June 2008
Volume 33, Number 6

ASCE members will begin electing new national officers this month to fill president-elect, region director, technical region director, region governor, and at-large director positions. All officers will begin their terms at the business meeting that will form part of this year’s annual conference, which will be held November 6–8 in Pittsburgh. Please remember that it is up to each region of ASCE to put forward candidates for these offices. In an effort to minimize instances of uncontested candidates—and therefore balance and improve the voting process—ASCE urges each region to encourage members to run for office each year. (See the sidebar on page 2.)

In addition to paper balloting, the Society will again offer online voting in an effort to increase participation in the voting process, provide added convenience to members, make biographical information about the candidates readily available, and obtain feedback from members about the voting process. Although the laws of New York—the state in which the Society is incorporated—do not expressly permit electronic voting, they do permit nonprofit organizations to implement electronic proxy voting in which members may submit electronic proxy ballots that ultimately are cast by a designated proxy holder. In this case that proxy holder is the secretary of ASCE.

All ASCE members eligible to vote are receiving a paper ballot in this issue at the address of record shown in their member profile. Voting members who have a valid e-mail address on file with ASCE will receive notification of their unique e-signature code and a link to the election Web site. Members who wish to vote electronically but have not provided a valid e-mail address may obtain an e-signature by contacting the member services department at (800) 548-ASCE (2723). The e-signature will be sent to the member electronically. No e-signature will be provided verbally. In addition to their e-signature, members voting electronically will be asked for their membership identification number. At the end of the online ballot members will find a space to provide feedback on the electronic process. Once a member votes online, he or she will not be able to access the electronic site again.

Members who are eligible to vote are those whose membership grade is at the associate member level or higher and whose dues for this year were processed by May 15. (Members who wish to explore the possibility of upgrading their membership may visit www.ASCE.org/membership/advance/, but they will not be able to vote in the national election until next year.) Affiliate members and student members are not eligible to vote in the national election; the same is true of those who belong to an institute but not to ASCE. The voting will remain open from June 15 until 5 PM (eastern time) on August 14, and the results will be published in the September issue of ASCE News.

All of the candidates are official nominees, and pursuant to subsection 7.14.1 of the rules of policy and procedure, they are presented in alphabetical order within the region or office for which there is a vacancy, beginning on page 3. This information is also posted on the online site. The official nominee for president-elect is Blaine D. Leonard, P.E.,F.ASCE; for Region 1 director, Anthony M. Puntin, P.E.,M.ASCE; for Region 5 director, Jorge A. Jaramillo, P.E.,M.ASCE, and Norma Jean Mattei, Ph.D., P.E.,M.ASCE; for Region 9 director, Charles R. Spinks, P.E.,M.ASCE; for Technical Region director, Ronald E. Smith, Ph.D., P.E.,M.ASCE, and John G. Tawresey, P.E.,M.ASCE; and for at-large director, N. Catherine Bazán-Arias, Ph.D., P.E.,M.ASCE. The official nominees for region governor are as follows: David L. Westerling, P.E.,F.ASCE, for Region 1; Robert A. Victor, P.E.,M.ASCE, for Region 2; Stephen C. Chizek, P.E.,M.ASCE, and John A. Frauenhoffer, P.E.,S.E., M.ASCE, for Region 3; Sandra N. Knight, P.E.,M.ASCE, Thomas M. Mlot, P.E.,CEM, M.ASCE, and David B. Peterson, P.E.,F.ASCE, for Region 4; Kenneth J. Fridley, Ph.D., M.ASCE, and William P. Grogan, Ph.D., P.E.,M.ASCE, for Region 5; Crespin Guzman, P.E.,M.ASCE, and Marc A. Long, P.E.,M.ASCE, for Region 6; Jeffrey Lynn Fouse, P.E.,F.ASCE, and D. Vaughan Griffiths, Ph.D., Sc.D., P.E.,CEng, F.ASCE, for Region 7; Ronald H. Borowski., M.ASCE, Stacy J. Frost, P.E.,M.ASCE, and Erika Pratley Moonin, P.E.,D.WRE, M.ASCE, for Region 8; Shahnawaz Ahmad, P.E.,M.ASCE, for Region 9; and Emmanuel A. Adeyemo, Ph.D., CEng, F.ASCE, Pratim Kumar Ghose, CEng, F.ASCE, Tai Sik Lee, Ph.D., P.E.,A.M.ASCE, and Mostafa M. Soliman, Ph.D., P.E.,Dist.M.ASCE, for Region 10.

Engineering students, advisers, and others from across the country braved stormy spring weather in Washington, D.C., to showcase their new sustainable technologies on the National Mall and compete for a $75,000 prize. This year’s National Sustainable Design Expo, the fourth in this annual series, featured the People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P³) competition, which is organized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and provides a forum in which university students can use their engineering skill and creativity to promote sustainability and provide resources to communities in developing countries.

The EPA partnered with 42 nonprofit and industry organizations—including ASCE’s National Capital Section and the Washington, D.C., chapter of Engineers Without Borders–USA (EWB–USA)—to hold the competition April 20–22. Judges from the National Academies reviewed reports and displays and selected six winning teams during the second phase of the competition. In the first phase, which took place last year, university teams were invited to apply for a $10,000 grant from the EPA to fund their proposed projects. They developed their projects during the academic year and showcased their completed work at the expo.

In addition to the P³ award and the $75,000 grant that will enable the six teams to expand their research, an award from ASCE and EWB–USA was presented to a team from Columbia University that developed a small hydropower plant and distribution system to benefit villages in India. The team members, who also belong to the university’s chapter of EWB–USA, are Craig Danton, Nimit Mehta, Sid Misra, Hannah Moore, Pratap Ranade, and Peter Traverso, along with Upmanu Lall, Ph.D., their faculty adviser and the Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering at Columbia. The judges for this award were Robert C. Field, P.E., M.ASCE, an associate with Robert Silman Associates, headquartered in New York City; John Casana, P.E., M.ASCE, an associate with Booz Allen Hamilton, headquartered in McLean, Virginia; Craig S. Farkos, P.E., M.ASCE, the president of the Washington, D.C., chapter of EWB–USA and a project manager for Michael Baker, Jr., Inc., of Moon Township, Pennsylvania; and Fernando Pons, P.E., LEED AP, M.ASCE, the vice president of ASCE’s National Capital Section and a vice president of Haley & Aldrich, Inc., headquartered in Boston.

The judges based their selection for the ASCE and EWB–USA award on the extent to which the students planned to use local raw materials, the simplicity of the design, and the effect that the project would have on the quality of life of the people in the community. The recipients were presented with the award during the ceremony that honored the six winning teams in the P³ competition.

The P³ winners included a team from Drexel University that designed a reactor that can produce biodiesel fuel from oils containing large amounts of free fatty acids, a team from Loyola University Chicago that created a lab that can produce biodiesel fuel from vegetable oil waste from cafeterias and can also function as an educational tool for students and the general public, and a team from the University of California at Berkeley that developed a technology to help Bangladesh reduce the amount of arsenic in its drinking water. The three other winners were a team from the University of California at Davis that designed an efficient means of producing plastic from wastewater, a team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that devised a sustainable water development program for rural Nigeria, and a team from the University of Iowa that developed a handheld bleach generator that can disinfect drinking water.

ASCE’s National Capital Section, which recognizes the importance of encouraging students to become involved in sustainable development, again had an exhibit. The section’s committee on sustainable development, which is chaired by Pons, has worked with asce’s Committee on Sustainability, which is chaired by Albert A. Grant, P.E., F.ASCE, a past president of ASCE, to encourage students and others to become involved in sustainable technologies.

Pons explains that the expo is one of four events related to sustainability that the National Capital Section conducts each year. The others are the presentation of the sustainability award, a field trip, and a section meeting dedicated exclusively to sustainability. Pons hopes to see other sections and branches of ASCE form their own sustainability committees and “inculcate sustainability into everything [they] do as engineers.”

The Washington, D.C., chapter of EWB–USA showcased a scale model of a slow sand filter that is being designed and constructed by the Catholic University chapter to provide a community in Central America with clean water. The EWB–USA booth also displayed a sun-powered fan designed by high school students in Chantilly, Virginia. Several months before the event, the students, who are following a pre-engineering curriculum developed by their high school, were challenged by Farkos and Lawrence H. Roth, P.E., G.E., F.ASCE, the Society’s deputy executive director, to design and construct a sustainable technology that could be displayed at the expo. Despite the fact that they were not part of the P³ competition, the high school students met the challenge by designing the fan and constructing it using parts they obtained from discarded computers.

Farkos believes that the new partnership between ASCE and EWB–USA has helped students belonging to the latter gain access to experienced engineers who can mentor them and provide them with a view of engineering outside the classroom. He also believes that ASCE is gaining an insight into how future civil engineers think, how they communicate, and how they approach projects. “It is cross-generational exposure,” he says.

The expo demonstrates the changes that have taken place in the engineering industry during the past 15 years, according to Grant. “Ten or fifteen years ago sustainability was a mystery to most people, but today you can pick up a magazine or paper in any field, engineering or not, and see the word ‘sustainability’ being used by everybody,” he says. Grant mentions that more than a decade ago ASCE incorporated principles of sustainability into canon 1 of its Code of Ethics. “From that point we had a committee on sustainability, and we’ve been adding policies—important policies—on the role of the engineer in sustainable development,” he says. He also cites a current initiative on the part of the U.S. infrastructure community—Practice, Education, and Research for Sustainable Infrastructure (PERSI)—that is seeking to enlist the engineering community in sustainability activities and to promote sustainability in education. For more information about PERSI, visit http://www.persi.us/.

—Brett Hansen

As members view their ballots and vote for ASCE’s president-elect and other national and regional officers, they may be confused as to how the Society’s election process works. The answers to the following questions are designed to provide some insight into the process.

Previously there were three candidates for president-elect, but now there is only one official nominee. Why? Individuals who wish to become the president of ASCE may declare their intent to run for the office of president-elect and must be nominated by their region. (The regions of the past president, the current president, and ASCE’s president-elect may not submit a nominee.) The nominees are presented to the Board of Direction Nominating Committee, which includes the Board of Direction minus the current president and the president-elect. According to subsection 7.3.2.2 of ASCE’s bylaws, candidates whose names are submitted to the chair of the Board of Direction Nominating Committee—the past president of ASCE—are invited to be present at the board’s spring meeting and may be interviewed by the Nominating Committee. After each candidate has been interviewed, the members of the Nominating Committee vote. If the percentage of votes in favor of a candidate is equal to or greater than 75, then that candidate becomes the only official nominee. If the percentage is less than 75, then two candidates are nominated and the members are given the opportunity to vote for the candidate of their preference.

Why have I not seen any campaign materials from nominees? Formerly, nominees for national or regional positions could not spend money, could not speak at any meeting as a candidate unless the other candidates attended, and could not be endorsed by individuals. The rules regarding campaigning, however, are changing. A task force was formed to review election procedures in December 2007. In its report to the Board of Direction, the task force stated that it “felt the current rules are too restrictive and the Society should allow more flexibility in order to more fully inform the membership of the candidates’ qualifications and vision.” It proposed that endorsements from individuals be permitted; that such literature as brochures containing the nominee’s biographical information, vision statement, photograph, and list of endorsements be allowed; that word counts for the biographical and vision statements be increased; that nominees be allowed to speak at meetings when other candidates are unable to attend; and that nominees be permitted to spend a designated amount to cover election expenses. The Board of Direction approved the changes at its May meeting, and ASCE’s Governing Documents Committee is now preparing amendments to the governing documents to codify the changes. It is anticipated that the amendments will be presented to the board for approval in July.

Why should I vote when there is only one person running for office? The sad truth is that many members do not vote. Of the 93,847 ASCE members eligible to vote in last year’s election, only 6,132—approximately 6.5 percent—did so. In 2006 that number was only 7.3 percent. What is more, in addition to selecting last year’s national and regional officers, members had an opportunity to vote on important amendments to ASCE’s constitution. By voting, members not only show their support for the incoming officers but also express their approval or disapproval of proposed amendments, and they can select candidates in situations in which more than one official nominee is running. This year, for example, members who also belong to an institute will vote for one of two candidates running for technical region director, a position that extends from November 2008 to October 2011. Members can use this issue of ASCE News to become familiar with the candidates so that they can make an informed selection.

