Duane S. Ellifritt Sr., a globally recognized expert in steel building design and creator of the steel-connection teaching sculpture, has died at 82.
Ellifritt, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, was a professor emeritus in the civil engineering department at the University of Florida. His expertise in steel structures and connections was forged over nearly 20 years in the industry, and 24 years in teaching and research. He...
Linda Force has seen it all in civil engineering, from $1-an-hour wages in the 1960s to life as the CEO. Along the way, she’s learned not to suffer fools gladly.
She remembers earlier in her career, inspecting a warehouse in Oakland after an earthquake. The place was a mess – the horizontal trusses shattered, the ceiling caving in.
Force, the lead investigator – and, yes, as...
Jameelah Muhammad Ingram, P.E., M.ASCE, is a structural engineer for WSP USA and a member of the ASCE New Faces of Civil Engineering class of 2013.
In this week's edition of ASCE Member Voices, as part of the ASCE News Women in Civil Engineering series, Ingram talks about why equitable treatment of women is fundamental to what engineering is all about, and how she learned these...
Is there a gender wage gap in civil engineering?
Depending on whom you ask, the gender wage gap is either a persistent problem in the industry, with women consistently earning less than their male counterparts; or that gap is a myth, an overblown narrative that was rectified years ago.
Each month a cross-section of prominent ASCE members shares insights on important industry topics in the ASCE News Civil Engineering Roundtable.
For ASCE News’ Women in Civil Engineering series, the roundtable will focus on issues affecting women in the profession. The initial panel finds reasons for optimism. Spoiler alert: the three ASCE presidential officers are inspiring a lot of hope.
What signs of progress give you...
Each year, ASCE recognizes 10 college students who represent the future of civil engineering. These New Faces of Civil Engineering are the rising stars of the industry, role models for the next generation of civil engineers.
One student created an app to help others find on-campus parking spots. Another interned on an island in the Gulf of Maine at Shoals Marine Laboratory. Another student created...
Don Nguyen, P.E., ENV SP, M.ASCE, is a bridge engineer for COWI in Seattle and the president of ASCE’s Seattle Younger Member Forum. One of ASCE’s most active, dynamic younger members, Nguyen was honored as a 2017 New Face of Civil Engineering. And his volunteer activities aren’t limited to the Pacific Northwest. Last summer, he joined a Bridges to Prosperity project in Panama. In...
Jaffer Almosawy is everywhere.
Okay, maybe not literally everywhere. But he’s getting pretty close to ASCE ubiquity.
He’s in the nation’s capital at the ASCE Legislative Fly-In. He’s presenting at an ASCE Board of Direction meeting. He’s in Reston, VA, at ASCE Headquarters for the Younger Member Leadership Symposium. He’s in Buffalo, checking out the Eastern Region Younger Member Conference. And actually that trip was akin...
Money was tight for Fernando Ceballos growing up in Brownsville, Texas, a city on the Rio Grande River right at the southernmost tip of the state.
At home, it was just him, his mom, and his little brother, so when rent came due, 8-year-old Fernando did what he could to pitch in.
“I was knocking on my neighbors’ doors, selling tacos, tamales, slices of cake, things...
