Topic: Society News

Marlin L. Sheridan, Ph.D., of Coldspring, Texas, a Life Member who designed the foundation for the first supersonic wind tunnel and chaired the civil engineer department at Bucknell University, has died at 96. Born in Johnstown, PA, Sheridan received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Bucknell. He later earned his civil engineering doctorate at the University of Michigan and returned to teach at Bucknell,...

Distinguished Member David P. Billington, who inspired generations of engineers by championing artistic expression under the practical constraints of engineering, has died at 90. An emeritus professor of engineering at Princeton University, Billington, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, merged a historian’s breadth of knowledge with an engineer’s disciplined focus. His 10 books and scores of journal articles explored the works of builders and innovators with a particular...

Jose D. Salas, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE, one of the most widely known hydrologists in the world, has been honored by ASCE with inclusion in its 2018 class of Distinguished Members for his pioneering contributions to stochastic modeling of hydrological processes, analysis of floods and droughts, climate variability and land use impacts on extreme events, simulating complex river systems, such as the Colorado and Nile, and...

Joseph E. Minor, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, an internationally renowned expert in wind engineering and natural hazards research, has been honored by ASCE with inclusion in its 2018 class of Distinguished Members for development and adoption of windborne debris impact provisions in building codes and standards, advocating the formal engineering of residential structures, contributions to window glass design practice, and educating the next generation of...

Hugo A. Loaiciga, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE, an eminent hydrologist and professor in the Department of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been honored with inclusion by ASCE in its 2018 class of Distinguished Members for his groundbreaking and standout contributions to the understanding of the effects of climate processes on the recharge and the safe yield of aquifers, and for...

Edward Kavazanjian, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, a Regents’ Professor and the Ira A. Fulton Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University, has been honored by ASCE with inclusion in its 2018 class of Distinguished Members for his leadership in the geotechnical field and contributions to the design of waste containment systems...

James H. Garrett Jr., Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, currently dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and a leading figure in computing in civil engineering, has been honored by ASCE with inclusion in its 2018 class of Distinguished Members for pioneering work in bringing advanced computing technologies into civil engineering and for continued academic and professional leadership in engineering and engineering education. Garrett’s...

Catherine E. Wolfgram French, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, a recognized leader in the development of building code provisions for structural concrete systems, has been honored by ASCE with inclusion in its 2018 class of Distinguished Members for her significant contributions to the field of structural engineering and her enthusiastic dedication to her undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Minnesota. French’s work on highway bridges...

Thomas P. Bostick, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, the 53rd Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has been named to ASCE’s 2018 class of Distinguished Members for service spanning 38 years of dedication to the nation. Bostick, as chief of the Corps, focused on climate change and building resilient infrastructure. Between FY13 and FY16, he successfully managed programs worth...