Topic: Society News

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for innovative solutions across the world, and the ASCE Board of Direction, for its part, delivered for the Society.

Two ASCE members have been honored in the 2020 Engineering News-Record national “20 under 40” list of top young professionals. Todd Abrams, A.M.ASCE, is principal-in-charge of civil engineering for the WT Group in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, just west of Chicago. Menzer Pehlivan, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, a geotechnical engineer at Jacobs in Bellevue, Washington. “What makes me most proud is the professional growth my colleagues and I have...

ASCE recently announced its 2020-2021 undergraduate Society Scholarship recipients and its 2020-2021 graduate student Society Fellowship recipients: 2020-2021 ASCE Society Scholarship recipients: Jas Ahuja, S.M.ASCE, New Jersey Institute of Technology – Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Student Chapter Scholarship Tanzila Alam, S.M.ASCE, California State University – Fresno – Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Student Chapter Scholarship Quaid Ebanks, S.M.ASCE, Oregon State University – Eugene C. Figg, Jr. Civil Engineering Scholarship Purevdulam...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world, creating a “new normal.” But it’s our continued mission to give you the most out of your ASCE membership. This includes our events and conferences. Like many other organizations, ASCE is going virtual. But we’re taking it one step further with a brand new multi-disciplinary technical event, brought to you by the Institutes of ASCE. From Sept. 14 to...

The 2019 ASCE Education Summit, held in Dallas last May, included a mission statement of sorts as its subtitle: “Mapping the Future of Civil Engineering Education.” A year later, ASCE has released that map. The full report of summit findings is available as a free download on the ASCE website. Included in the report are four key recommendations that provide a structure of aspirations for civil engineering...

Elected by ASCE members in May, 2021 President-Elect Dennis D. Truax, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, D.WRE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE, will assume his duties in October. Truax has spent four decades on the civil engineering faculty at Mississippi State University. Since 2006, he’s served as the James T. White Endowed Chair and Department Head. And, as has become tradition, ASCE News greeted the incoming president-elect with a series...

Five years in, the ASCE Innovation Contest has produced a remarkable legacy of bright ideas and infrastructure solutions. Among the most successful of success stories is RoadBotics, a Pittsburgh-based company that uses smartphone and artificial intelligence technology to help monitor and maintain infrastructure assets. At the 2018 ASCE Innovation Contest, RoadBotics earned five honors, including Greatest Impact on Delivering the ASCE Grand Challenge Award. Two years later,...

ASCE members elected to Fellow status have made celebrated contributions and developed creative solutions that have enhanced lives. Just 3 percent of Society members hold this prestigious honor. The most recent members elevated to Fellow are: • Elizabeth Collins Burkhart, P.E., D.PE, F.ASCE • Kimberly K. Cornett, P.E., F.ASCE • Janjanam Durgaprasad, Ph.D., S.E., F.ASCE • Zachary C. Grasley, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE • Elise Ibendahl, P.E., F.ASCE • Andrew P. Romanek,...

ASCE presents nearly 100 Society awards every year, recognizing civil engineers who advance the profession either through achievement or published papers. The most recent Society awards are: • Gregory B. Baecher, Ph.D., P.E, NAE, M.ASCE, with the 2021 Karl Terzaghi Lecture • Anshel J. Schiff, Ph.D., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Le Val Lund Award for Practicing Lifeline Risk Reduction Award • Nicos Makris and Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh, Ph.D., EIT,...