March 2016

NATIONAL CAPITAL SECTION EWeek activity at National Building Museum excites children about engineering Photo: Roxann Henze/ASCE The liquefaction activity at the National Building Museum was a big hit. The ASCE community celebrated National Engineers Week, Feb. 21-27, in a variety of ways. Many members in the Washington, DC, area attended Family Day at the National Building Museum, which featured a presentation and activity for kids about liquefaction from the National Capital Section. Keep up with the National Capital Section on Facebook.

REGION 2 NEWS New Faces of Civil Engineering demonstrate inspiring talent, service ASCE recently announced its 2016 New Faces of Civil Engineering, and four Region 2 members made the list. ASCE selects 10 New Faces in each of two categories – Professionals (age 30 and younger) and College (students) – as part of DiscoverE’s New Faces of Engineering program. Baltimore-based structural engineer Matthew McCarty was selected among the New Faces Professionals. Rachel Grafman, Steven Mezzacappa, and Gary Wallace Jr. each were honored in the College category. Grafman is a civil engineering student at the University of Maryland. Mezzacappa studies architectural engineering at Penn State. Wallace is active in the Student Chapter at Morgan State University.

NATIONAL CAPITAL SECTION N. Virginia engineer named to prestigious ENR list Four ASCE members were showcased on the Engineering News-Record’s annual Top 25 Newsmakers list, including Matthew C. Farmer, P.E., M.ASCE, principal at Wiss, Janney Elstner Associates Inc. in Fairfax, VA. Read more about Farmer’s accomplishments.

Great outreach event or other activity? Let the whole Region know! If you’re a local ASCE leader and your Section, Branch, Younger Member Group, or Student Chapter has staged any special events, engaged in outreach from grade-school kids to lawmakers, done charity work, fund raising or anything of the sort, let ASCEnews Weekly know and we may include it in next month’s Region report. You may already have written about it and posted pictures in your newsletter, website, or social media. Share the details and any photos at asce.org/localnews. Got questions? Write to submissions@asce.org. See the other Region reports for March If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for March, click on each to view them:   Region 1   Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section, Buffalo Section, Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers Section, Ithaca Section, Maine Section, Metropolitan Section, Mohawk-Hudson Section, New Hampshire Section, New Jersey Section, Puerto Rico Section, Rhode Island Section, Rochester Section, Syracuse Section, Vermont Section  Region 2   Central Pennsylvania Section, Delaware Section, Lehigh Valley Section, Maryland Section, National Capital Section, Philadelphia Section, Pittsburgh Section Region 3   Akron-Canton Section, Central Illinois Section, Central Ohio Section, Cincinnati Section, Cleveland Section, Dayton Section, Duluth Section, Illinois Section, Michigan Section, Minnesota Section, North Dakota Section, Quad Cities Section, Toledo Section, Wisconsin Section Region 4   Arkansas Section, Indiana Section, Kentucky Section, North Carolina Section, South Carolina Section, Tennessee Section, Virginia Section, West Virginia Section Region 5   Alabama Section, Florida Section, Georgia Section, Louisiana Section, Mississippi Section   Region 6   New Mexico Section, Oklahoma Section, Texas Section Region 7   Colorado Section, Iowa Section, Kansas City Section, Kansas Section, Nebraska Section, South Dakota Section, St. Louis Section, Wyoming Section Region 8   Alaska Section, Arizona Section, Columbia Section, Hawaii Section, Inland Empire Section, Montana Section, Nevada Section, Oregon Section, Seattle Section, Southern Idaho Section, Tacoma-Olympia Section, Utah Section  Region 9   Los Angeles Section, Sacramento Section, San Diego Section, San Francisco Section Region 10  All International Sections, Branches, and Groups Missed the last Region 2 update? See the February edition of News Around Region 2 Share this page via social media and email: