Global Link – Region 10 Activities
Spring 2026
38 universities compete at ASCE India 2026 Student Symposium
Teams representing 38 ASCE student chapters from universities throughout India competed in concrete canoe, surveying, sustainable solutions, and four other civil engineering challenges at the 2026 ASCE India Student Symposium. Held at Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh, India, the symposium was chaired by Section President Har Amrit Singh Sandhu, who also serves as student chapter faculty advisor at the college. The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies was a co-host.
Coming in first overall in concrete canoe was the Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering. At the same time, the Vellore Institute of Technology won the UESI surveying competition and the sustainable solutions competition. See the results for all competitions.
ASCE 2026 President Marsha Anderson Bomar attended the closing awards ceremony remotely, providing remarks that energized and inspired both students and organizers with an uplifting message of ASCE’s commitment to developing the next generation of civil engineers, including through Region 10 worldwide.
Winning student teams are eligible to compete against other student symposium winners at the 2026 ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships, taking place in late June in Fairmont, West Virginia, hosted by Fairmont State University. Learn more.
More than 120 students compete in ASCE Greater China 2026 symposium
The winning sustainable solutions competition team, Zhejiang University.
Students from ASCE chapters at eight Chinese universities competed for titles in concrete canoe, sustainable solutions, and the best paper on engineering ethically for the public welfare at the 2026 Greater China ASCE Student Symposium at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou.
Among the leaders addressing students and in attendance at the opening ceremony were the Region 10 immediate past director, April Lander, and the ASCE Greater China Section President, Hao Jiang.
In the concrete canoe competition, Tongji University took first place overall. The symposium host, the Zhejiang University team, won the sustainable solutions competition, while Hong Kong Polytechnic University came in first for the best symposium paper. Read more about the symposium and detailed competition results.
As with the India symposium winning teams, the Chinese winners are eligible to compete at the 2026 ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships in late June at Fairmont State University in West Virginia. Learn more.
In Kathmandu, ACECC holds 50th executive committee meeting and conference
Current common challenges facing civil engineers around the Asian Rim and how knowledge sharing among CE societies can address them dominated discussions at the Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council’s 50th Executive Committee Meeting and International Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal.
With the Nepal Engineers’ Association as host, ASCE was well represented among the 17 ACECC societies, led by Council Secretary General Udai Singh, a past president of ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute. ASCE’s presence over the three days of meetings included Cris Liban, ZhiQiang Chen, Brian Parsons, as well as April Lander and Kamal Laksiri, ASCE Region 10 Board of Governors members who met with ASCE members in Nepal in a special meet and greet session.
From deep diving into the future of civil engineering to strengthening regional ties, the executive committee meeting and conference fostered a spirit of community, unified in a desire to build a better, more resilient future, Singh told ASCE. Watch video of the live stream from Thursday, April 23.
ASCE president’s travels strengthen Society bonds in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and South Korea
ASCE President Marsha Anderson Bomar, center left, joins Abu Dhabi University engineering school leaders and instructors at its experimental 3D-printed concrete building.
Marsha Anderson Bomar, ASCE’s 2026 president, has had a packed agenda, including travel to several major international civil engineering gatherings already this year. Among them:
• Delivered a keynote address at the 3rd International Conference on Sustainability: Development & Innovations, organized by Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. More than 1,500 participants from 42 countries exchanged ideas, cross-disciplinary insights, and experiences on sustainable engineering practices and innovations. A look at ASCE Future World Vision: Mega City 2070 and a screening of the movie Cities of the Future were part of the program.
• Visited Abu Dhabi University, meeting with Chancellor Ghassan Aouad, Dean of Engineering Hamdi Mustafa Sheibani, professors, students, and ASCE members. Bomar was shown, with pride, the engineering school’s cutting-edge work in 3D printing with concrete, including a tour of a highly instrumented 3D-printed building.
Bomar meets with Korean Society of Civil Engineers leadership.
• Took part in the Global Engagement and Empowerment Forum 2026 at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, a two-day series of thought-provoking discussions on sustainable development and how to meet United Nations goals. Before attendees, including former U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and former New Zealand prime minister Jenny Shipley. Bomar discussed smart infrastructure, Cities of the Future, and the Envision structural sustainability rating system. While there, she reinforced ASCE ties with the Korean Society of Civil Engineers.
ASCE supports, leaders take part in Kuwait infrastructure conference
Rasheed Adekunle Hassan, Region 10 governor, and Kuwait Section leadership were prominent participants in the Investment, Sustainability Challenges and Innovative Solutions in Smart Infrastructure Project conference in Kuwait, held alongside the 27th Gulf Engineering Forum. Organized by the Kuwait Society of Engineers with ASCE Region 10 as a global partner, the conference allowed for knowledge sharing and exchanging best practices. Discussions on pressing challenges facing infrastructure focused on the roles of policy, governance, and innovation in building sustainably and applying smart technologies. Among those representing the Kuwait Section were President Waleed A. A. Abdullah and Vice President Muhammad Tariq Amin Chaudhary.
Get ready for ASCE2027: The Infrastructure and Engineering Experience
Prepare for an event well worth traveling to Philadelphia next March 1. ASCE2027: The Infrastructure and Engineering Experience promises to be unlike any past ASCE flagship gatherings, bringing together the specialties of ASCE’s institutes under one roof, as well as a variety of future-focused activities that put together the minds of leaders from engineering to finance.
Several activities specifically oriented toward international members are in the works. They include a ceremonial breakfast celebration of Region 10 members in attendance, including special honors for Distinguished Service Medal Award winners and Younger Member Global Activities Fund recipients. Panel sessions discussing global-oriented issues are being planned. Find out more about this first-of-its-kind ASCE event.
UPCOMING EVENTS
4th International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis and Computing and Control in the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2026)
Paphos, Cyprus
May 18-21
Innovation Center on Natural Hazards and Infrastructure Conference 2026 (ICONHIC 2026)
Chania, Greece
June 29-July 2
12th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Aug. 4-7
ASCE2027: The Infrastructure and Engineering Experience
Philadelphia
March 1-5, 2027
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