Douglas D. Gransberg, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, founder and president of Active Continuing Education Systems LLC, and a consultant and academic, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Gransberg has made significant contributions to civil, military and construction engineering as well as construction engineering education and research over his 45-year career.
As president of Gransberg & Associates Inc., a construction management / project...
Tor J. S. Anderzen, P.E., F.ASCE, a senior aviation engineer at HDL Engineering Consultants LLC, in Palmer, Alaska, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Anderzen has 14 years of airport planning, design and construction experience. After a 10-year career as a land surveyor, he returned to school to obtain both bachelor and master’s degrees. He went on to perform planning,...
The ASCE Board of Direction has given its input; now it’s time for Society membership to have its say – and vote.
The Board discussed, edited and voted to approve a second reading of a series of ASCE Constitutional amendments at its quarterly meeting, Jan. 9 in Detroit.
The Constitutional changes, first proposed by the Governing Documents Committee last fall, include:
• Giving Affiliate members the right...
With an eye on continuing to strengthen ties to civil engineers in the public sector, the ASCE Board of Direction has approved establishing a Government Engineers Council for an initial period of three years.
Among the new group’s goals is to enhance the profile of government engineer leaders within ASCE by getting them more engaged in Society programs and initiatives.
“I have been saying that a...
Each year, one of the industry’s leading trade publications, Engineering News-Record, recognizes its Top 25 Newsmakers, a veritable “who’s who” of industry innovators and influencers.
And once again, the ENR list features a number of prominent ASCE members.
Here are the Society members honored by ENR among its Top 25 Newsmakers for 2019:
• Glenn Bell, C.Eng, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE – 2020 Structural Engineering Institute president and...
Raymond J. Krizek, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, Hon.M.ASCE, NAE, director of the Master of Project Management program and the Master of Executive Management for Design and Construction program at Northwestern University, has been honored by ASCE as the 2020 Outstanding Projects And Leaders award winner in education.
The ASCE OPAL awards honor outstanding civil engineering leaders for their lifetime accomplishments. This year’s OPAL winners will be...
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:
• Tor J. S. Anderzen, P.E., F.ASCE
• Christopher S. Decker, P.E., F.ASCE
• Douglas D. Gransberg, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
• Decker Hains, Ph.D., P.E., PMP, F.ASCE
• Allen Johnson, P.E., F.ASCE
• M. A....
David Maher Warner, a transportation engineer and project management consultant responsible for several notable projects in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area, has died at 71.
During a career spent with several prominent engineering firms in the Twin Cities region, Warner, P.E., M.ASCE, led appreciative partners and teams in major projects requiring intensive client interaction. He was known for drawing the best from his staffs.
Starting at Edwards...
Robert M. Koerner, professor emeritus of Drexel University and director emeritus of the Geosynthetic Institute, has died at 85.
Together with his wife and partner, Paula Koerner, he founded the Geosynthetic Institute as a research organization with international outreach programs for the design of geosynthetic materials in construction.
Koerner, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE(Ret.), Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, began his career in construction, and worked on a number of projects,...
Marvin N. Smith, a hydraulics engineer who spent the bulk of his career at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Water Systems Development Laboratory, has died at 87.
An ASCE Life Member, Smith, M.ASCE, spent over 30 years employed at the TVA lab in Norris, Tennessee. He was a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer, serving on active duty and in the reserves, and received a commission...
