Anthony S. Bartolomeo, P.E., ENV SP, Dist.M.ASCE, both an eminent and expert civil and environmental engineer, has been honored with inclusion in ASCE’s 2018 class of Distinguished Members for a visionary practice and business acumen of the highest caliber in integrating innovative solutions that address the social, financial, ethical, and legal challenges in today’s built environment.
Bartolomeo is the current president and chief executive officer...
ASCE has announced its newest class of Distinguished Members.
Distinguished Member status is reserved for the most eminent of civil engineers in the Society. A mere 229 of ASCE’s more than 150,000 current members can call themselves Distinguished Members.
Meet the 2018 Distinguished Members. Each will be honored at ceremonies this October at the ASCE Convention in Denver.
• James H. Anspach, PG, Dist.M.ASCE; a utility engineering...
Robert E. Bachman, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, Dist.M.ASCE, one of this generation’s foremost leaders in the practical advancement of the state of the practice in seismic resistance of structures of all types, has been honored by ASCE with inclusion in its 2018 class of Distinguished Members for the development of modern seismic design provisions adopted into the building codes of the United States.
Bachman has also...
James H. Anspach, PG, Dist.M.ASCE, considered a principal founder of the profession of subsurface utility engineering and, subsequently, utility engineering, has been honored with inclusion in ASCE’s 2018 class of Distinguished Members for his exemplary 38-year career as researcher, educator, and practitioner.
Anspach has worked for the benefit of the public and the engineering profession by fostering a dynamic evolution of the industry for standard-of-care...
Each month, the ASCE News Civil Engineering Roundtable showcases insights on important industry topics from a cross-section of ASCE members.
With spring graduation approaching on college campuses worldwide, we thought it would be a good time to check in with some of the most promising students – the ASCE 2018 New Faces of Civil Engineering college edition – to ask:
What are you most looking forward...
As the saying goes, “When it rains, it pours.” In central Africa, though, to be accurate you’d have to say “When it rains, it pours … for eight straight months.”
The lengthy rainy season there makes it very difficult for African peasant farmers in rural areas to keep their grains stored in dry conditions. Often they lose as much as 40 percent of their harvest.
Student...
The ASCE The Architectural Engineering Institute announced the winners of the 2018 AEI Student Design Competition, April 6, at the AEI Forum, hosted by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction.
The Pennsylvania State University earned the top award for building integration, and Lawrence Technological University received second place honors.
“These teams represent the future of the architectural engineering profession,” said Jonathan...
Former Texas Section president H. Douglas Steadman, the engineer behind many of San Antonio’s modern landmarks including the Alamodome, has died at 91.
Over the course of a 50-year career, Steadman, P.E., L.S., F.ASCE, oversaw the structural and civil engineering of the Lila Cockrell Theater for the Performing Arts, development of the San Antonio International Airport, the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium, and restoration of the...
Stephen A. Mahin, professor emeritus of structural engineering at the University of California, Berkeley whose earthquake engineering expertise was recognized worldwide, has died at 71.
Mahin, Ph.D., M.ASCE, was the founding director of the Computational Modeling and Simulation Center of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, launched in 2016 and funded by the National Science Foundation. Under his guidance, the SimCenter’s researchers advance simulation methods...
Walter C. Grantz, who oversaw the design of many iconic transportation tunnels including the I-95 Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore, Boston’s Ted Williams Tunnel, and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel’s parallel crossing, has died. He was 88.
Grantz, P.E., a Life Member of ASCE, applied his talent at immersed-tube design over 40 years with Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, then capped his career as...