How do I run for an office or become involved? If a member is interested in running for an ASCE office, he or she must submit a letter of intent to his or her region. Those who have never been actively involved in ASCE at the local level should become involved in their section or branch meetings and committees. Then they should serve on their local board and work their way up to service on their region’s board. (Members cannot serve on the Board of Direction unless they have been involved at the regional level.) Another option for members is to notify ASCE that they would like to serve on a standing board committee or task committee; ASCE begins working on committee appointments around January of each year and requests that the regions provide names of individuals who wish to serve.

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N  O  M  I  N  E  E  S

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President-Elect

Blaine D. Leonard, P.E., F.ASCE

Education

• Master of science, geotechnical engineering, University of Utah, 1987
• Bachelor of science, civil engineering, University of Utah, 1981
• Registered professional engineer: Utah, Arizona, California, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado

Work experience

• Utah Department of Transportation, research program manager, 2001–present
• University of Utah, adjunct professor, geotechnical engineering, 2005
• Van Boerum & Frank Associates, vice president, managing partner for civil division, 1992–2001
• Strata Consultants, owner and principal engineer, 1987–92
• Various consulting engineering firms, civil/geotechnical engineer, 1981–87

ASCE involvement

• Vice president, Zone IV, 2004–05
• Director, District 11, 2000–03
• Governor, Geo-Institute, 2002–04
• Chair, Committee on Geographic Units, 2006–09
• Chair, Task Committee to Achieve the Vision of Civil Engineering in 2025, 2007–08
• Planning Committee, Summit on the Future of Civil Engineering, 2005–07
• Strategic Planning Committee, 2005–07
• Task Committee on a Partnership with Engineers Without Borders–USA, 2006–07
• Council of Vice Presidents, 2004–06; chair, 2005–06
• Region 8 Formation Team, 2004–05
• Governance Restructuring Implementation Committee, 2003–05; chair, 2003–04
• ASCE Annual Conference Local Steering Committee–Los Angeles, 2005
• Environmental and Water Resources Institute Annual Conference Local Steering Committee–Salt Lake City, 2003–04
• Board Program Committee, 2001–03
• Technical Activities Committee, 2000–03
• Communications Committee, 2001–03
• Codes and Standards Committee, 2001–03
• Task Committee on Governance Restructuring, 2001–03
• Energy Policy Committee, 2000–01
• Board Evaluation Team, 2000–01
• Task Committee on Institutes, 2000–01
• Geo-Institute Sections and Branches Council, 1999–02
• Strategic Planning Conference member, 1994–95
• President, Utah Section, 1997–98
• President, Wasatch Front Branch, 1991–92
• Chair, Utah Section Geotechnical Group, 1996–97
• Cochair, Utah Geotechnical Group Short Course on Ground Improvement, 1995
• President, University of Utah student chapter, 1980–81
• William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award, 2005
• Utah Section Engineer of the Year Award, 2000

Other volunteer activities

• Chair, Utah Engineers Council, 1992–93
• Founding editor, Utah Engineers Council Journal, 1992–97
• Chi Epsilon, National Civil Engineering Honor Society
• Farmington City Board of Appeals, 1997–03
• Rotary Club Utah District—group study exchange team to India, 1993
• Various leadership responsibilities and youth programs, LDS Church
• Engineering Excellence national finalist, American Consulting Engineers Council, 1994 (awarded for innovative design of Antelope Island Causeway Bridge)

Vision statement: ASCE is an organization of great breadth and depth that touches each member differently. As we move forward, it is essential that ASCE be true to its core values while transforming to achieve the changes and challenges of the future.

To many of our members, ASCE is a local organization. Hundreds of dedicated local leaders work to provide seminars, outreach activities, service projects, and peer recognition that touch many lives. We must continue to support and encourage these crucial activities, providing resources for success at our local level, here and abroad. The regions bear a fresh responsibility for expansion of these functions.

ASCE was founded on the principle of providing for an interchange of technical knowledge and experience. Through our Technical Activities Committee and institutes, members provide engineering knowledge that is recognized globally as the gold standard. Through conferences, publications, and continuing education, technical interchange is at the core of ASCE’s mission, and must continue to be a major focus.

Now, more than ever, education is essential to the survival of our profession. Expanding and reforming the education of new engineers can only be done as a collective effort, led by ASCE and supported by many partners. For the rest of us, lifelong learning is the only way that we will remain competitive and forward thinking.

Shaping public policy is a role that we have often left to others, but in this changing world is a role that we must pursue more aggressively. As stewards of the infrastructure of society, we must lend our imagination, expertise, and passion to the policies that will shape our well-being. This requires both a collective voice and many individual efforts.

Finally, if we, as a group of civil engineers, do not shape our own future, others will shape it for us. Bold steps have already been taken to envision our future, and it is imperative that we proactively identify and pursue objectives that will define the future and create an appropriate worldwide role for us.

We must join together to move ASCE and our profession into the future. We must continue to serve members where they live, push the frontiers of technical practice to new heights, adapt our education system to meet future needs, expand our efforts to shape public policy, and be proactive in determining our own future role.

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Region Directors
REGION 1:

Anthony M. Puntin, P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1992

Work experience

• The Louis Berger Group, Inc., 1998–2008
• Earth Tech, 1998
• Holden Engineering and Surveying, 1995–98
• MassHighway, 1992–95

ASCE involvement

• New Hampshire Section president and president-elect, 2003–05
• New Hampshire Section Board of Directors, 2003–07
• New Hampshire Infrastructure Report Card Committee, 2002, 2006
• Zone I Conference New Hampshire representative, 2004
• Region 1 Formation Team 
• Region 1 governor, 2006–08
• Participant, ASCE “Fly In” program, Washington, D.C., 2003–08
• Member, Infrastructure and Research Policy Committee, 2006–08
• Corresponding member, Committee on Government Affairs, 2006–08
• Member, Committee on Geographic Units, 2007–08

Vision statement: More than ever, civil engineers are playing a vital role in our country and throughout the world. With increased emphasis placed upon rehabilitation and upgrade of our nation’s infrastructure, it is imperative engineers take an active role in our community and development of public policy. I believe this should be one of the main objectives of ASCE, and I will ensure ASCE focuses on the advancement of our profession.

My involvement with ASCE over the past several years has been a fantastic experience on a personal and professional level. Participation at the local, regional, and national level has afforded me the opportunity to meet and interact with members of ASCE from Region 1 and across the country. I would like to continue my service to ASCE on a larger basis. It would be an honor to sit on the national Board of Direction as the Region 1 director. I believe there is a great wealth of talent at the section and branch level of ASCE. I will work to better the lines of communication between national and these sections/branches to increase involvement of the general membership at a regional and national level. I pledge to work hard and bring a high level of enthusiasm to the Board of Direction.

REGION 5:

Jorge A. Jaramillo, P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, 1984
• M.S., civil engineering, 1989
• Licensed as professional engineer under Chapter 471, Florida statutes

Work experience

• Principal engineer, South Florida Water Management District, 2002–present
• Project manager, Palm Beach County Water Utilities, 1987–2002
• Project engineer, Post, Buckley, Schuh, and Jernigan, Inc., 1985–87 ASCE involvement
• Past president, Florida Section, 2007–08
  • Chairman, Nomination and Tellers Committee
  • Chairman, Awards Committee
  • Chairman, Audit Committee
• Cochairman, Student Activities Committee, Florida Section, 2007–08
• Chairman, Flood Control Systems–Infrastructure Report Card Committee, Florida Section, 2006–08
• President, Florida Section, 2006–07
  • Member, 2007 Annual Conference Steering Committee
• President-elect, Florida Section, 2005–06
• Treasurer and secretary, Florida Section, 2003–05
• Vice president, Florida Section, 2001–03
• Board member, Palm Beach Branch, 1996–2000

Other volunteer activities

• Hurricane Andrew, City of Homestead, Florida, 1992
• SFWMD Hurricane Disaster Assessment Team
• Judge at science and engineering fairs
• Judge, Southeast Regional ASCE Student Conference, Miami, 2003
• Member, Village of Wellington Construction Appeals Committee, 2002–present
• Volunteer, St. Rita Catholic Church

Vision statement: My primary vision as director of Region 5 is that I will equally represent all sections within the region. I will continue to voice and support programs that will strengthen the civil engineering profession. I will be the region’s liaison with the leadership of ASCE. I will work in promoting engineering excellence and in integrating regional ASCE resources to impact public policy efficiently and effectively. I will promote the development of the ASCE infrastructure report card among all sections within the region. I will work toward upgrading and implementing the strategic plan. I will make certain that strategies are followed and success indicators are met. I will work toward implementing sound decisions as they relate to program, policy, and finance issues within the region. I will also work in providing leadership and support to our civil engineering students. They are the future of our Society and the civil engineering profession. I will work with the leadership of ASCE and all governors, sections, student chapters, and branches within the region, and with their input and support we will continue to thrive as one of the best regions in the nation.

Norma Jean Mattei, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• B.S.C.E., Tulane University, 1982
• Ph.D., Tulane University, 1994

Work experience

• Associate professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Orleans, 1995–present
• Assistant professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1994
• Project engineer, Guillot-Vogt Associates, Inc., Metairie, Louisiana, 1986–89
• Project engineer, Linder & Associates, Metairie, Louisiana, 1984–85
• Design engineer, Modjeski & Masters, New Orleans, 1982–84

ASCE involvement

• Governor, 2006–present: Region 5 board (secretary, 2007; vice-chair, 2008)
• Delegate, 2004: District 14
• Louisiana Section: past president, 2005; president, 2004; president-elect, 2003; secretary and treasurer, 2002; director, 2001; chair, Louisiana Civil
  Engineering Conference, 2000
• New Orleans Branch: past president, 2001; president, 2000; president-elect, 1999; vice president, 1998; treasurer, 1997; director, 1995–96; chair, Outreach Committee (10 years); chair, New Orleans Branch ASCE–Structural Engineering Institute Executive Committee (member since 1996)
• Committee on Licensure and Ethics, 2007–09
• Committee on Diversity and Women in Civil Engineering, 2003–08

Other volunteer activities

• Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board, 2007–13
• Society for Experimental Mechanics: vice-chair, Residual Stress Technical Division
• American Concrete Institute: 2009 Conference Planning Committee
• Tau Beta Pi: Advisory Board, Epsilon chapter
• Order of the Engineer: University of New Orleans contact
• SWE: faculty adviser
• University of New Orleans Athletic Council
• American Society for Engineering Education: Committee on Engineering Ethics

Vision statement: If I became empress of the world, I envision that the status of civil engineers would be on par with doctors and lawyers, engineering would be publicly regarded as the most ethical of professions, diversity would be celebrated, and there would be peace on earth. I will never be empress, but as director I could work toward making my vision a reality.

First, let’s talk about the future of the profession. With pressure from state legislators to reduce the number of hours required for an engineering bachelor’s degree to 120, coupled with additional “soft skills” courses in keeping with ABET requirements and an increasing amount of technical material an engineer should be familiar with, tomorrow’s undergraduate engineering student may lack important technical courses. The body of knowledge seeks to rectify this situation. Now we must work on the details of what the “plus 30” can be and how it can be implemented. I don’t believe that an M.S. degree should be the only way for a future civil engineer to acquire these additional hours. This must be done thoughtfully, so that each of the licensing boards will be able to verify that an applicant has acquired the “plus 30” hours for licensure purposes. I will be available to meet with any branch or section in order to bring feedback of the membership to the BOK committee members. I will also work with the BOK folks in order to promote the “B.S. plus 30” requirements that are now in NCEES’s model law through educating members of other state boards and legislatures. (I am on Louisiana’s licensure board.) Additionally I will work to remove the industrial exemption in Louisiana.

As for the ethical standing of our profession, I will take the anticipated final report of President Mongan’s task force charged to examine ASCE’s procedures for conducting nationally significant engineering investigations. I will work to ensure the task force’s recommendations are implemented so that ASCE will be the organization that the public turns to after a disaster with 100 percent trust in our ability and expertise in providing a thorough and unbiased report.

Finally, as an outspoken leader, I will be a role model promoting diversity not only of gender, but of culture, ethnicity, nationality, and thinking. A competent diverse team brings more to the table than a competent team made up of similar individuals.

