The ASCE Board of Direction focused its July meeting on making the value of Society membership even more relevant to the needs of today’s engineers.
That member value might take the form of building and sustaining new and ongoing ASCE programs and benefits. It might mean developing new ideas to help ASCE members and the profession. And it could mean better engaging and connecting members...
When London Bridge Train Station opened in 1836, its engineers surely couldn’t have envisioned that 182 years later the railway terminus not only would still be in operation but that it would be pointing the way toward the future of smart infrastructure and construction.
But here we are.
The station’s five-year improvement plan is a model of cutting-edge smart infrastructure.
Kenichi Soga, Ph.D., M.ASCE, a Chancellor’s Professor...
The ASCE News Civil Engineering Roundtable showcases insights on a variety of industry topics from a cross section of ASCE members.
It’s summertime, so we’re talking top vacation spots.
Amusement parks, the big city, the beach ... those are all fine. But we’re looking for something a little more specific to ASCE. So we asked members:
What’s your favorite civil engineering vacation destination?
Jonathan Brower
P.E., M.ASCE, project engineer,...
Summer’s in full swing, which means it’s officially “beach read” season.
You take a promising paperback – perhaps the latest bestselling thriller – and post up under an umbrella for about eight hours. Catch some sun, enjoy the ocean breeze, and maybe even solve a mystery.
It’s not a bad life.
But for civil engineers, the definition of “beach read” is a little bit different. Civil engineers...
It's almost time for the America's Cup of Civil Engineering: the National Concrete Canoe Competition.
San Diego State University hosts the 2018 nationals this weekend, June 23-25.
To get you prepared for the competition, here's a look back at some superlatives over more than three decades of national concrete canoe competitions.
Most All-Time Wins:
• UC Berkeley (5)
• University of Wisconsin–Madison (5)
• University of Alabama in Huntsville (5)
Number...
Marcellus and Linda Pitts are not the kind of parents to force their children to be interested in something or tell them what profession to pursue for their careers.
That doesn't mean Marcellus didn't make a subtle push for engineering here and there. Especially during family vacations.
“Well, if we’re going on a family trip, I’ll point stuff out,” Pitts said. “I remember we went to...
Gary A. Parks, honored for his roles as a past ASCE Oregon Section president and for his 41 years of work for the Bonneville Power Administration, has died at 73.
A Life Member, Parks, P.E., F.ASCE, joined the Society in 1966, the year he began working for the federal administration that oversees distribution of electricity generated by the Bonneville Dam. He retired as its Redmond...
Anthony R. Kane, a noted transportation safety advocate in leadership roles with the Federal Highway Administration and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, has died at 72.
Kane, Ph.D., M.ASCE, was the executive director of FHWA from 1994 to 2001, having risen through the ranks since his start there in 1968. While associate administrator for engineering and program development, he was selected...
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:
• Mohamed A. Abdel-Aty, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
• Abe M. Abouhamdan, P.E., F.ASCE
• Karen Christine Armfield, P.E., F.ASCE
• Tarun K. Basu, P.E., F.ASCE
• Terry M. Donovan Sr., P.E., F.ASCE
• Edward L....
Dirk Ahlborn has his finger on the pulse of civil engineering’s future.
As chief executive officer of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc., Ahlborn is helping to shape the future of transportation infrastructure. And as the founder and CEO of JumpStarter Inc., he’s changing the way new infrastructure ideas are brought to market.
Ahlborn talked about all of it with ASCE News ahead of his keynote address at...
