February 2015

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MARYLAND SECTION Section celebrates elevation of longtime committed members to Life status Courtesy Maryland Section The Maryland Section celebrated its new Life Members during a holiday event meeting in December. Life Members are those who have demonstrated a career-long commitment to ASCE and the civil engineering profession, have reached the age of 65 and have 10 prior years of continuous membership. Above, new Life Members Dan Cheng, Frank Cirincione, Edward John, and Steve Zahn were on hand to receive their honors in person.  Section website>>

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE Global engineering firm evaluates 50 most sustainable cities A new report by ARCADIS examines how 50 of the largest cities in the world balance social, environmental, and business interests. See which cities rank highest in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.

MARYLAND SECTION Developer of buckling-analysis software receives ASCE’s Hardesty Award Benjamin W. Schafer, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, is the recipient of the Shortridge Hardesty Award for his contributions to the development of the Direct Design Method and its free software implementation that considers the interactions between local, global, and distortional modes of buckling in thin-walled members. Swirnow Family Scholar, professor, and chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University, Schafer is the preeminent authority on the behavior of cold-formed steel members. His program CUFSM .05 (Elastic Buckling Analysis of Thin-Walled Members with general end boundary conditions) is a valuable tool, for both designers and researchers alike, for evaluating the buckling behavior of thin-walled members. Discover more about what made Schafer worthy of this honor in ASCE News.

MARYLAND SECTION University of Maryland professor receives ASCE’s Ven Te Chow Award Richard H. McCuen, Ph.D., M.ASCE, is the recipient of the Ven Te Chow Award for prolific, innovative scholarship in engineering hydrology; benchmark contributions to hydrologic practice; cultivation of rigor, communication, and professionalism at all levels; tireless, generous mentorship of students and colleagues; and unwavering dedication to ethics and diversity in the profession. Professor and Ben Dyer Chair in civil engineering at the A. James Clark School of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland, McCuen has provided outstanding service to engineering education and the profession. As a dedicated teacher, he has advised or served on committees for more than 70 graduate students, with many of his Ph.D. and master’s advisees now in leadership positions throughout the profession. His research has had important and very influential practical impacts. Discover more about what made McCuen worthy of this honor in ASCE News.

PITTSBURGH SECTION Carnegie Mellon professor receives ASCE’s Margaret S. Petersen Award Jeanne M. VanBriesen, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, is the recipient of the Margaret S. Petersen Award for her technical achievements, ASCE leadership, and commitment to mentoring women pursuing engineering careers that mirror the ideals the award’s namesake championed throughout her life. Duquesne Light Company professor of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, VanBriesen is a renowned expert in the field of environmental water resources, and her current research is in the broad area of sustainable water systems with a focus on watershed-level management decisions and their effect on urban engineered water systems. Discover more about what made VanBriesen worthy of this honor in ASCE News.

DELAWARE SECTION CEO and chairman of KCI Technologies elected an ASCE Fellow Terry F. Neimeyer, P.E., FACEC, BCEE, ENV SP, F.ASCE, is CEO and chairman of the board of Sparks, Maryland–headquartered KCI Technologies Inc., which he first joined after graduating college in 1997. As an engineer and principal of KCI, he has managed the overall designs of many major environmental, site development, and construction inspections for highway and bridge projects in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Actively engaged in ASCE since he became a member in 1977, Neimeyer served as past president of ASCE’s Delaware Section, and as a current member of the Society’s Industry Leaders Council. Discover more about what made Neimeyer worthy of this honor in ASCE News.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SECTION Penn State professor of energy and geoenvironmental engineering elected to NAE Derek Elsworth, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, professor of energy and geoenvironmental engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, was elected into membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his contributions to understanding natural processes affecting flow and transport properties of fractured rocks. Coauthor of the book Coupled Processes in Subsurface Deformation, Flow, and Transport, Elsworth has expertise in the areas of computational mechanics, flow and transport in porous media, and rock mechanics, with application to geothermal energy, permeability changes in the deep geological sequestration of radioactive wastes and of CO2, and the behavior of fractured reservoirs. Discover more about what made Elsworth worthy of this honor in ASCE News.

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE Study for Corps of Engineers urges national effort to reduce coastal risks A report conducted by the National Research Council and sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calls for a united, national vision for coastal risk management. Consider the call to action in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.