REGION 9:

Charles R. Spinks, P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• M.S., civil engineering, San Jose State University, 1979
• B.S., civil engineering, San Jose State University, 1976

Work experience

• Kimley-Horn and Associates, 1997–present: San Diego and Roseville, California
• Berryman Henigar: San Diego
• Barrett Consulting: San Diego
• Dudek & Associates: Encinitas, California
• Leedshill-Herkenhoff: San Francisco and San Diego
• Tudor Engineering: San Francisco and Denver
• Army Security Agency: Vietnam and Germany

ASCE involvement

• Member, Capital Branch, Sacramento Section
• Governor, Region 9, vice-chair
• Region 9 Formation Committee
• President, Council–California Society of Civil Engineers
• President, San Diego Section
• Chair, Hydraulics Technical Group, San Francisco Section
• Student chapter officer, San Jose State University

Other volunteer activities

• Chair, San Diego Public Utilities Advisory Commission
• Chair, Los Penasquitos Lagoon Foundation TAC
• President, San Diego and Imperial Counties chapter, American Public Works Association
• Chair, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, Water Policy Committee
• President, Rancho Bernardo Town Council
• San Diego Water Department, Citizens Advisory Committee
• San Diego Select Committee on Government Efficiency and Fiscal Reform
• San Diego Strategic Plan for Water Supply Committee
• San Diego Demand Management Appeals Board
• SANDAG Citizens Advisory Committee on Trans-portation
• Chair, San Diego Enterprise Fund Revenue Transfer Task Force
• Outstanding Service Award, Engineering Societies of San Diego
• Outstanding Service Award, American Public Works Association

Vision statement: ASCE Region 9 has more than 17,000 members. This is a huge resource that can help us increase our public exposure and expand our influence on public policy. We need to support our members helping to increase our influence at the local, regional, and state levels of our government. When we do have civil engineers in public leadership positions, we need to do a better job of making sure they are recognized for their accomplishments.

We would like to see more young civil engineers become members of ASCE. Many of our younger civil engineers don’t see the personal and career benefits of being a part of the Society. They are asking why they should join, and what will they get back from their involvement. We will continue looking for new ways to communicate those answers and to identify more creative ways to increase the value of ASCE. We all have a limited amount of time we can contribute to activities outside of work and our private lives. We need to help ensure that ASCE provides the value to all of our members so that their decision on where to invest that limited time is with ASCE.

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Technical Region Director

Ronald E. Smith, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE  

Education

• B.S, civil engineering, North Carolina State University, 1961
• M.S., civil and geotechnical engineering, North Carolina State University, 1964
• Ph.D., civil and geotechnical engineering, North Carolina State University, 1968

Work experience

• 1966–70: Civil Engineering Department, University of Florida, assistant professor
• 1970–98: Woodward-Clyde Group, senior vice president, Board of Directors, director of Professional Development Institute
• 1988–2001: geotechnical consultant
• 2000–08: University of Nevada at Las Vegas, instructor (part-time)
• 2001–07: Kleinfelder, Inc., chief technical officer, CTO emeritus, Executive Committee
• 2007–08: geotechnical consultant

ASCE involvement

• University of Florida: student chapter adviser
• National Capital Section Geotechnical Group: chairman, Executive Committee
• Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology Committee
• Task Force to Establish the Geo-Institute
• Geo-Institute: president
• Post-Katrina Critical Infrastructure Guidance Task Force
• 2008 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award jury

Other volunteer activities

• Presbyterian Church: elder, chair of Christian Education, and teacher
• Community Association: president
• Boy Scouts of America: adult leader
• Parent-Teacher Association: president
• Ronald McDonald House Charities of Las Vegas: Hospital Lunch Program, camp counselor, and fund-raising events
• Association of Engineering Geologists: Tunneling Committee chairman
• ASFE: Board of Directors, Council of Fellows, Practice Education Committee

Vision statement: The aspirational vision of ASCE is set forth in The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025, and I am in full agreement with this document. In summary, Vision 2025 notes that “civil engineers will serve as master builders, environmental stewards, innovators and integrators, managers of risk and uncertainty, and leaders in shaping public policy.” Our job in the near term is to set directions that will put us on a path to achieving these goals. These directions will take the profession along two paths; one focused internally, that better prepares civil engineers to accomplish these roles, and the second, focused externally, that educates society as to why they should rely on civil engineers to serve in these critical roles.

In my opinion, it is the external focus where we need to concentrate much of our effort. Said differently, even today the civil engineering profession is far more capable than society gives us credit for being. The opening words of Vision 2025 are “Entrusted by society . . . ” Building such trust is a work in progress. Building that trust primarily revolves around canon 1 of our Code of Ethics, namely to “hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public” and to “strive to comply with the principles of sustainable development.” This is the obligation civil engineers owe the public for allowing us to practice our profession. We must continue to emphasize that when we speak out on professional issues it is as society’s trusted advisers, not as a self-interest group.

Looking internally, we need to improve civil engineering education, both the technologies and the skills of presenting our positions. Today’s four-year education program is not adequate for entry into our profession. Engineering graduates, even those with advanced degrees, need to learn why and how to keep current in a rapidly changing world. But just as important is that they have a strong grounding in the ethics that define our profession. Much of that ethics education must come from practicing professionals who present the practice to students in the context of ethical responsibilities.

Our near-term vision must reflect both the old and the new. The old is the bedrock concept of ethical responsibilities that entrusts us to act on behalf of society. The new is the search for better ideas for solving society’s civil engineering problems.

John G. Tawresey, P.E., M.ASCE   

Education

• Master’s in business administration, University of Washington, 1978
• M.S., theoretical and applied mechanics, Cornell University, 1968
• B.S., civil engineering (with distinction), Cornell University, 1966

Work experience

• KPFF Consulting Engineers, 1973–present. I was chief financial officer from 1976 until 2007. KPFF grew from a 20-person firm to over 900 people today. I continue on the KPFF board while designing and managing major building curtain-wall and masonry projects.
• Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, 1968–73

ASCE involvement

• Audit Committee (current)
• ASCE 7: Main Committee (current)
• Curriculum Committee of the Committee on the Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice (2005–06); Attitudes Task Committee of the Curriculum Committee (2005–06)
• Task Committee on Civil Engineering Specialty Certification (2004)
• President, Structural Engineering Institute (2001–03)

Other volunteer activities

• The Masonry Society Board of Direction (current)
• Bainbridge Island School Board (current)
• MSJC Masonry Standard main committee (current)
• Structural Engineers of Washington Professional Practice Committee (current)
• Insurance Liaison Committee of Council of American Structural Engineers within American Council of Engineering Companies

Vision statement: If elected, I envision influencing the ASCE Board of Direction to maintain and enhance the independence of the institutes to pursue new initiatives. I will also encourage the institutes to conform to the rest of ASCE. There is a delicate balance between independence and conformance. It is a balance that is worth the effort. I anticipate spending time helping to maintain the balance. Better communication is often a solution.

If elected, I envision participating on the ASCE Finance Committee to help maintain ASCE’s strong financial position. I currently serve on the Audit Committee.

If elected, I envision a contrary position on the role of the civil engineer in society. I believe a civil engineer can best help society by contributing opinions about technical issues to the public dialogue as opposed to politically advocating positions. We must be professional in everything we do, and often political persuasion and our code of ethics are in conflict. I am uncomfortable with raising money for political action committees. In the long run, these activities will damage our professional credibility. Being apolitical adds credibility in a partisan political world.

If elected, I will work to break down the barriers between civil engineering practitioners and civil engineering educators. We can start by raising the level of respect for each other and listening more carefully to concerns and issues. I believe it is not possible to be a professional engineer without extensive experience and mentoring by others in practice. But, the relevant education is a necessary prerequisite. We are missing many opportunities by not having more interaction between the educators and practitioners.

If elected, I will support efforts to encourage more young people to enter our profession. In today’s world, I believe that an undergraduate engineering degree is equivalent to the liberal arts degrees of the past. Parents and K–12 educators need to hear this message. As a school board member in my home community, I observe the enthusiasm of our young people about protecting the environment. But more often than not, they make no connection between their passion and civil engineering. Sometimes even worse, they see the civil engineer as the designer of environmental destruction. We need to enlighten the educators about our profession.

At-Large Director

N. Catherine Bazán-Arias, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, 1992, University of Pittsburgh
• M.S., civil engineering, 1994, University of Pittsburgh
• Ph.D., civil engineering, 1999, University of Pittsburgh

Work experience

• GAI Consultants, Inc., 1996–present
• Trimark Engineers, 1995–96
• University of Pittsburgh, 1992–96
• Paul C. Rizzo Associates, 1992

ASCE involvement

• Committee on the Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice, corresponding member, 2004–present
• Geo-Strata editor, 2005–present
• Civil Connection online magazine, columnist
• Geotechnical Group, former chair (2003–04), Pittsburgh Section
• Director (2003–06), Pittsburgh Section
• Younger Member Forum, educational outreach, newsletter editor
• Engineers Without Borders–USA, national and Pittsburgh member, 2007–present

Other volunteer activities

• American Cancer Society Board of Directors, Greater Pittsburgh Unit, 2006–present
• WQED Community Advisory Board, 2005–present
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ National Advisory Council, 2006–present
• Latin American and Caribbean Heritage Room, Nationality and Heritage Rooms, University of Pittsburgh, 2003–present

Vision statement: My vision for ASCE is for the Society to continue to promote and lead the civil engineering profession in sustainable growth and development.

By sustainable growth and development I refer to academic excellence for civil engineers today and in the future; national and global contributions to communities that need civil work support; and consistent and constant advocacy through media and political interaction for our national infrastructure investments.

To contribute to ASCE’s proactive efforts, I will continue to actively volunteer at the Geo-Strata magazine editorial board, CAP3 committee, Civil Connection e-column, and my local Pittsburgh Section activities. I think that working toward future academic, industry, and research excellence allows engineers to critically analyze and strive to improve our professional standards. Strengthening our pool of future professionals should also positively contribute to addressing issues in outsourcing, compensation levels, and commodity perceptions of our services. Related to these topics, I think that interaction with the media, the public, and government officials broadens our outreach for awareness and builds our advocacy efforts; I will continue to pursue these activities.

Recently, I became a national and Pittsburgh chapter member of Engineers Without Borders USA (ewb–USA)—what a great alliance! Civil engineers’ involvement and commitment in global sustainable development are crucial for our profession to maintain and expand our fundamental call to serve the public. These alliances, the fruit of years of dedication and savvy strategy, will increase our interaction with the public and broaden the Society’s outreach. Moreover, the ASCE/ewb–USA alliance promotes diversity and provides an opportunity for professionals to “think outside the box” in solving engineering challenges, often in communities with limited resources.

My involvement will also include promotion of new educational material and programs for high school students. Through Boston’s Museum of Science’s efforts, the Engineering the Future: Science, Technology, and the Design Process 2007 textbook brings hands-on activities to students in a format and layout that allow educators to record and monitor students’ progress. I was fortunate to be a contributor to this project and opine that adherence to the text’s curricula will build technological literacy and critical reasoning skills in high school students.

It is with honor that I accepted the nomination for at-large director and it is with commitment that I hope to serve the profession and Society that make me proud to be a civil engineer.

