ASCE has honored Bernard G. Dennis Jr., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award for his tireless efforts to advance the understanding and appreciation of past civil engineers and their works.
Dennis has served ASCE through his writing, editing and coordination of the ASCE publication “Engineering the Panama Canal: A Centennial Retrospective” (ASCE, 2014), leadership for chairing and membership service on the...
ASCE has honored Pearce Ferriter, S.M.ASCE, with the 2020 Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students for his paper “How Misplaced Loyalties Are Harming the Profession.”
The Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students is awarded annually for the most well-written papers on professional ethics. This year’s paper topic was Canon 6 of the ASCE Code of Ethics, which states, “Engineers shall act in such a manner...
ASCE has honored the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering (Large Program) with the 2020 Walter LeFevre Award for their outstanding program promoting licensure, ethics and professionalism.
SUNY Buffalo's Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering Program takes advantage of a strong ASCE Student Chapter and local Buffalo Section to bring messages and experiences of professionalism and licensure into the...
On the week of what was supposed to be the 2020 ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, it is time to look forward.
The 2020 competition, of course, was canceled in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
So all eyes focus now on the 2021 competition. And all those teams who had their GPS set for Madison need only shift their...
ASCE has honored Robert B. Sowby, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the Daniel W. Mead Prize for Younger Members for the paper “To Uphold and Enhance the Profession.”
Canon 6 of the ASCE Code of Ethics states, "Engineers shall act in such a manner as to uphold and enhance the honor, integrity, and dignity of the engineering profession and shall act with zero tolerance for bribery,...
ASCE has honored Amanda A. Tanaka, P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement. She is recognized for professional achievement in service to the advancement of the profession, evidence of technical competence, high character and integrity, and contributions to public service outside her career.
Tanaka has nine years of experience in the private sector and has worked on various wastewater,...
ASCE has honored Nicos Makris and Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh, Ph.D., EIT, S.M.ASCE, as the 2020 winners of the J. James R. Croes Medal for their paper “Effect of Supplemental Hysteretic and Viscous Damping on Rocking Response of Free-Standing Columns,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, May 2019.
Abstract: This paper investigated the nonlinear, rocking seismic response of slender, free-standing columns when equipped along their sides (or at their...
“Koxnuu.”
It’s a Mixtec word meaning “leading and guiding.”
And it proved to be the perfect name for the Tecnológico de Monterrey concrete canoe team’s 2020 canoe. Koxnuu earned the team first place at the 2020 ASCE Texas Student Conference in March, making Tecnológico de Monterrey just the second school from Mexico ever to qualify for the National Concrete Canoe Competition.
With a milestone win under its...
Earning your license is an important step in becoming a professional civil engineer. As in all aspects of your career, ASCE wants to see you succeed. With the fall P.E. and S.E. exam dates nearing, we know that many of you are focused on studying. To help you prepare, the Society is offering live exam review courses.
These courses are designed to maximize your study...
Andrew P. Romanek, P.E., PMP, F.ASCE, a civil and environmental engineer specializing in project management, remediation and water/wastewater infrastructure improvements, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
In college, Romanek found one of his passions – that of environmental engineering, specifically remediation work – having supported research related to the use of geographic information systems in building a digital facility description...
