Robert Clark Ewing, a structural engineer in demand during America's rapidly growing postwar years, and an expert on foundations who shored up famed Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eudora Welty's house, has died at 99.
Ewing, P.E., F.ASCE, “Bob” to his friends, was a dedicated engineer whose trail of works took him from Seattle to the Willamette Valley in Oregon through Memphis, Tennessee, and down to Jackson,...
John W. Weaver II, founder and former managing principal of Weaver Consultants Group in Chicago, has died at 66 in a tragic plane crash that also claimed the lives of his sons John III, 40, and Matthew, 38.
Weaver, P.E., M.ASCE, was born in Elkhart, Indiana, where his father had been mayor. He got an early jump on his career while still in sixth grade,...
Thomas P. O’Connor, P.E., F.ASCE, an environmental engineer with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
O’Connor has over 22 years with EPA. He currently works for the National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Water Systems Division, Water Resources Recovery Branch at the Edison Environmental Center (EEC) in Edison, New Jersey....
ASCE has honored Louise A. Wallendorf, P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Orville T. Magoon Sustainable Coasts Award for lifelong dedication to sustainable coasts, collaborative research and coastal education.
For almost 40 years, Wallendorf has made outstanding contributions to sustainable engineering practices in managing shorelines and coastal infrastructure as a researcher, educator and active ASCE volunteer. She played a crucial role in the formation of ASCE's...
ASCE has honored Costas E. Synolakis, Ph.D., with the 2019 International Coastal Engineering Award for his three-decade-long pioneering efforts in the field of tsunami research, which has not only transformed scientists’ understanding of tsunamis but also saved countless lives.
Synolakis is a global leader in coastal engineering. Over the past three decades he has made significant contributions in the areas of tsunami research and...
ASCE has honored Kenny Chung Sau Kwok, Ph.D., with the 2019 Jack E. Cermak Medal for his outstanding contribution to the understanding of wind-structure interaction and its application in wind engineering research and practice, particularly the wind-induced responses and vibration mitigation of wind-excited tall buildings, and the effects of building vibration on occupants.
Kwok has contributed extensively in the area of wind engineering, in particular...
ASCE has honored Josephine Emerick, P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Edmund Friedman Professional Recognition Award for her exemplary professional conduct and service, her direct impact on the improvement of civil engineers’ employment conditions and her professional guidance of future civil engineers.
Emerick has demonstrated her strong technical and leadership capabilities with her performance on a multimodal transportation study in Missouri to address congestion relief, improve...
ASCE has honored Matthew G. Cummings, P.E., M.ASCE, with the John L. Parcel–Leif J. Sverdrup Civil Engineering Management Award for his definitive contribution to the field of civil engineering management, evidenced by exemplary character, professional integrity and national reputation.
Cummings has more than 30 years of experience in the transportation industry in the United States and abroad. He is a leader who has demonstrated experience...