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Region Governors
REGION 1:

David L. Westerling, P.E., F.ASCE  

Education

• B.S.C.E., University of Massachusetts
• M.S.C.E., Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute (dissertation topic: combined sewer overflows)

Work experience

• M.W. Kellogg field engineer; U.S. Steel, Clairton, Pennsylvania; and American Oil, Texas City, Texas
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, watershed planning and engineering specialist
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers Home Administration, state engineer, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
• U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, hydraulic engineer, northeastern United States
• Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General, chief engineer
• Merrimack College, Department of Civil Engineering, associate professor

ASCE involvement

• Past president, Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section
• Congressional fellow, 1999–2000, Office of Senator Kent Conrad (D–North Dakota)
• Member, Urban Drainage Standards Committee
• Student chapter adviser
• Advisory Council member, ASCE Report Card
• Corresponding member, Committee on Critical Infrastructure

Other volunteer activities

• Elected official, Harvard town moderator, Harvard, Massachusetts
• Member, Harvard Lions Club
• Trustee, Harvard Conservation Trust
• Steering Committee member, Massachusetts Infrastructure Investment Coalition

REGION 2:

Robert A. Victor, P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• M.S., civil engineering, University of Illinois, 1995
• B.S., civil engineering, University of Michigan, 1993 (summa cum laude)

Work experience

• DMJM Harris, Pittsburgh, 2005–present: project manager on bridge and roadway transportation projects
• Jacobs Engineering (formerly Sverdrup), St. Louis, Seattle, Baltimore, New Delhi, India, and Mumbai, India, 1995–2005: structural engineer on bridge, mass transit, and lock and dam projects; project manager on bridge projects; operations management.
• Professional engineer in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia

ASCE involvement

• Committee on Government Affairs: chair (2005-present), member (2002–05), and liaison to National Engineering Practice Policy Committee (2004–05)
• Committee on Professional Practice: member (2001–06), liaison to NationalCommittee on Community Volunteer Service (2001–04), and liaison to National Committee on Career Development (2004–06)
• Committee on State Government Relations: ex officio member (2005–present)
• Task Force on Political Involvement: member (2005–07)
• Task Committee on Branding: member (2008–present)
• Committee on Career Development: member (2000–01)
• Pittsburgh Section: director (2007–present)
• St. Louis Section: chair, Program Committee (1997–99)

REGION 3:

Stephen C. Chizek, P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1993
• Licensed professional engineer in Michigan and Tennessee

Work experience

• 2007–present: Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.
• 2002–07: Biltmore Properties
• 1997–2002: Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.
• 1994–97: City of Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1993–94: Midwestern Consulting

ASCE involvement

• 2005–present: Region 3 governor
• 2003–06: Ann Arbor Branch director
• 2003–04: District 7 chairperson
• 2002–03: Michigan Section president
• 1999–2005: District 7 Council
• 1998–2004: Michigan Section board member
• 1996–97: University of Michigan chapter adviser
• 1996–97: Ann Arbor Branch president
• 1994–98: Ann Arbor Branch board member
• 1993–94: Ann Arbor Branch meeting coordinator
• 1991–93: Michigan Tech chapter Concrete Canoe chair

Other volunteer activities

• 2003–present: Ypsilanti Area Meals on Wheels board member
• 2006: City of Ann Arbor precinct closing supervisor
• 2006: Michigan Ability Partners volunteer technical adviser
• 2005: Habitat for Humanity volunteer
• 1994–2002: Dexter and Ann Arbor schools guest speaker
• 1997: Ypsilanti High School Engineering Club adviser

John A. Frauenhoffer, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, University of Illinois, 1975
• M.S., civil engineering, University of Illinois, 1979

Work experience

• Project manager, Clark Dietz Engineers, Urbana, Illinois, 1975–80
• President, Frauenhoffer and Associates, PC Consulting Engineers, Champaign, Illinois, 1980–present

ASCE involvement

• Past chairman, Technical Council on Forensic Engineering
• Past chairman, Committee on the Dissemination of Failure Information, Technical Council on Forensic Engineering
• Editorial board member, Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
• Past board member, Architectural Engineering Institute
• Past liaison to the University of Illinois student chapter
• Member, East Branch, Central Illinois Section

Other volunteer activities

• Champaign County United Way Board of Direction
• Chairman, City of Champaign Building Code Review Committee
• Member, Village of Savoy Building Code Appeals Board

REGION 4:

Sandra N. Knight, P.E., M.ASCE 

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1986

Work experience

• Florida Department of Transportation: construction and project management, 1987–93
• Cook & Spencer Consultants: project manager, 1993–96
• City of Chattanooga: engineering design manager, 1996
• Bradley County: county engineer, 1996–present

ASCE involvement

• 2006–09: member, Committee on Professional Practice
• 2006–09: member, Policy Review Committee
• 2007–10: member, Engineering Practice Policy Committee
• 2005–08: Region 4 governor
• 2004–05: District 9 chair
• 2004–present: Tennessee Section secretary
• 2002–06: Tennessee Section Awards chair
• 2000–01: Tennessee Section president
• 1999: chairman, Tennessee Section Annual Meeting

Other volunteer activities

• 2004–07: Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE)/National Society of Professional Engineers regional director/House of Delegates
• 2003–04: TSPE state president
• 2000–01: general chair, Chattanooga Area Engineers Week
• 2000–02: TSPE Chattanooga Area president
• 1999–2003: TSPE State Board of Directors
• 1998–present: Economic Development Council for the City of Cleveland and Bradley County
• 2001–present: Industrial Technical Advisory Council for Cleveland State Community College
• 2007–10: International Code Council, governmental delegate

Thomas M. Mlot, P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• M.S., civil engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Work experience

• Pavement and storm-water design
• Dam inspections
• Facility audits pertaining to asphalt, roof, structural, electrical, and mechanical systems
• Managed Virginia Power’s pavement management program
• Managed company’s Green Lights Program
• Managed energy upgrades at two corporate data centers
• Manage data center facilities

ASCE involvement

• Student chapter at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Rose through the ranks in the Virginia Section’s Richmond Branch
• Rose through the ranks in the Virginia Section
• Currently governor, Region 4

Other volunteer activities

• Christmas in April

David B. Peterson, P.E., F.ASCE 

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1982
• B.A., political science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1983

Work experience

• Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina: structures project manager
• More than 25 years of experience with bridges and other structures
• Worked on more than 400 bridges in 10 states with consulting firms
• American Road and Transportation Builders Association Young Executive Development Program, 2001
• Registered professional engineer in eight states: North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee (inactive), and Maryland

ASCE involvement

• Past president, North Carolina Section
• Past president, Eastern Branch, North Carolina Section
• ASCE representative on North Carolina Transportation Leadership Team
• North Carolina Section infrastructure report card author for dams and bridges
• Vice president, North Carolina Section, program chair
• 150th anniversary champion for Eastern Branch, North Carolina Section
• Coeditor of Man-Made Marvels—Civil Engineering in North Carolina
• Cochair, Man-Made Marvels exhibit, North Carolina Museum of History
• Past chair, North Carolina Section History and Heritage Committee
• Past chair, North Carolina Section Structural Technical Group

Other volunteer activities

• North Carolina/Department of Transportation/CEC Bridge Subcommittee member
• North Carolina/CEC Transportation Committee member
• Sunday school teacher
• Christian Service Brigade chairman

REGION 5:

Kenneth J. Fridley, Ph.D., M.ASCE

Education

• Ph.D., Auburn University, 1990
• Master of science in engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1986
• B.S., civil engineering, Washington State University, 1985

Work experience

• Professor and head (2003–present), Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama
• Associate dean of research (2001–03), Hughes College of Engineering, University of Nevada at Las Vegas
• Professor (1999–2001) and associate professor (1994–99), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University
• Assistant professor (1992–94), School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma
• Assistant professor of wood engineering (1990–92), Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University

ASCE involvement

• Member, Department Heads Executive Council (2007–present)
• Member, Region 5 Board of Governors (2006–present)
• Member, Committee on the Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice (2007–08)
• Committee on the Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice consultant to National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying’s B+30 Task Force (2007–present)
• Chair, Body of Knowledge Educational Fulfillment Committee (2007–present)
  Vice-chair, Body of Knowledge II Committee (2005–present)

Other volunteer activities

• Member, American National Standards Institute/American Forest and Paper Association Wood Design Standards Committee (2001–present)
• Member, American Society for Engineering Education (1990–present)
• Member, Structural Engineers Emergency Response Committee, Structural Engineers Association of Alabama (2004–present)

William P. Grogan, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• B.C.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1984
• M.S., Mississippi State University, 1991
• Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1999

Work experience

• Civil engineer, Department of Public Works, Fort McPherson, Georgia, 1984–86
• Research civil engineer, Airfields and Pavements Division, Geotechnical Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1986–2001
• Chief, Concrete and Materials Branch, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2001–05
• Deputy director, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2005–present

ASCE involvement

• Vicksburg Branch vice president: 1995
• Vicksburg Branch president: 1996
• Mississippi Section president: 1997
• Mississippi director: 1998–2001
• Mississippi Section awards chairman: 2001–04

Other volunteer activities

• Judges cochair, Clinton, Mississippi, Junior Miss Program
• Judge, Junior Miss Program
• Neighborhood Association officer
• Mississippi Blues Marathon volunteer

REGION 6:

Crespin Guzman, P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• U.S. Army, Fort Belvoir, construction surveying, 1963
• Texas Southmost Junior College, Brownsville, 1966–67
• University of Texas, Austin, B.S.C.E., 1971
• University of Texas, Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1977–79

Work experience

• Balli & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Brownsville, Texas, 1971–72
• Quilio Engineering Company, Brownsville, Texas, 1973–77
• City of Austin, Texas: public works, 1978; water/wastewater, 1983–2003
• Claunch & Miller, Inc., Engineering Consultants, Austin and San Antonio, 2003

ASCE involvement

• Austin Branch, 1980–present: president, 1990–91; state director
• Texas Section: board director, vice president for educational activities, president elect, president (2004–05), past president, Past Presidents Council chair
• National level: member of Committee on Equal Opportunity Programs, Committee on Diversity and Career Guidance, and Committee on Diversity and Women in Civil Engineering
• Region 6 Nominations Committee

Other volunteer activities

• American Water Works Association, 1983–2007: Texas section, Education Committee, committee chair, Diversity and Reclaimed Water
• American Public Works Association: member
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Austin chapter, 1985–present: founding member, 1985; president, 1996
• Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering, Austin, Texas, 1980–2007: local president; state board director; state board chair, 2001

Marc A. Long, P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• B.S.C.E., University of Oklahoma, 1990

Work experience

• 2003–present: business development leader, Tetra Tech, Inc., Oklahoma City
• 1994–2003: vice president, Cobb Engineering Company, Oklahoma City
• 1990–94: project engineer/project manager, Cobb Engineering Company, Oklahoma City
• 1989–90: engineer intern, Cobb Engineering Company, Oklahoma City

ASCE involvement

• 1987–90: Student chapter, University of Oklahoma, secretary, treasurer, vice president, president
• 1990–97: Oklahoma City Branch, Younger Members chairman, secretary, treasurer, vice president, president
• 1997–2002: Oklahoma Section, board member at large, branch board member, president-elect, president (two terms), past president

Other volunteer activities

• 2001–present: Oklahoma City West Rotary Club, board member (2005–present)
• 1994–present: ACEC

REGION 7:

Jeffrey Lynn Fouse, P.E., F.ASCE 

Education

• B.S.C.E., Ohio State University, 1975
• M.S.C.E., University of Texas at Austin, 1984

Work experience

• Structural designer, M.W. Kellogg, 1975–78
• Graduate research assistant, University of Texas at Austin, 1978–81
• Geotechnical engineer, McClelland Engineers, 1981–87
• Geotechnical project manager, Woodward-Clyde Consultants, 1987–94
• Consulting engineer, 1994–97
• Geotechnical project manager, Reitz & Jens, Inc., 1997–present

ASCE involvement

• St. Louis Section, Technical Activities chair
• St. Louis Section, treasurer, secretary, vice president, president-elect, president
• Chair, District 16 Council
• Region 7 governor

Other volunteer activities

• Former Scout leader
• Former CEC-Missouri delegate to Board of Missouri SAVE Coalition
• Deacon, Chatham Bible Church
• Local school and political activities

D. Vaughan Griffiths, Ph.D., Sc.D., P.E., CEng, F.ASCE

Education

• B.Sc., University of Manchester, United Kingdom
• M.S., University of California at Berkeley
• Ph.D., University of Manchester, United Kingdom
• Sc.D., University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Work experience

• Dames and Moore, site engineer
• Geotechnical consultant (site investigations in Europe, Africa, and the MiddleEast)
• University of Manchester, United Kingdom (lecturer, senior lecturer)
• Princeton University (senior Fulbright scholar)
• Colorado School of Mines (professor)
• University of Sydney, Australia (Coffey visitor)
• University of Canterbury, United Kingdom (Erskine fellow)
• Author of nearly 200 research papers and three textbooks

ASCE involvement

• Colorado Section president (2000–01)
• Cochair of Geo-Denver 2007
• Member of Geo-Institute technical committees
• Region 7 governor (2007–present)
• Provide ASCE continuing education seminars on finite-element and risk assessment methodologies in geotechnical engineering

Other volunteer activities

• Professional engineer (Colorado)
• Chartered engineer, United Kingdom
• Member, Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom

REGION 8:

Ronald H. Borowski, M.ASCE

Education

• B.S.C.E., Newark College of Engineering
• M.S., transportation planning, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute

Work experience

• More than 30 years of experience improving mobility in the transportation industry
• Currently freight program manager for the City of Seattle responsible for truck, rail, and port programs
• Senior project manager on bridge, road, and transit projects in the Seattle Engineering Department
• City’s project manager for the preliminary planning and design of the $486-million Downtown Seattle Transit Project bus tunnel
• Transportation project manager for HDR, Seattle

ASCE involvement

• Past president, Seattle Section
• First Leadership Training Program and “Fly In,” Washington, D.C.
• Facilitated section’s 150th anniversary celebration
• Initiated ASCE’s Alaskan Way Viaduct Project Expert Review Panel
• Facilitated creation of Larry Wade Scholarship Fund
• Chair, Infrastructure and Transportation Committee
• Produced section’s first local infrastructure report card
• Served on various section committees (ports and waterways, awards, legislative affairs, scholarships, mentor program, bridge contest)
• Represented Seattle Section in Pacific Northwest Council

Other volunteer activities

• Past vice president, Colorado/Wyoming section, ITE

Vision statement: My vision for the Society is to support our current and future membership by increasing the recognition of the importance of the civil engineering profession to our quality of life, maintaining our environment, and valuing sustainable development. I believe in continuing professional development—keeping the pencil sharpened—so that we can maintain compensation levels that attract new members and retain existing ones with salaries competitive with other professional salaries.

