It’s not just boats and paddles anymore.
The 2019 National Concrete Canoe Competition weekend, for the first time, featured two new ASCE student competition finals, the ASCE Sustainable Solutions Competition: Dog House Challenge and the ASCE Blue Sky Competitions Contest, at the Florida Institute of Technology.
“It’s really exciting,” said Danielle Kennedy, EI, A.M.ASCE, a member of the ASCE Task Committee on Student Competitions, charged with...
ASCE Dallas Branch President Anthony Luce, M.ASCE, known for his tremendous spirit, leadership and humor, has died at 35, following an extended battle with cancer.
Luce was a project manager in transportation systems for BGE Inc., where he had worked since 2006, first in the company’s Houston office and most recently in Frisco, Texas.
“He was a great friend, engineer and family man,” said Sean Merrell,...
Civil engineers are entrusted with protecting the public health, safety and welfare – a tremendous responsibility that requires unique knowledge, skills and attitudes in a continuously changing profession and world. Communities of the future will depend on creative and innovative thinkers to engineer the best solutions.
To aid students, early-career civil engineers, educators and mentors to succeed in their roles, ASCE has published its third...
Anthony Armenàkas, a professor emeritus of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and of the National Technical University of Athens whose research advanced structural and aerospace engineering, has died. He was 94.
He acted as a consultant to many private companies and governmental agencies in the United States and Europe. He published many technical papers in engineering journals, and held several patents on guided...
Charles “Chuck” Seim, an influential California bridge engineer whose career across five decades spanned the post-World War II growth era, has died. He was 93.
Seim not only admired the engineering, structure, and aesthetics of bridges, he also appreciated how bridges serve society.
He was a specialist in long-span bridges, the kind California is known for. After the state built its ninth toll bridge, he became...
When the University of Florida concrete canoe team decided to honor Gainesville icon Tom Petty with its theme this year, the Gators’ clever and excellent name for their boat was "Free Floatin’."
As it turns out, though, it was another Petty classic that may have been more apt: “I Won’t Back Down.”
After back-to-back heartbreakingly close runner-up finishes the last two years at nationals, the Florida...
Frederick W. Blickle III, P.E., F.ASCE, a civil and environmental engineer specializing in processes and technical applications that redress environmental blight, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Blickle, throughout his 35-year consulting career, has solved many different types of problems for clients. Most projects related to environmental impairment or impediment, as these considerations often obstruct civil projects and can severely...
The 2019 National Concrete Canoe Competition began Thursday at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida, with a hot, humid, and colorful Display Day.
Display Day always is a great venue for teams to show off their creativity, with the beautiful canoes and innovative concrete mixes displayed beside thematic, often fun displays.
This year, that meant doughnut T-shirts for the UCLA team and Trojan costumes...
Jean-Louis Briaud has been elected ASCE’s 2020 president-elect by a majority of Society members and will advance to serve as 2021 president.
Briaud, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE, has taught at Texas A&M University since 1978, most recently as a distinguished professor since 2015.
Briaud has served in a number of Society roles. The Distinguished Member recently completed a three-year term on the Board of Direction as...
Richard “Rich” H. Nettleton, P.E., M.ASCE, a design and construction manager for the Virginia Beach Department of Public Utilities who oversaw expansion and maintenance of the city’s underground water and sewer network, died May 31. He was 65.
Nettleton joined ASCE in 1988 and remained an active member of the Virginia Section’s Norfolk Branch. He also belonged to ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute. He...
