Frances “Frankie” Barnett, the first woman to be licensed in Illinois as a structural engineer, has died at 97.
A Life Member of ASCE, Barnett was one of two female engineering graduates in 1944 at the University of Colorado. From there, she began her career with Boeing in Seattle, as well as get married.
Having settled in Chicago after the war, in 1950 Barnett became Illinois’...
Murray I. Mantell, a visionary, professor and scholarship donor with the University of Miami for decades, has died at 102 years old.
Mantell, a Life Member of ASCE, was the university's professor emeritus of civil engineering, having taught there for 57 years. He was known as a citizen activist, environmentalist and promoter of firm values to his young students. He believed there was always a...
Caesar Abi Shdid, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, associate professor and CIE Chair at Lebanese American University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Abi Shdid has been an educator of next-generation civil engineers for over 15 years. In this capacity he has instructed graduate and undergraduate students in a variety of structural engineering topics at multiple universities and multiple construction engineering and...
ASCE has honored Y. Richard Kim, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, with the 2020 Francis C. Turner Award for his extraordinary contribution to the fundamental characterization of transportation materials and its application to mechanistic pavement analysis and design.
Kim is one of the most respected pavement engineers in the nation. His research interests are in the areas of pavement mechanics, material characterization and asphalt concrete behavior modeling....
Feng Fu, Ph.D., C.Eng, F.ASCE, an associate professor at City, University of London, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Fu has extensive research experience in the area of progressive collapse, structural fire analysis of tall buildings and long-span structures, tensegrity structures, and composite joints. He has authored three textbooks for three of the world’s top publishers and authored or coauthored...
Benjamin Colucci-Rios, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor of civil engineering and director of the Puerto Rico Local Technical Assistance Program and FHWA Every Day Counts initiatives at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM), has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Colucci-Rios is also the Abertis International Chair-Puerto Rico, and ITE’s 2019 Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator. Exalted to the Pan...
ASCE has announced the cancellation of all remaining Student Conferences and student competitions for the 2019-20 school year – including the National Concrete Canoe Competition – because of the uncertainty and health concerns caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
“We have taken this measure so that faculty and students may focus fully on completing their semesters remotely and in full consideration of their health, safety and...
COVID-19 continues to have a global impact affecting travel, commerce and our daily lives. As with many other organizations, the safety and well-being of our staff and members is our top priority.
While we monitor the developing situation, we want to help you to the extent we can. So, we’ve launched a page that has online resources you may need in one convenient place. Our...
ASCE honored the Bayonne Bridge: Replacement of Main Span Roadway and Approach Structures with the 2020 Outstanding Civil Engineering achievement award, as announced Friday evening, March 13, at the Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Gala in Washington, D.C.
The OCEA award, established in 1960, recognizes the project that best illustrates superior civil engineering skills and represents a significant contribution to civil engineering progress and society.
The...
It certainly was not the week anyone expected, but even as concerns over COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2020 ASCE Legislative Fly-In, Society members made their advocacy voices heard.
ASCE members participated in the Week of Action, urging their senators and representatives through email to invest in a modern, resilient infrastructure for America. ASCE set a goal of sending 3,000 emails to Congress this...
