Joel Figueroa-Vallines, P.E., S.E., F.ASCE, a business entrepreneur and versatile structural engineer, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Figueroa-Vallines specializes in design and forensic engineering of commercial facilities, entertainment and hospitality venues, and hardened buildings. He is president and executive principal of Structural Engineering Partnership (SEP), a consulting firm based in Central Florida that provides engineering, inspection, forensic, and other...
David Odeh can’t help but chuckle at the irony inherent in his statement.
“The one thing we can say with certainty,” Odeh says, “is that whatever future scenario we predict, that scenario will not be the future.”
Odeh, a technical region director on the ASCE Board of Direction, is referring to Future World Vision, ASCE’s bold, comprehensive scenario-planning tool that helps civil engineers strategize for an...
Gerald E. “Jerry” Buckwalter will join the ASCE staff in a new role, Chief Operating and Strategy Officer, effective June 4.
Buckwalter will be responsible for helping to shape the Society’s strategic direction and operational effectiveness. Among his key early responsibilities will be continued oversight of ASCE’s new Future World Vision project. He will also oversee several areas of internal operations, including finance and administration, engineering...
Civil engineering is not a profession that lacks for great ideas. The 2019 ASCE Innovation Contest makes that much clear.
“The entries and winners have jumped another level higher in quality this year,” said Marc Hoit, Ph.D., F.SEI, F.ASCE, Innovation Contest chair and vice chancellor for information technology at North Carolina State University.
“This year's winners are the best yet and should attract investors.”
ASCE’s Industry Leaders...
ASCE presents nearly 100 Society awards every year, recognizing civil engineers who advance the profession either through achievement or published papers.
The most recent Society awards are:
• Graham E.C. Bell, Ph.D., P.E., FNACE, F.ASCE, with the 2019 Stephen D. Bechtel Pipeline Engineering Award
• Kenneth R. Maser, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Wilbur S. Smith Award
• Amit H. Varma, Ph.D., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Shortridge...
ASCE News Future Forward highlights civil engineering projects, practices, ideas, and technologies that are future-focused and forward-looking.
Given the current infrastructure crisis in the United States, where need outpaces funding by a wide margin, the so-called win-win project is critical.
These are the projects that solve two problems at once, and one such win-win opportunity may be as close as your local city park.
“Parks can 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:
• Joel Figueroa-Vallines, P.E., S.E., F.ASCE
• Marwa M. Hassan, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
• Rasheed Adekunle Hassan, C.Eng, F.ASCE
• Seshadri S. Iyer, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
• Dawit Negussey, Ph.D., F.ASCE
• Sharika U. S....
Infrastructure isn’t partisan, it’s personal.
May 13-20, 2019, marks the seventh annual Infrastructure Week. We’re united around one message: America’s future will be shaped by the infrastructure choices we make today. As a founder and member of the Steering Committee, we’re joined by more than 400 affiliated organizations nationwide to encourage policymakers to invest in the future of infrastructure.
We’ve seen a renewed focus on infrastructure...
In the early morning of June 14, 2017, a simple kitchen fire spread quickly across the Grenfell Tower, a 24-story residential building in West London, consuming the structure and killing 71 people.
The tragedy sent shockwaves throughout the construction industry not just in England but around the world.
“It’s certainly been a wakeup call,” said Alastair Soane, Ph.D., C.Eng, director of Structural Safety UK. “Some of...
