February 2015    


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.


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If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for February, 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


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REGION 10 ACTIVITIES
University in Kazakhstan moving to launch an ASCE Student Chapter


Courtesy Yerbol Zhakupov, EIT, A.M.ASCE

With the help of an ASCE associate member in Kazakhstan, several civil engineering students of a university there have begun the process of establishing an ASCE Student Chapter. Yerbol Zhakupov, EIT, A.M.ASCE, has been working with students and faculty in the civil engineering department of the School of Engineering at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan, and in January, the informal group staged an opening ceremony to discuss the benefits of joining ASCE, the goals and aims of the student chapter and planned events, and then for fun, a light “Spaghetti and Marshmallow Tower” competition to build the tallest and most attractive structure. The ceremony drew about 60 enthusiastic students and faculty. Above, one of the tower teams with its work.

AROUND REGION 10
Team of Canadian engineers wins ASCE’s J.C. Stevens Award

Ahmad Malekpour, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE and Bryan W. Karney, P.E., M.ASCE, are the recipients of the J.C. Stevens Award for their discussion of “Pressure surges following sudden air pocket entrapment in storm-water tunnels,” which was published in the April 2014 issue of ASCE’s Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. The J. C. Stevens Award recognizes excellence in a paper published by the Society. The paper is in the field of hydraulics, including fluid mechanics and hydrology. Ahmad Malekpour was a Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto, and Bryan W. Karney is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Toronto. Discover more about their nominated work in ASCE News.
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Swiss geotechnical engineer and teacher receives ASCE’s Hydraulic Structures Medal

Anton J. Schleiss, Ph.D., is the recipient of the Hydraulic Structures Medal for his significant contributions to the hydraulic engineering community in the areas of hydropower, river engineering and flood protection, rock scour and sediment transport, and physical and numerical modeling. Director of the Hydraulic Construction Laboratory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne– one of two premier technical universities in Switzerland – Schleiss for nearly three decades has contributed substantially to advancing hydraulic engineering in the areas of dams, hydropower infrastructure, high pressure conduits (e.g., penstocks) and rock tunnels, reservoir sedimentation, river flood protection, river engineering, and rock scour associated with plunging jets (e.g., spillway plunge pool). Discover more about what made Schleiss worthy of this honor in ASCE News.

Netherlands professor receives ASCE’s International Coastal Engineering Award

Marcellinus J. F. Stive, Ph.D., is the recipient of the International Coastal Engineering Award for his innovative research and educational contributions to the field of coastal engineering and for his public service to his own and other countries. Professor and chair of coastal engineering and department head of hydraulic engineering at Delft University of Technology in Delft, the Netherlands, Stive has more than 37 years’ experience in research and projects in hydraulic engineering, coastal morphodynamics and bio-geomorphology, and coastal and estuarine management. Using fieldwork and physical and numerical models, his work encompasses coasts, estuaries, harbors, and offshore projects in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Discover more about what made Stive worthy of this honor in ASCE News.


AUSTRALIA SECTION
Sydney’s Gladesville Bridge joins ASCE’s international civil engineering landmarks

The Gladesville Bridge in Sydney, Australia, is the newest addition to the roster of ASCE’s international historic civil engineering landmarks. The bridge was the world's longest with a concrete arch for 16 years following its 1964 opening. Learn more about the new landmark in ASCE News.   
ISRAEL INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Speaker sought for first meeting of new ASCE International Group in Israel

ASCE members in Israel are about to launch a new International Group there in the next few months, following government certification of non-profit status. The group has begun planning its inaugural meeting, and seeks a highly regarded ASCE member already traveling to Israel in the first half of this year who would be willing to be the guest speaker. If you will be visiting Israel and may be available, express your interest and dates of travel to Meggan Maughan-Brown, ASCE director of international relations, at mmaughan-brown@asce.org.
JAPAN SECTION
Expert on bridge dynamics receives ASCE’s Winter Award

Yozo Fujino, Ph.D., M.ASCE, is the recipient of the George Winter Award for his outstanding and innovative contributions to advancing the state-of-the-art in structural engineering as well as his demonstrated commitment of the social and artistic side of the profession. Distinguished professor at Yokohama National University in Japan, Fujino served nearly 30 years in the civil engineering department at the University of Tokyo before moving to YNU. A world-renowned expert in dynamics, control, and monitoring of bridges, with a special focus on long-span bridges under wind action, Fujino has made numerous seminal contributions to bridge dynamics, wind effects of structures, health monitoring, and passive/active control technology. Discover more about what made Fujino worthy of this honor in ASCE News.

Disaster prevention researcher at Kyoto University elected to NAE

Masayoshi Nakashima, Ph.D., M.ASCE, professor at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute at Kyoto University, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his large-scale dynamic testing of buildings, which has advanced structural earthquake engineering. His fields of research include inelastic, stability, and collapse behavior of steel members and frames, seismic analysis and design of steel building structures, development of experimental techniques for simulation of earthquake responses of large structural systems, and seismic design of base-isolated buildings. Discover more about what made Nakashima worthy of this honor in ASCE News.
UNITED KINGDOM GROUP
Institution of Structural Engineers president elected ASCE Fellow

Nick Russell, C.Eng., F.ASCE, a director of Guildford, United Kingdom–based Thomasons Ltd. and its subsidiary company, Clear Structures, is a practicing chartered structural and civil engineer with over 34 years of professional experience in consulting engineering. He has considerable experience in many facets of structural engineering and particular expertise in urban regeneration, including land remediation and the adaptation and modernization of existing buildings. Active within the Institution of Structural Engineers (a U.K.-based structural engineering society representing structural engineers in over 105 countries) for over 27 years, Russell currently serves as its president. Discover more about what made Russell worthy of this honor in ASCE News.
TAIWAN GROUP
Taiwan Disaster Prevention Society president elected ASCE Fellow

Chyan-Deng Jan, P.E., C.Eng., F.ASCE, is a professor of the Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering and director of the Ecological Soil and Water Conservation Research Center at the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). Currently president of the Taiwan Disaster Prevention Society, Jan has been teaching at NCKU for 22 years, having served as the department chairman (2010-2013) and as the director of the Disaster Prevention Research Center (2004-2007). His teaching and research areas are related to coastal engineering, hydraulic engineering, landslide, and debris flow. Discover more about what made Jan worthy of this honor in ASCE News.
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.

Construction begins on international tennis venue in China

Designed by the global architecture firm Populous, a new $84 million tennis complex in southeastern China will be built on the site of a former aquatic pond. See the elaborate plans in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.