As Region 8 governor, I will focus on these three areas to support the aspirations of our Society to 1) improve the status of the members, 2) maintain and expand technical proficiency and ability to prosper in a multidisciplinary world, and 3) capture the interests of the assigned sections, younger members, and student chapters.

I will communicate vertically with the assigned sections and branches and Society staff, and horizontally with the Region 8 governors. I intend to listen, inform, and share perspectives via visits, e-mails, and the telephone. I will serve in an advisory role as a conduit of information.

I am interested in serving ASCE and Region 8 by building on past relationships and cultivating new relationships with my peers.

Stacy J. Frost, P.E., M.ASCE 

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, Oregon State University, 2001

Work experience

• HDJ Design Group, Vancouver, Washington, 2001–present
• Project manager and project engineer on numerous site development projects in
• Washington and Oregon
• Registered professional engineer in Washington and Oregon

ASCE involvement

• Oregon Section: past president (2007–08), president (2006–07), president-elect (2005–06)
• Founding member, Oregon Section Government Relations Committee
• Attended 2006 ASCE “Fly In”
• Oregon Section 2006 outstanding young engineer of the year
• Oregon Younger Member Forum: past president (2004–05), president (2003–04), president-elect (2002–03)
• Director, Oregon Younger Member Forum Golf  Classic (2002–04)
• Oregon State University student chapter: president (2001), vice president (2000)

Other volunteer activities

• Team member, 2008 Oregon Food Bank CanStruction Build
• Member, Evergreen School District Pre-engineering Advisory Committee
• Member, Oregon Civil Engineering Co-op Program board
• Member, engineeringgreen07 Committee
• Chair, 2007 Oregon OPTIONS for Girls Scholarship Committee
• Master of ceremonies, 2007 Vancouver Business Journal Accomplished under 40 (class of 2006)
• Session captain, Leadership Clark County (2006 graduate)
• Oregon and southwest Washington ZOOM into Engineering (2002–06)
• Keynote speaker, 2005 Oregon State University CCEE Scholars Dinner

Vision statement: A personal goal of mine has always been to promote the profession of civil engineering and increase the public’s awareness of the importance of the work that we do. ASCE does an excellent job of promoting our great profession, and what really makes ASCE a great organization is its members. Collectively, we have a wealth of knowledge and experience and we just need to learn to communicate our ideas to the public and each other.

My goal is to strengthen the lines of communication between the sections/branches/ymf/student chapters of Region 8 and the Board of Governors. I believe we need to continue to inform our members about what resources the governors can provide and how they play a vital role in connecting the members of Region 8 to the Society level of ASCE.

I plan to help establish outreach, fund-raising, government relations, and membership programs that have been successful in other sections/branches/ymf/student chapters. As governor, I would promote and facilitate the constant exchange of ideas between groups of the region so that everyone could benefit from successful programs. I am devoted to serving the members of Region 8 and would be grateful for your support.

Erika Pratley Moonin, P.E., D.WRE, M.ASCE

Education

• B.S.C.E., University of Nevada at Las Vegas, 1994
• In progress, master’s in public administration, 30 credits of master’s-level courses completed through Oklahoma University, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and University of Phoenix

Work experience

• Engineering project manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas (2004–present)
• Senior civil engineer, Las Vegas Valley Water District, Las Vegas, (1996–2004)
• Civil engineer, CH2M HILL, Inc. (1994–96)

ASCE involvement

• Committee on Professional Practice: member and liaison to Committee on Leadership and Management (1994–present)
• American Academy of Water Resources Engineers Board of Trustees: trustee and chair of Admissions Committee (2007–present)
• Environmental and Water Resources Institute/Civil Engineering Certification Board Specialty Certification Development Committee: corresponding member (2003–04)
• Pacific Southwest Council: chair (2003–04)
• Southern Nevada Branch: board positions ranging from treasurer to past president (2000–05)
• University of Nevada at Las Vegas student chapter: board positions ranging from treasurer to president (1992–94)

Other volunteer activities

• Las Vegas Region Future City Competition Committee: judging coordinator (2000–04)
• Event volunteer: Arthritis Foundation (1998–2000) and Diabetes Foundation (2002)

Vision statement: Serving the ASCE membership and serving the civil engineering profession are the two main guiding principles that I keep in the forefront when I am engaging in any of ASCE’s activities, from developing products and services for the members to organizing and conducting an outreach event at the local level. One of the key tasks of the ASCE Region 8 governors is to be a conduit for effective communication between the ASCE board and the members of the local sections/branches that comprise Region 8.

With my background and knowledge in working in the ASCE geographic units, board-level committees, and the institutes, I am confident I will be able to use this broad range of ASCE experience to benefit Region 8 and the ASCE membership. I have volunteered for ASCE since 1992 in various leadership positions beginning with the UNLV student chapter, Southern Nevada Branch, and Nevada Section. I have spent the past four years serving on the Committee on Professional Practice as a committee member and liaison to the Committee on Leadership and Management. In addition, I have actively participated on the Environmental and Water Resources Institute committee that developed the diplomate in water resources certification program and now serve as a trustee on the board of trustees for the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers.

I am honored to be considered as a candidate for the Region 8 governor and I am willing and eager to serve in this capacity, if elected. Volunteering for ASCE provides me an opportunity to give back to my profession, which I find to be truly rewarding.

REGION 9:

Shahnawaz Ahmad, P.E., M.ASCE

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, University of Karachi, Pakistan, 1969
• M.S., sanitary engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1971

Work experience

• President, SA Associates, 1989–present
• ASL Consulting Engineers
• James M. Montgomery, Consulting Engineers, Inc. (now MWH) 
• Brown and Caldwell         

ASCE involvement

• Nominating Committee, Los Angeles Section, 2008
• President, Los Angeles Section, 2003–04
• Committee on Employment Conditions, 1992–96
• Committee on Standards of Practice, 1988–91
• Vice president, Los Angeles Section, 1989
• Delegate, California Legislative Council of Professional Engineers, 1989–93
• President’s Award, Los Angeles Section, 1989
• Professional Practice Committee, Los Angeles Section, 1981–90; chair, 1986–90
• Committee on Review of the ASCE Manual of Professional Practice for Quality in the Constructed Project, Los Angeles Section, 1987–88
• Committee on How to Reverse Trend towards Bidding, Los Angeles Section, 1984–85

Other volunteer activities

• American Public Works Association, Southern California chapter: president, 2003; delegate, 2004–present
• Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California, Los Angeles County chapter: president, 2000–01; state director, 2003–present
• Member, American Consulting Engineers Council
• Member, American Water Works Association
• Member, California Water Pollution Control Association
• Member, Southern California Water Utilities Association
• Member, Water Environment Federation

REGION 10:

Emmanuel A. Adeyemo, Ph.D., CEng, F.ASCE 

Education

• Ph.D., civil engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria 2002
• M.Sc., civil engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 1989
• B.Sc., civil engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 1987

Work experience

• Managing principal, Pheman Peniel Consultants, Lagos, Nigeria (1997–present)
• Associate partner, Advanced Engineering Consultants, Lagos, Nigeria (1991–97)
• Civil/structural engineer, International Civil Engineering Consultants, Lagos, Nigeria (1989–91)
• Student engineer, Abeokuta North Local Government, Abeokuta, Nigeria (1987–88)

ASCE involvement

• President, Nigeria International Group
• ASCE 150th anniversary champion
• Active in member recruitment
• Member of student chapters in Nigeria
• Introduced electronic library to members in Nigeria
• Counseling and training of young members
• Planning committee for the formation of the Nigeria International Group

Other volunteer activities

• Technical adviser, Engineers Without Borders–USA
• Liaison for Nigeria, Engineers Without Borders–USA
• Consulting partner, Global Water Partnership, Sweden
• Steering Committee member, West Africa Water Partnership
• President/founder, Africa Infrastructure Foundation
• Chair, Nigeria Water Partnership
• Professional development programs for the Nigerian Society of Engineers
• Secretary, Second Niger Bridge Committee, Nigerian Society of Engineers
• Secretary, Road Sector, Transportation Association of Nigeria
• Secretary, Rail Sector, Transportation Association of Nigeria
• Member, Committee on Stabilised Earth Bricks, Standards Organisation of Nigeria

Vision statement: I will work passionately toward a Region 10 with the largest ASCE membership base and improve on the initial efforts to make ASCE the flagship professional body globally.

More international groups and sections will be formed in Region 10 countries in a way to ensure that international members are networked for global civil engineering opportunities such as jobs, business connections/partnerships, and professional engagements in a globalized world.

The wideness and diversities of Region 10 will be explored to sustainably globalize ASCE and its core professional values through the application of information and communication technologies and the implementation of strategically designed international outreaches and exchange programs.

Through working with other region governors, I will ensure that the national engineering societies of Region 10 countries establish alliances/working agreement with ASCE for mutual development, professional synergy, and deployment of best practices in civil engineering to the region.

By a special arrangement with the relevant committees of ASCE, Region 10 members will have access to the rich civil engineering resources—that is, journals, report, codes, et cetera—of ASCE at rates that will justify their economic classifications and also be represented at ASCE annual conferences in larger numbers. 

Pratim Kumar Ghose, CEng, F.ASCE

Education

• B.Sc., physics, University of Calcutta, India
• B.Sc., civil engineering, London University

Work experience

• Disputes review expert, two World Bank–funded contracts (HCMC, Vietnam), 2004–08
• Parsons Brinckerhoff Asia Ltd., Krung Thep (Bangkok), Thailand: Delhi Airport Extension, Bangkok Mass Transit System, and Suvarnabhumi Airport (Thai Airways facilities), 2003–08
• Senior consultant and arbitrator, Stewart Engineers Ltd., Krung Thep (Bangkok), Thailand, 2000–03
• Senior contracts manager, Airport Authority Hong Kong, 1993–99
• Independent consultant, Pypun–Howard Humphreys Ltd., Hong Kong, and Howard Humphreys & Partners, United Kingdom, 1989–93
• United Kingdom and Ireland: civil and structural engineering and project management, 1961–89

ASCE involvement

• President and treasurer, Thailand International Section, 2002–present
• Winner: top membership, international section, 2004
• Winner: Member-Get-a-Member Drive, 2005
• Winner: outstanding section and branch, 2005
• Winner: outstanding membership chair nominator, 2006

Other volunteer activities

• Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom
• Fellow, Institution of Engineers of Ireland
• Fellow, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
• Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London
• Member and registered mediator, Academy of Experts, London
• Member, Disputes Resolution Board Foundation, Seattle
• Vice-chairman and treasurer, Institution of Civil Engineers–Thailand Local Association
• Honorary treasurer, Society of Professional Engineers Thailand
  Committee member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Association, Thailand

Vision statement: I accepted the nomination, initially generated by the International Activities Committee chair, only because I considered myself to fulfill all of the criteria for an elected Region 10 governor as set out so clearly by the current Region 10 chair.

My visions, if I am honored to be elected, are all based on recent e-mail exchanges with the current Region 10 chair. These in particular are:

• Region 10 is a new concept in the overall governance structure of the Society. As such, the Board of Governors is expected to set the direction of the region, especially considering the various conditions of activities, and lack of such in some cases, of the current 31 international sections and groups. This is a challenge I can easily take up to help the Board of Governors improve the operations of Region 10.
• Since the region was just created recently, the chair has identified his major task to be coming out with a Region 10 funding mechanism and budget to support the operations of the Board of Governors. In this regard, I can offer my expertise to the chair to assist the chair in formulating a Region 10 funding mechanism and budget.

