March 2016

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 8 update? See the February edition of  News Around Region 8 Share this page via social media and email:

NEVADA SECTION Neavada-Reno Innovation Center director named to prestigious ENR list Four ASCE members were showcased on the Engineering News-Record’s annual Top 25 Newsmakers list, including Sesh Commuri, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, the technical director of the Advanced Autonomous Systems Innovation Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. Read more about Commuri’s accomplishments.

REGION 8 NEWS New Faces of Civil Engineering demonstrate inspiring talent, service ASCE recently announced its 2016 New Faces of Civil Engineering, and three Region 8 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. Yung Koprowski and Menzer Pehlivan were honored in the Professionals category. Koprowski is a project manager for Lee Engineering in Phoenix, while Pehlivan works as a geotechnical engineer for CH2M Hill in Seattle. Yijie Gao, a student at Northern Arizona University, was recognized in the College category.

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS STUDENT CHAPTER Ice arch beautifies Alaska Fairbanks campus Photo courtesy Dale Nelson University of Alaska Fairbanks student member Catherine Estus, S.M.ASCE, stands with the ice arch for which she did structural calculations and put together the design. The UAF civil engineering department has an ice arch competition every year, and Estus’ winning design was built this winter. , visit its web page.

SEATTLE SECTION UT water resources engineer, researcher among new NAE inductees Four ASCE members have been inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, including Jon D. Magnusson, P.E., S.E., NAE, F.SEI, Dist.M.ASCE, senior principal for Magnusson Klemencic Associates in Seattle. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded an engineer. Magnusson was selected for his “building designs that enable high-rise buildings in seismic sensitive regions and for innovations in modern structural engineering practice worldwide.” The four new NAE members who also belong to ASCE are among 80 new U.S. members and 22 foreign members. They will be formally inducted at the NAE’s annual meeting, Oct. 9, in Washington, DC.

OREGON SECTION Documentary made with ASCE’s help wins award of excellence The Oregon Public Broadcasting documentary film, UNPREPARED, won the 2016 National Excellence Award for Innovations, given by the Western States Seismic Policy Council. ASCE participated in and contributed to the project, which details the seismic vulnerabilities of the Pacific Northwest. Learn about the film, read more about ASCE members making resiliency a priority in an Oregon school district, and watch an ASCE video about engineering resilient communities.