ASCE has honored Anshel J. Schiff, Ph.D., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Le Val Lund Award for Practicing Lifeline Risk Reduction Award for his significant contributions in advancing knowledge of the seismic performance of electric power lifeline systems.
Schiff is always willing to share his knowledge and mentor young engineers. He has devoted a significant amount of his retirement life to practical engineering research, and has...
The questions facing the megacity of the future are not simple.
Here’s a sample, for starters:
How does a city increase its density to accommodate 50 million inhabitants while preserving its historic character, promoting accessible green space and supporting a plurality of lifestyles and economies?
Not exactly the kind of question that can be answered in an afternoon. That’s why it’s so important that civil engineers start...
ASCE has honored Gregory B. Baecher, Ph.D., P.E, NAE, M.ASCE, with the opportunity to deliver the 2021 Karl Terzaghi Lecture, being so recognized for his advancing of the field of geotechnical risk through research, education and practice.
Baecher is an excellent candidate for the Terzaghi Lecture. He is an internationally renowned expert in assessing, analyzing and managing risk and uncertainty in geotechnical engineering. He is...
Elise Ibendahl, P.E., F.ASCE, the U.S. North Water Resources Solutions Leader for Jacobs, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Ibendahl has over 22 years of experience in the water resources industry, and is a leader in the engineering community.
She is respected for her past service as president of the St. Louis Section and chair of the St. Louis Chapter of...
Zachary C. Grasley, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, professor of civil and environmental engineering, professor of materials science and engineering, and Zachry Chair for Construction Integration at Texas A&M University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Grasley joined the faculty of Texas A&M University as an assistant professor in 2006. He moved to the faculty of Virginia Tech in 2012 as an...
Brian Steglitz, P.E., F.ASCE, the manager of Water Treatment Services for the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, has been elevated to Fellow status by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Steglitz has been employed by Ann Arbor for over 20 years and is responsible for operation of the City’s 50 MGD Water Treatment Plant, which serves approximately 125,000 people in the City of Ann Arbor and...
Elizabeth Collins Burkhart, P.E., D.PE, F.ASCE, executive vice president of Collins Engineers Inc. and a structural engineer with more than 25 years’ experience specializing in coastal and waterfront structures, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Burkhart’s involvement with ASCE began in the Student Chapter at Old Dominion University, where she was student chapter President in her senior year. She is...
Timothy McClain Shell, P.E., F.ASCE, for nearly 30 years the responsible charge of important capital improvement projects for the San Diego County Water Authority and the City of Vista, California, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
For both SDCWA and Vista, Shell's projects have included municipal transportation, water conveyance, drainage, parks and building projects. The past 20 years he has...
Janjanam Durgaprasad, Ph.D., S.E., F.ASCE, a research scientist and professor of civil engineering at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Durgaprasad started his professional career as the senior research fellow at National Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL-CSIR), Bangalore, in 1991 and moved the next year to the Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC-CSIR), Chennai, to serve...
Kimberly K. Cornett, P.E., F.ASCE, a project manager with Jacobs and an ambassador for civil engineering, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Cornett has served ASCE in several positions over the past 18 years. Her career in both engineering and the Society began in the San Antonio Community, where she started serving the ASCE San Antonio Branch as treasurer and...