Tai Sik Lee, Ph.D., P.E., A.M.ASCE

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 1978
• M.S., civil engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1983
• Ph.D., civil engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1990

Work experience

• Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea, 1993–present
• Chairman, Project Management Technology and Education Center, 2006–present
• Dean, Graduate School of Industrial Management Engineering and Design, Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea, 2004–06
• Director, Construction Management Division, Korea Institute of Construction Technology, 1990–94
• Chief site manager, Samsung Construction Co., Seoul, South Korea, 1978–81

ASCE involvement

• Member, Construction Research Council, 2000–present
• Scientific and Technical Committee, Earth and Space 2008, 2007–present

Other volunteer activities

• Vice president, Korean Society of Civil Engineers, 2006–07
• Vice president, Korean Society for Railway, 2005–07
• President, Korea Association of Procurement and Supply Management, 2005–06
• Executive director, National Research Laboratory, 2000–05
• Executive director, International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction, 2004
• President, Korean Institute of Construction Engineering Management, 2001–03

Vision statement: I, a professor and committee member of various international and domestic civil engineering organizations, have worked on the development of the civil engineering profession.

As a Region 10 governor, I would contribute all my knowledge to develop the civil engineering professional. Coalition with our vision between the United States’ and all other countries’ civil engineering societies will create research networks for industry. And I will be the one who makes it realistic. Based on my experience in the Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region, I will create a global research cooperation system between ASCE international regions. Moreover, to train international professional civil engineers, I will develop the civil engineering academic and industrial programs for future civil engineers.

Countries can collaborate together successfully on laws, projects, industries, and symposia during 10 years I serve as a representative of Korea. Thus, I can expand more countries’ collaboration as the Region 10 governor. The future civil engineering goal can be achieved.

As you see the vision in this statement, it is the same as ASCE’s. ASCE is the organization for the civil engineer and now contributes efforts on developing the civil engineering profession, civil technology, policy, and management information. These advanced supports require various civil field and research experience which I have.

Mostafa M. Soliman, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE

Education

• B.S., civil engineering, Cairo University, 1953
• M.S., civil engineering, Colorado State University, 1957
• Ph.D., civil engineering, Utah State University, 1959

Work experience

• Irrigation engineer in Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation, 1953–56
• Lecturer, Ain Shams University, 1960–64
• Visiting professor, Washington State University, 1964–66
• Associate professor, Ain Shams University, 1967–72
• Professor and head of Hydraulics and Irrigation Department, Ain Shams University, 1972–present
• Emeritus president, Ain Shams University, 1988–present
• Research consultant to United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization
• Designed major reclamation projects in Egypt and other countries

ASCE involvement

• Past president, Egypt Section
• Presented papers and chaired several sessions at ASCE conferences
• Member, International Activities Committee
• Contributed to scientific agreement between ASCE and Egyptian Society of Irrigation Engineers

Other volunteer activities

• President, Egyptian Society of Irrigation Engineers
• Member, Board of Egyptian Society of Engineers
• Member, Board of Directors of National Water Research Center
• Member: Academy of Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Hydrology, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research, and International Association of Hydrogeologists

Vision statement: I believe that my vision for the Society’s plans and activities should cope mainly with the statement that engineers as global leaders have to build a better quality of life, or more specifically, the aspirational vision is to create a sustainable world and enhance the global quality of life. This can also be planned with other international societies in order to achieve the main goals of civil engineers around the world as given below.

Civil engineers should serve competently, collaboratively, and ethically and should master the following:

• Planners, designers, constructors, and operators of society’s economic and social engine that builds the environment;
• Stewards of the natural environment and its resources;
• Innovators and integrators of ideas and technology across the public, private, and academic sectors;
• Managers of risk and uncertainty caused by natural events and other threats; and
• Leaders in discussions and decisions shaping public environmental and infrastructure policy.

As for the Region 10 governor, members should consider the aforementioned principles, especially as they deal with ethics. This is beside other regional responsibilities toward regional members.

SITUATION: Information concerning the indictment of an ASCE member for money laundering and violations of state campaign spending laws is forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct (CPC). The indictment alleges that the member in question, a principal of a large engineering firm, had donated to the political campaigns of several state and city officials in amounts that greatly exceeded the statutory limit for individual campaign donations. It further states that the member effected these unlawful contributions by falsely submitting donations in the names of numerous friends, employees, and family members.

In all, the indictment links several hundred thousand dollars in campaign donations to the ASCE member and other principals of his engineering firm, several of whom also are indicted on campaign spending and money laundering charges. Investigation reports indicate that, at the time of these alleged unlawful donations, the ASCE member’s firm had secured engineering contracts worth millions of dollars from public officials whose campaigns had benefited from the donations.

The ASCE member enters a plea of nolo contendere (no contest) to the criminal allegations and receives a sentence of community service and payment of a substantial fine.

QUESTION: Did the ASCE member’s actions in contributing funds under false names to circumvent state campaign donation limits violate ASCE’s Code of Ethics?

DECISION: At the time of the investigation, canon 6 of the code read as follows: “Engineers shall act in such a manner as to uphold and enhance the honor, integrity, and dignity of the engineering profession.” Moreover, canon 5 had this to say: “Engineers shall build their professional reputation on the merit of their services and shall not compete unfairly with others.” The guidelines to practice for that canon further stated that “engineers shall not give, solicit, or receive, either directly or indirectly, any political contribution, gratuity, or unlawful consideration in order to secure work.”

The ASCE member contended that he had never donated money in excess of the campaign spending laws and that the state court’s acceptance of the nolo contendere plea did not amount to a criminal conviction. He also explained that, under state law, following his performance of the terms of his plea, all reference to the charges would be expunged from his record. He further added that the conciliation agreement signed by him and the state’s campaign finance commission expressly stated that the settlement was not an admission of guilt, misconduct, or liability for the alleged offenses. With respect to the canon 5 strictures against unfair competition, the member pointed out that none of the state’s filings or documentation had alleged any improper benefit to him or his firm in exchange for the campaign donations.

The CPC, however, was not persuaded by the member’s arguments. Its members believed that court documents and other evidence from state prosecutors had established the member’s complicity in a classic “pay to play” operation whereby firms that offered political contributions to elected officials were given favorable treatment in contract procurement.

The CPC found that the ASCE member had violated canons 5 and 6 of the Code of Ethics and recommended that he be expelled from the Society. The case was referred to the Executive Committee, which staged a full hearing in accordance with what was then subsection 4.0.6 of the Society’s rules of policy and procedure. The hearing was held in the member’s state of residence and was attended by CPC members, representatives of the state’s campaign finance commission, and legal counsel for the ASCE member.

After hearing arguments from both sides of the case, the Executive Committee voted in favor of the cpc’s recommendations and moved to forward the matter to the full Board of Direction for final disposition. However, before the board could meet on the matter, the member submitted a letter tendering his resignation from the Society. The board voted to accept the member’s resignation with prejudice toward readmission, and notice of the hearing and of the member’s resignation was published in a Society publication.

Members who have an ethics question or would like to file a complaint with the Committee on Professional Conduct may call ASCE’s hotline at (703) 295-6061 or (800) 548-ASCE (2723), extension 6061. The attorneys staffing this line can provide advice on how to handle an ethics issue or file a complaint. Please note that individual facts and circumstances vary from case to case and that the general summary information contained in these case studies is not to be construed as a precedent binding upon the Society.

NOTICES
On March 31, 2008, Ronald K. Wilson of Birmingham, Alabama, forfeited his membership for nonpayment of dues, with prejudice toward readmission to the Society, following notification by the Committee on Professional Conduct that it was investigating the possibility that he had violated canons 4, 5, and 6 of ASCE’s Code of Ethics.
On April 30, 2008, as a result of proceedings conducted in accordance with article 3 of the Society’s bylaws, the Board of Direction found that Edward T. Key, Jr., and F.W. Dougherty of Birmingham, Alabama, had acted in violation of canons 4, 5, and 6 of ASCE’s Code of Ethics and voted to expel them from the Society.

ASCE and Engineers Without Borders–USA: Reaching Out Together

Today, more than 6.5 billion people populate the globe, and for many, meeting the basic needs of life is a continuous challenge: 1.6 billion people do not have safe drinking water, adequate shelter, or reliable power; 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation; and 3.4 billion do not have adequate access to information or modern means of communication.

Our profession is committed to applying our knowledge and experience to help solve the biggest problems facing our world today. In 2002, when Bernard Amadei, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, established Engineers Without Borders–USA (EWB–USA), he was seeking to address these widespread problems at the local level by bringing together professionals, student engineers, and local residents.

Since last November, ASCE has been affiliated with EWB–USA through a formal agreement adopted by our Board of Direction. This relationship offers great benefits to ASCE’s professional members and student members alike, affording them opportunities to participate in EWB projects. ASCE’s relationship with EWB is also a tremendous benefit to our profession. By providing engineering expertise and assistance through the participation of civil engineers and engineering students, ASCE and EWB are both winners. Our two organizations share the goals of making the world a better place, helping others, and improving the engineering profession. And both are dedicated to preparing civil engineers for practice in the global environment, enriching the civil engineering educational experience, enhancing the public image of engineering, and expanding the diversity of the profession.

The link between ASCE and EWB creates a valuable channel through which our members can reach out to help needy communities, avail themselves of opportunities for hands-on service to others, and see firsthand the difference they are making in the daily lives of those who are less fortunate. For example, the University of Maryland has dispatched a team of students led by a professor and an engineer specializing in sustainable environmental engineering to Brazil to study water supply and sanitation. The group constructed a reinforced water tank with a pump system to provide sufficient pressure in distribution lines and a chlorination unit to provide drinking water.

It’s a natural fit for us to work together to further each other’s goals and activities to enhance the welfare of humanity. EWB activities range from constructing sustainable systems that developing communities can own and operate without external assistance to enhancing the technical, managerial, and entrepreneurial abilities of residents in poorer communities. The projects are initiated and carried through to completion with the assistance of members of the host community, who work alongside members of EWB project teams. Professionals, students, and residents work together to create economical engineering projects that conform to the principles of sustainable development.

As they work with faculty members and professional engineers, students have an opportunity to participate in successful engineering projects from beginning to end. In addition to solving technical problems and participating in discussions concerning planning and financing, they learn a thing or two about communication, in this case with people from a different culture. Professional members apply their years of experience to benefit others in ways that can improve the quality of life of people in poorer countries. Everyone gains knowledge that broadens his or her understanding of engineering practices.

In Indonesia, Duke University has organized a group to help rebuild fish and shrimp hatcheries destroyed by the tsunami that ravaged the area in December 2004 with its 30 ft (9.1 m) wall of water. A local nongovernmental organization will organize the actual construction of the hatcheries. The Duke team designed mechanical aerators for the hatcheries, an energy source for the aerators, and mesh that will be placed along the shore to prevent further erosion.

A team from the University of California at San Diego spearheaded a project in El Salvador to find a way to fund and complete the construction of a bridge sufficiently robust to withstand the rainy season and allow passage in an area where water ordinarily covers the road, blocking the movement of people and supplies. When the community asked the local government to make repairs to the road, the mayor supported the request but did not have sufficient funds for a bridge project.

The University of Tulsa is behind a plan to install a three-source sustainable energy system in northeastern China. Small-scale solar, wind, and hydroelectric power systems are planned for a common power conversion and control unit. The power generation devices, designed by the EWB Tulsa chapter, will be built on-site from components that for the most part are available within the province. Because of the remoteness of the area, electricity has been neither reliable nor affordable.

ASCE is committed to providing its members with opportunities to apply their expertise and skill to make a difference. Students in particular are drawn to programs that serve others, and EWB is an exciting motivator for young people planning a career in civil engineering. The partnership not only benefits developing communities by providing sustainable solutions to everyday problems but also gives students and professionals an opportunity for personal and professional growth.

This year ASCE approved a donation of 20 percent of the Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) program’s sponsorship funds to EWB. ASCE also helps to sponsor such EWB programs as its annual international conference. Conversely, ASCE members receive a discount on their EWB dues when they join as an ASCE member.

Through our agreement, ASCE is providing significant management assistance to EWB. ASCE helps drive both organizations forward by providing legal, financial, administrative, technical, and membership support. ASCE works with EWB on conference planning and international activities and also assists with the technical database created for the various development projects. ASCE has two seats on EWB’s governing board and assists with governing documents and budgets.

Firms that employ engineers also benefit from these volunteer opportunities through the training and experience that young people acquire. For engineering firms, EWB can be the path that can help them fulfill corporate social responsibility goals. Firms that specialize in building bridges can sponsor bridge projects. Companies that focus on renewable energy can offer funds and equipment for sun-powered lighting in poorer communities. This commitment to improving conditions in other countries is valued by clients and employees. Engineers are proud to work for companies that support humanitarian efforts.

As ASCE focuses on preparing our profession for success in a global economy, our affiliation with EWB contributes to the strength and stature of civil engineering. By encouraging each of our members to join and participate in EWB, ASCE is better serving the needs of our membership.

