized for his significant contributions to civil engineering research, teaching and professional service. He directs the Laboratory for Advanced and Sustainable Cementitious Materials and the Laboratory of Corrosion Science and Electrochemical Engineering...

Lucy Priddy, P.E., F.ASCE, a military program officer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Prior to taking on her current role, Priddy served as the assistant technical director at ERDC, where she helped with the planning, technical direction, financial management and execution of the Army research programs...

Said Bolourchi, Ph.D., P.E, F.ASCE, an engineer and principal in charge at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (SGH), in Waltham, Massachusetts, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Bolourchi has been at SGH since 2002, where he first led the nuclear practice group. As a senior principal, he has been PIC of many projects, including seismic SSI analyses, heavy loads lifting...

Tom Min Fui Ngui, Ph.D., C.Eng, CPEng, P.E., F.ASCE, principal consultant of Eramaju Synergy Sdn Bhd (Malaysia) and a practicing civil and structural engineer who has delivered projects of more than $1.3 billion over the past 25 years, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Ngui is an experienced leader and competent engineer, passionate about working in the civil engineering industry,...

Andrew Thomas Rener, P.E., F.ASCE, president of Bouma, a national commercial interior finishing contractor in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Rener joined Bouma as vice president of operations in 2013 and was promoted to COO and, subsequently, president. He leads the business providing self-perform, prime contracting and off-site manufactured prefabricated building components, serving customers across the...