Dennis D. Truax has been elected ASCE’s 2021 president-elect by a majority of Society members.
Truax, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, D.WRE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE, 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.
He has also worked as a consulting engineer or managing principal of several firms. In addition, he...
Uncertainty is the dominant theme right now in the construction industry.
The COVID-19 pandemic this spring has fundamentally changed the way the business works – from supply chains to project schedules.
“Construction’s always interesting. There’s always a problem to solve,” said Joseph Hellenbrand, P.E., M.ASCE, engineer at Capital Project Management Inc., based near Philadelphia.
“This is like a next-level problem to solve, dealing with all these different...
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:
• Pingbo Tang, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction
• Ben Young, Ph.D., F.ASCE, with the 2020 Shortridge Hardesty Award
• Tomoaki Takeda, Tsukasa Mizutani, Tomonori Nagayama and Yozo Fujino with the 2020...
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:
• Jamal A. Abdalla, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
• Patricia J. Culligan, Ph.D., C.Eng, F.ASCE
• Elham H. (Ellie) Fini, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
• Feng Fu, Ph.D., C.Eng, F.ASCE
• Ali Maher, Ph.D., F.ASCE
• Benjamin...
Patricia J. Culligan, Ph.D., C.Eng, F.ASCE, chair and Robert A.W. and Christine S. Carleton Professor of Civil Engineering at Columbia University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Culligan was recently appointed the Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Internationally recognized for her expertise in water resources, porous media flow and transport and geoenvironmental...
The ASCE News Civil Engineering Roundtable showcases insights from a cross section of ASCE members on a variety of industry topics.
Today’s roundtable considers the increasing importance of expanding your workplace collaboration not just beyond your own discipline but beyond the boundaries of your entire field.
When managing a multidisciplinary team, is there a difference between how you manage nonengineer and engineer project specialists?
Tony Kulesa
P.E., ENV...
ASCE has honored Craig A. Davis, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award for his outstanding contributions in promoting the seismic resilience of water supply systems.
As a program manager for the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Davis initiated the department's Water System Resilience Program. That program integrated all aspects of the water system, including operation...
ASCE has honored the winners of the 2020 Walter L. Huber Research Prizes. They are—
Amir AghaKouchak, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, for his fundamental and innovative contributions to the study of hydrologic extremes, including droughts, coastal floods and compound natural hazards.
AghaKouchak is a professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dept. of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine. His group developed the first...
April 2020 is not a month anyone will forget anytime soon, as the coronavirus pandemic emptied city streets and shuttered many businesses.
The ASCE Plot Points podcast’s COVID-19 Community Calls series featured 33 phone calls in 33 days – April 1 through May 3 – talking to 33 different civil engineers about how the pandemic changed their jobs, their communities and their lives.
Taken as a...
The 2020 ASCE Innovation Contest entry deadline has been extended to account for disruptions wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The contest will now be accepting entries through July 15.
Developed as part of the ASCE Grand Challenge as a springboard for forward-looking infrastructure ideas, and in its fifth year, the Innovation Contest is open to anyone with a high school diploma (academics, industry professionals, undergrads, grad...
