March 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. 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 last month's Region 10 update? See the February edition of News Around Region 10  Share this page via social media and email:

GLOBAL LINK CALENDAR Click on event titles for details MAY 28   Deadline for abstracts, International Perspective on Water Resources and the Environment Conference, Sri Lanka Submit items for possible inclusion in the calendar to nibanez@asce.org.

REGION 10 NEWS Leading university in Egypt advances toward International Student Group status Alexandria University’s school of engineering is moving ahead with efforts to establish an official ASCE International Student Group, and is currently in a probationary period with review and possible approval later this year. As part of their activities to satisfy requirements, earlier this month the school’s construction team hosted the management director of DOKA in Egypt, Hesham El Deeb, to talk about the company’s work and projects it’s involved in as an international producer and supplier of prefabricated formwork used in concrete pouring. About 100 civil and architecture engineering students attended the event.

AN-NAJAH INTERNATIONAL STUDENT GROUP Palestinian university’s student group achieves official ASCE status Courtesy Sa’ed Aker Congratulations to one of the newest ASCE International Student Groups – An-Najah National University, the largest university in Palestine. Since its unofficial launch two years ago, more than 300 students have joined the group, after discovering the value of becoming a part of ASCE and the benefits students may derive as they pursue their careers. The group is readying a special event to celebrate its official status.    Student group website>>

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE Unitized building facade made of sustainable biological composite A team of European companies and organizations has expanded sustainability options with the creation of "biocomposites" that aim to reach the same level of performance as carbon- or glass-fiber composites. Explore the exterior wall panel in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine. London art installation upends gravity  An artist's work commissioned by an automaker appeared to defy gravity last month, displaying a red hatchback upside-down on the curve of a seemingly escaped strip of asphalt. Defy your expectations and see the results in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine. Enormous North Sea wind farm approved  Great Britain has granted approval for the construction of an offshore wind farm in the North Sea that is currently the largest planned wind farm in the world. Explore the ambitious project in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine. Reports explore potential effects of climate intervention The National Academy of Sciences has released two reports that examine whether climate intervention can help resolve the globe's changing climate. Examine the findings and consequences in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.