—David G. Mongan, P.E., F.ASCE

We are all aware of the recent tragedies in China and Myanmar (Burma). ASCE’s president, David G. Mongan, P.E., F.ASCE, recently sent a letter of condolence to the president of the China Civil Engineering Society on behalf of ASCE and all of our members. Moreover, ASCE’s Earthquake Investigation Committee—part of the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering—is considering sending a team of five experts from within ASCE’s ranks to Chengdu to collect data on lifeline performance that can be used in making lifelines more resilient. (Lifelines include water pipelines, gas mains, electric power lines, and highways.)  The performance of such facilities as hospitals and police stations also will be studied.

I hope that the celebrations in April honoring the winners of this year’s Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) awards will inspire you to nominate candidates for the lifetime achievement awards that will be bestowed in 2009. These awards are presented to civil engineers whose contributions have greatly enhanced the health, safety, and economic well-being of our nation and the world. To learn how to submit a nomination by the October 1 deadline, visit www.asce.org/awards.

The Infrastructure Security Partnership convened a breakfast meeting in late April in conjunction with three conferences being held concurrently in Washington, D.C., at the Washington Convention Center. The three were the Government Security Conference and Exposition, the U.S. Law Enforcement Conference and Exposition, and the Emergency Preparedness and Response Conference and Exposition. The featured speaker at the breakfast was Chris T. Geldart, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Office of National Capital Region Coordination (NCRC). He reviewed the strategic, operational, and tactical objectives of the NCRC’s critical infrastructure protection program and highlighted the importance of a risk management approach as part of a comprehensive homeland security strategy. He also provided an overview of regional hazard identification and risk assessment endeavors and discussed the importance of performing regional continuity analyses to gain an insight into critical infrastructure interdependencies. Geldart’s presentation is available as a complimentary podcast at http://podcast.tisp.org. Additional details are available at www.tisp.org.

Would you like to apply your writing skills, draw on your research experience, and pursue an interest in editing while shaping the future of the civil engineering profession? ASCE’s Journal of Management in Engineering—a publication that gives researchers and practitioners an opportunity to explore contemporary issues associated with management and leadership as they relate to civil engineering—is seeking a new editor. The journal publishes peer-reviewed papers, case studies, technical notes, and discussions on techniques, practices, research, and events pertaining to engineering management. Serving as the editor of this journal, you will work with ASCE’s journals department and the journal’s editorial board to select articles for review, send the articles to qualified reviewers, communicate your decisions to the journals department, and provide opening remarks for each issue of the journal. The processing of papers and communication with ASCE staff members, editorial board members, authors, and reviewers are done electronically. Interested members should have experience writing and reviewing journal papers for ASCE or other technical journals. Moreover, experience as an editor or associate editor would be helpful. Please contact Irtishad U. Ahmad, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, the current editor of the Journal of Management in Engineering, at ahmadi@fiu.edu by August 1 if you are interested. Also, please include as an attachment a résumé that chronicles your background as an author and editor and your experience in engineering management issues. For more information about the journal’s aims and scope, visit http://pubs.ASCE.org/journals/management/default.htm. For detailed information about the goals of the editorial board, refer to the section “Professional Activities” in ASCE’s 2008 Official Register, which may be accessed at www.ASCE.org/or.

At an ASCE-sponsored infrastructure forum held on May 14 in Washington, D.C., Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) reiterated his support for a national infrastructure bank, warning that America risks falling behind in the global economy if it fails to invest in roads, rail, and ports as aggressively as Asian and European nations are. Hagel is the cosponsor, with Senator Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut), of a bill that would establish such a bank. ASCE’s president, David G. Mongan, P.E., F.ASCE, appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on March 11 to call attention to the condition of the nation’s infrastructure and propose improvements. The bank would sell tax credit bonds to finance major projects that would help improve the poor condition of the nation’s infrastructure. ASCE has made the establishment of the bank one of its top priorities. The forum was cosponsored by the political news organization Congressional Quarterly, Inc., of Washington, D.C.

Help the Committee on Government Affairs and the Board of Direction define ASCE’s priority issues for 2009. It’s easy to participate: Visit www.asce.org/govrel and click on the link at the top of the page to complete the online survey to have your say on public policy issues that affect the practice of civil engineering. The survey results will be used by the Committee on Government Affairs and the board in determining the 2009 federal and state priority issues. The survey closes Monday, June 30.

ASCE’s geographic services department has compiled rosters of section and branch members who serve on national committees. The rosters have been distributed to the corresponding region, section, and branch officers. The members listed in the rosters can give local members unique overviews and insights regarding ASCE’s national issues. These committee members can also serve as mentors to those who aspire to national service. Several sections and branches have recognized these national committee members by including their names and committee affiliations in their newsletters or Web sites.

The Japan Society of Civil Engineers has selected the Japanese translation of Karl Terzaghi: The Engineer As Artist, by Richard E. Goodman, Ph.D., m.ASCE, as its 2007 book of the year. The award was presented during the society’s annual conference, which was held in Tokyo in late May. The book was published in 1999 by ASCE Press. For more information about ASCE’s books, visit http://pubs.asce.org/books/.

 —Patrick J. Natale, P.E., F.ASCE
Executive Director

Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment (TCLEE 2009)
June 28–July 1, 2009, Oakland, California

Sponsors: ASCE and its Technical Council of Lifeline Earthquake Engineering.

Paper Topics: Topics include seismic performance requirements; seismic design and retrofitting; seismic performance evaluations; design and analysis for floods, extreme wind, and man-made hazards; system risk analysis and management; hazard estimation; codes and standards; performance during actual events; lifeline interdependence; socioeconomic ramifications; emergency response and recovery planning; capital improvement programs; and lifeline resilience and
sustainability.

Deadline: August 30, 2008, for abstracts of no more than 500 words. The Web site for submissions is http://content.asce.org/conferences/tclee2009/submissions.html.

Contact: The conference Web site is http://content.asce.org/conferences/tclee2009/index.html.

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Fifth International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-5)
September 21–27, 2009, Las Vegas

Sponsors: American Concrete Institute, ASCE’s Structural Engineering Institute, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, Japan Concrete Institute, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, and Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.

Paper Topics: Topics include all branches of structural and construction engineering; infrastructure engineering; construction management; project management and leadership; asset management; sustainable development; contracting and claims; quality control; education; ethics; technology policy; and future energy ramifications.

Deadline: July 1, 2008, for abstracts of 300–400 words, which are to be submitted to Nader Ghafoori, Ph.D, at the University of Nevada. The e-mail address for submission is chair.isec5@unlv.edu, and the fax number is (702) 895-3936.

Contact: Nader Ghafoori, Ph.D., ISEC-5 Chairperson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 454015, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4015; telephone (702) 895-3701; fax (702) 895-3936. The conference Web site is http://ISEC-5.ce.unlv.edu.

Engineer Undertakes Orphanage Project in Sierra Leone

For the past five years, Rachel Dryden, P.E., M.ASCE, has been striving to make a difference in the lives of 10 orphans in Sierra Leone. She has employed her personal funds, fund-raising skills, and engineering abilities in designing and constructing an orphanage that will provide these children with the basic necessities of life as well as a bright future. In an effort to further this endeavor, the 30-year-old Dryden revisited the country, on the west coast of Africa, in March.

Dryden’s project began in 2003, when she was working as a volunteer for Mercy Ships, a global charity that uses hospital ships to provide free health care and community development services to developing nations. She worked with the charity not as an engineer but as a cook in one of the ship’s galleys while it was in Sierra Leone’s waters. There she met a local volunteer by the name of Emmanuel Sajor Shaw, who expressed a strong desire to help orphans in the community of Batima, a small suburb of the country’s capital, Freetown.

Once her work with Mercy Ships was completed, Dryden returned home and gained employment as an engineer with the architecture and engineering consulting firm DLZ, of Indianapolis. She remained in contact with Shaw, however, who with help from other volunteers working with Mercy Ships began to realize his dream of starting an orphanage by renting a small building, Dryden explains. Meanwhile, Dryden raised funds among her family and friends to help the nascent orphanage survive.

In February 2007 Dryden and her father, Stephen Dryden, M.D., an anesthesiologist from Indianapolis, traveled to Sierra Leone to visit the orphanage and see how the funds were being spent. While they were there, Dryden says that they met a woman who was willing to sell approximately 1 acre (0.4 ha) of farmland next door to a school. Envisioning it as a place where the children could live and attend school, Dryden purchased the parcel.

Upon her return to the United States, Dryden used her skills as an engineer to determine how the land should be developed and what type of structures would be needed to realize her vision and that of her friend Shaw. She designed a building with a 24 by 36 ft (7.3 by 11 m) footprint that would function as an office and a living space, leaving space for a small farm on the grounds. Construction was funded by Dryden and her father.

Dryden also spent much of last year continuing her fund-raising efforts, working through the nonprofit organization ServLife. Thus far she has collected approximately $20,000, $13,000 of which has gone for materials for a barn that will be used to raise poultry at the site. Some of the remainder has been used for school fees, beds, and holiday gifts, as well as for motorcycles that will be used as taxis and five 264 gal (1,000 L) water tanks that will be used to purify water for sale to the community. According to Dryden, water quality in the community is a significant problem.

In March Dryden and her father returned to the community and stayed in the house that Dryden had designed. They also began framing the poultry barn. The next step in the project, according to Dryden, is to see if the orphanage can be made wholly self-sustaining. Then they will assess the feasibility of constructing a building that will accommodate all of the orphans. Dryden estimates that an orphanage building sufficiently large to house the 10 orphans as well as staff will cost at least $50,000.

Despite some setbacks, including money transfer issues, Dryden remains optimistic about the project and believes that it will be possible to create a self-sustaining community for the orphans. “The kids will have a safe and loving home, education through high school, daily food, and religious and moral education,” she says. “The future would be bleak otherwise.” Many of the orphans lost parents to war or illness or were abandoned. Without the orphanage they could face such horrors as malnutrition, slavery, prostitution, and even mutilation, according to Dryden.

The most rewarding thing about the project, says Dryden, is “knowing that our small sacrifice of time, funds, and knowledge can permanently impact a community that desperately needs hope and change.” She also says that it serves as a reminder that other countries worldwide do not have the same resources that are enjoyed in affluent countries, where the necessities of life are often taken for granted.

Dryden graduated from Purdue University in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. To make a donation, visit www.servlife.org and click on “Get involved.” Then click on “make a donation,” and write Sierra Leone in the comments box. Questions about the orphanage project may be e-mailed directly to Dryden at rachel.e.dryden@gmail.com.

—Brett Hansen

Corps of Engineers Workshop Considers Technical Competency  

Representatives of government, industry, and professional organizations joined educational experts last month at the National Technical Competency Workshop, which was held in Washington, D.C., at the headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to discuss the future of technical competency management in engineering and science.

The workshop, which was well attended by ASCE members and staff, focused on the technical competency challenges that will be faced in the future as well as on potential solutions. The objectives were to learn how both the government and the private sector are currently defining, developing, and managing technical competency; what the future needs will be regarding technical competency; and how current strategies will help organizations meet those needs.

During breakout sessions of the workshop, key technical competency needs and challenges were discussed, along with successful approaches, emerging issues, and unresolved issues. Among the challenges mentioned were a lack of interdisciplinary diversity as well as the fact that people are being turned into commodities and have difficulty keeping up with technology. Furthermore, many possess only a bachelor’s degree. Globalization was among the principal issues discussed, along with climate change and the nation’s aging infrastructure and aging workforce.

Those in attendance heard addresses by Major General Don T. Riley, M.ASCE, the deputy chief of engineers and deputy commanding general of the Corps; Hans Van Winkle, a retired major general and the president of the project management group for Hill International, Inc., headquartered in Marlton, New Jersey; Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, P.E., the chief of engineers and commanding general of the Corps; and James Dalton, the Corps’s chief of engineering and construction.

Based on feedback from the workshop, Van Antwerp sent an e-mail to the Corps that encouraged a move “from good to great,” which means “delivering superior performance in all missions; setting the standards for our profession; having a unique, positive impact on our nation and other nations; and building a Corps to last,” he stated.

The workshop is an outgrowth of the 12 actions for change that were proposed on August 24, 2006, by Carl A. Strock, P.E., M.ASCE, now retired but then a lieutenant general who was the chief of engineers and commander of the Corps. The particular action with a bearing on the workshop states that the Corps must “rebuild public confidence in our ability to provide safe, reliable, and resilient water resource systems through increased emphasis on professional ethics, technical capabilities and methods, a balanced selection process for critical position, and effective transfer of lessons learned.” The Corps is also pursuing the implementation of a national technical competency strategy.

