According to DiscoverE, 81 percent of engineers today report that they decided to become an engineer before they entered college. Only 25 percent decided in elementary or middle school. Looking over the horizon, it’s critical to develop the next generation of civil engineers who will maintain and build our infrastructure.
There are many ways to inspire students to consider civil engineering as a career path....
Srinivasa "Hal" Iyengar, a structural engineer who helped design landmarks from Chicago to London, and worked with architect Frank Gehry on the renowned Bilbao Guggenheim in Spain, has died. He was 85.
Iyengar, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, was part of the dynamic Chicago architectural and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where he made significant contributions to stadiums and landmark structures including Sears (now Willis) Tower,...
Marvin M. Specter, P.E., L.S., Hon.M.ASCE, whose many, varied contributions to forensic engineering enhanced the conduct of technical expert witnesses throughout the U.S. federal court system, has died. He was 91.
As a writer, lecturer and mentor, Specter led in organizing, teaching and encouraging professional engineers to conduct themselves competently and ethically in the legal system for more than 30 years. Until Specter founded the...
Lisa Jaster was entitled to a victory lap. She had every right to hit pause and maybe even relax a little.
West Point, Army Officer’s Training School, multiple tours of duty serving in Iraq and Afghanistan – Jaster’s 20s were rich and intense and challenging and immensely accomplished.
Now, in her 30s, with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering, she had a husband and children...
J.P. Mohsen, Ph.D., F.ASCE, is a longtime professor and chair at the University of Louisville and director of ASCE’s P.E. civil, S.E. and P.E. environmental exam review courses. In today’s Member Voices article, he explores the differences between the P.E. Environmental exam and the P.E. Civil exam.
Often, I’ve wondered why there are two different exams with focus on environmental engineering. The National Council of...
Robert P. Wadell, P.E., MCSE, F.ASCE, was just 25 years old when ASCE appointed him to a national committee.
The group was charged with exploring the possibility of creating the Engineering Management Division, and Wadell, at the beginning of his career, got the chance to rub elbows and compare notes with industry stalwarts.
“So, there I was one of four people on the committee and certainly...
ASCE has honored Gholamreza Amirinia, Ph.D., Aff.ASCE, and Sungmoon Jung, Ph.D., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Alfred Noble Prize for the paper “Along-Wind Response of High-Rise Buildings Subjected to Hurricane Boundary Layer Winds,” Journal of Structural Engineering, September 2017.
From the Abstract—
Recent studies show that characteristics of hurricane surface winds are different from those of nonhurricane surface winds. The characteristics relevant to analyzing high-rise buildings include...
ASCE has honored Bak Kong Low, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, with the 2019 Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award for the paper “Insights from Reliability-Based Design to Complement Load and Resistance Factor Design Approach,” published in the November 2017 issue of the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
The paper investigates the similarities and differences between the reliability-based design (RBD) approach and the load and resistance factor design...
ASCE has honored Bilal Ayyub, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, Dist.M.ASCE, and Carol Ellinger Haddock, M.ASCE, with the 2019 President’s Medal, chosen by President Robin Kemper.
Ayyub is being recognized for his many efforts to bring adaptive design to the profession to help address a changing climate. He is a professor and director of the Center for Technology and Systems Management at the University of Maryland (College...
ASCE has honored Brian D. McKeehan, P.E., ENV SP, F.ASCE; Edward W. Stafford, P.E., P.TOE, F.ASCE; and Thomas F. Zimmie, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, with the 2019 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award, chosen by President Robin Kemper.
McKeehan is recognized for his leadership in researching and developing a cohesive recommendation for how ASCE may leverage credentialing to advance the profession.
He has held engineering...