Information about the Corps’s 12 steps for change may be viewed at http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/releases/actionsforchange.htm.

COPRI Inducts Nine Papers into Offshore Technology Hall of Fame

ASCE’s Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute (COPRI) inducted nine papers into the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Hall of Fame at a gala dinner held in Houston on May 6 as part of this year’s OTC. The papers selected for the honor were all presented at past conferences, and they have set standards for current practices in the field worldwide and have “become an integral part of the offshore design process as well as lending themselves to other civil engineering disciplines,” according to a description on the COPRI Web site, www.COPRInstitute.org.

A COPRI subcommittee selected papers that were presented at least 25 years ago, have had an enduring effect on the field of coastal engineering and deepwater infrastructure, and continue to be relevant. In assessing the papers, the subcommittee considered such attributes as the importance of the subject matter and the innovation brought to bear. The influence that the paper has had also was considered. Papers were nominated and then underwent an official balloting process, according to Tom Chase, COPRI’s director.

ASCE is among 11 organizations that sponsor the annual conference. ASCE’s OTC Hall of Fame is not endorsed by or affiliated with the OTC, but ASCE has a representative on the OTC board of directors, participates in the conference’s technical program, and features an exhibit.

According to Chase, the Hall of Fame is valuable to the OTC because it highlights advances in the field and calls attention to such related issues as climate change, weather, soil mechanics, and technology. “These papers serve as the bedrock of the offshore engineering discipline’s body of knowledge, and the collected papers are regularly provided to new engineers as an introduction to the best offshore engineering information available,” Chase states.

The names, authors, and brief abstracts of the 2008 OTC Hall of Fame papers may be viewed at http://content.COPRInstitute.org/2008HonoredPapers.html.

Firms and Student Teams Design Cities of the Future 

The winning design in The City of the Future competition takes Atlanta’s storm water and raises it above the ground, leaving the city’s nearly 1,900 mi (3,057 km) of pipeline available for use as aquifers. The design, which envisions Atlanta in 2108, is the product of a collaborative effort comprising a number of architecture, engineering, and planning firms, namely, Atlanta-based EDAW; BNIM Architects, based in Kansas City, Missouri; Praxis3, P.C., of Atlanta; and Metcalf & Eddy, headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The competition is an outgrowth of the History Channel’s series Cities of the Underworld and is sponsored in part by ASCE.

The winning design, “A City in the Forest,” integrates forests and streams into Atlanta’s urban environment. A forest of tall trees filters the now aboveground storm water and purifies the environment’s air. Clusters of buildings are located near ridges and water catchments. “Corridors of open spaces spread to link communities in an organic form,” states a description of the project on the History Channel’s Web site, www.history.com.

In addition to the winning design by the professional team, three designs created by teams of university students were recognized in the competition. A team from Duke University won for its vision of Washington, D.C. The design features 28 towers, each 900 ft (274 m) tall, that are intended to capture and process rainwater. The members of the team are Laura Hoover, S.M.ASCE, Lee Pearson, S.M.ASCE, Natalia Rossiter-Thornton, and Steven Worrell, S.M.ASCE.

A team from California State University at Sacramento was recognized for its vision of San Francisco in 2108, which implements a plan to make the city self-sustaining through advances in desalination, storm-water management, and wastewater treatment. The members of the team are Kurt Schmiegel, S.M.ASCE, Robert Curry, Stephen Nelson, and Daniel Cloutier.

The third team, from Georgia Southern University, won for a vision of Atlanta that relies on nanotechnology in solar cells together with solar heat collectors and other solar collection methods. The vision also calls for the deployment of airborne wind turbines to harness wind energy. The members of the team are Charles Walker, Jeff Lewis, Jack Pate, and Jacob McBride.

Society Welcomes 11 Distinguished Members

The following outstanding individuals have been elected distinguished members of ASCE. With the exception of ASCE’s presidency, distinguished membership—formerly called honorary membership—is the highest status conferred by the Society.

Joseph A “Bud” Ahearn, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, has been hailed for his leadership in the design and construction industry; his bold advocacy of innovation as a means of improving industry productivity, performance, and quality; and his dedicated service to the United States. A retired major general in the U.S. Air Force, Ahearn effectively demonstrated his leadership skills during his 34-year military career, which included combat operations in Vietnam and Lebanon. He oversaw the environmental awareness and responsiveness program for the air force, making the branch a leading agency in environmental remediation and compliance and pollution prevention.

Ahearn was one of the founders of ASCE’s Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF). Through his leadership, CERF successfully transformed itself into the Civil Engineering Foundation for Innovation to be more responsive to the needs of the design and construction industry of the 21st century.

Ahearn has not only championed the civil engineering profession but also has taken an active role in his community. A board member of Engineers Without Borders–USA, he also serves on the Engineers Week Advisory Council and is a leader in Denver of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Coalition, which promotes math and science education in local schools.

Ahearn is currently a senior vice president of the engineering firm CH2M HILL, Ltd., headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, where he has worked for the past 14 years, serving as president of the firm’s transportation business group, as a manager and senior vice president of its eastern region, as the federal programs director, and as the principal in charge of significant transportation corridor projects in California. Since joining the firm, he has been the executive sponsor for talent management and leadership development. He has been recognized for his interest in these programs and is often invited to speak at universities, client meetings, and society events.

His numerous accolades include the 2008 Golden Eagle Award from the Society of American Military Engineers and the U.S. Air Force’s Order of the Sword, the highest honor conferred by the service’s noncommissioned officers corps.

Ahearn holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree in engineering administration from Syracuse University.

George W. Black, Jr., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, is recognized for his expertise and leadership in transportation engineering and public safety and for his service as the first practicing highway engineer to be appointed to the National Transportation Safety Board (ntsb). Appointed to the board in 1996 by President Clinton, Black went on to gain prominence through his expertise.

In 1999 his investigations of the accidents that befell USAir flight 427 and United Airlines flight 585 earned him the Laurels Award from Aviation Week & Space Technology. He was also an on-scene expert for a number of ntsb investigations, many of them related to aviation.

Black obtained his degree as a member of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps and served as an aircraft maintenance officer while stationed in Texas and Southeast Asia. In 1973 he became the first traffic engineer for Gwinnett County, Georgia, a county with a population of 475,000 and 2,500 mi (4,023 km) of roadway. He worked for the county for 24 years, oversaw a $700-million road improvement program during his last 10 years there, and retired in 1996, at the time holding the position of director of transportation.

During his employment with the county Black was instrumental in founding a fatal accident investigation unit for the county’s police department, and he helped investigate more than 2,000 accidents at traffic and railway crossings involving fatalities or serious injuries. He also taught accident investigation and reconstruction classes at the state and county police academies.

Black has received numerous awards from ASCE, among them its 1996 Civil Government Award and 2001 Presidents’ Award. He gave up his appointment with the ntsb in January 2003 and accepted a permanent position with the board’s Office of Highway Safety, where as a senior civil engineer and national resource specialist he participates in highway and rail crossing accident investigations.

Black is known for his unique ability to advance the cause of safety by applying innovative yet practical approaches. He possesses a unique ability to bridge the gap between the professional engineer and the public.

Izzat M. Idriss, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, is known for his contributions to elucidating soil behavior during earthquakes and for his work in developing analysis procedures that are widely used in geotechnical earthquake engineering. His work with the late professor H. Bolton Seed, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, the founder of the field of earthquake engineering, led him to develop what is known as the simplified method of analyzing liquefaction potential in cohesionless soils. His research has provided the framework for subsequent liquefaction studies that relate cyclic strength and cyclic stress ratios to standard penetration resistance, cone penetration resistance, and shear wave velocity. Idriss has carefully analyzed case histories and has extensive knowledge of soil mechanics, soil dynamics, and soil behavior, and he has used this knowledge in developing methods that account for factors that influence liquefaction, among them depth, overburden pressure, soil content, and earthquake magnitude and distance.

Idriss worked with the San Diego–based firm Woodward-Clyde Consultants and conducted earthquake studies involving more than 100 dams, industrial facilities, nuclear power plants, bridges, and pipelines. His investigations have helped to explain how the ground responded to major earthquakes in the past 40 years, including the major earthquake that struck Alaska in 1964, the 1964 temblor centered near Niigata, Japan, the quake that rocked Southern California’s San Fernando Valley in 1971, the 1989 temblor centered in Loma Prieta, California, the 1994 event centered in Northridge, California, the 1995 earthquake in K¯obe, Japan, and the 1999 temblor in Turkey near Kocaeli. Given his vast knowledge of the subject, Idriss has been a member of several technical advisory committees and other groups that have formulated earthquake engineering policies and design practices worldwide.

The recipient of numerous awards and honors, including induction into the National Academy of Engineering, Idriss has received a number of ASCE accolades, among them the H. Bolton Seed Medal, the Norman Medal, the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, the J. James R. Croes Medal, and the Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award.

Idriss earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a master’s degree in civil engineering from the California Institute of Technology, and a doctorate in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Raymond E. Levitt, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE, was elected for his achievements in construction engineering and management research. He has developed new theories, methods, and tools that enable managers to effectively design their organizations. In the past, managers have designed organizations intuitively or on the basis of experience. Levitt created, developed, and commercialized a theoretical framework, method, and software program that enable managers to approach their organization practically and to model and simulate various organizational designs. The simulations can then be evaluated and the manager can choose the one featuring the best predicted performance.

In 1988, design work at Stanford University led by Levitt resulted in prototypes of an organizational simulator. The resulting software was calibrated against data on utility repairs carried out by the Pacific Gas & Electric Company in the wake of the 1989 earthquake centered in Loma Prieta, California. The calibration enabled the software to predict the project’s cost and duration and made it possible to assess the quality of various organizational designs.

In 1995 Levitt’s group modeled the development of a prototype launch vehicle for the technology and aerospace firm Lockheed Martin, of Fort Worth, Texas. The group accurately predicted the delay and risks involved in the vehicle’s development. The stunning accuracy of the modeling led to another project with Lockheed Martin during which the developers paid closer attention to the outcomes of the modeling.

Levitt established the Vité Corporation in 1996 to commercialize his analysis tools. The output has been used on myriad new structures, products, and services, including oil and petrochemical facilities, electronic assembly test facilities, semiconductors and the equipment used to make them, computers, consumer products, and motor vehicles.

An active member of the Construction Research Council, part of ASCE’s Construction Institute, Levitt is recognized as the founder of the first construction management short course at Stanford University, where he is the director of the Collaboratory of Research on Global Projects, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, and a director of the university’s certificate program in project management.

Levitt earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Witwatersrand, in South Africa, a master’s degree in civil engineering from Stanford, and a doctorate in construction engineering and management, also from Stanford.

Jon D. Magnusson, P.E., S.E., Dist.M.ASCE, is lauded for his significant contributions to structural engineering through his innovative and creative building designs and for a passion for education that has led to the establishment of a high school mentoring program. He has achieved eminence through his leadership of Magnusson Klemencic Associates, of Seattle, and by overseeing hundreds of building projects, including stadia, mixed-use developments, and convention centers.

Magnusson earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Washington and a master’s degree, also in civil engineering, from the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the engineering consulting firm Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, Robertson immediately after he graduated from Berkeley and was promoted to principal at the age of 30, chief executive officer at the age of 34, and chairman of the board at the age of 44. In the 19 years he has been with the firm, which is now known as Magnusson Klemencic Associates, it has received 16 awards for engineering excellence from the American Council of Engineering Companies, including that group’s Grand Conceptor Award on two occasions. The firm has a presence in 46 states and 44 countries.

Magnusson has done consulting work for many world-famous architects, including Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas, and has overseen such projects as a convention center in Honolulu and the following structures in Seattle: Safeco Field, Quest Field, Benaroya Hall, the Experience Music Project, and Key Arena. He was also the principal in charge of the structural engineering for the Seattle Federal Courthouse, which in 2004 was recognized with ASCE’s Charles Pankow Award for Innovation.

Magnusson was a member of the team made up of ASCE and Federal Emergency Management Agency experts that investigated the structural responses of the World Trade Center’s twin towers to the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Because of his ability to explain complex engineering concepts in simple terms, he was interviewed by journalists on more than 100 occasions to elicit his views on the structural engineering of the two towers and the potential effects of similar attacks on tall buildings.

Magnusson served a four-year term on the Board of Governors of ASCE’s Structural Engineering Institute, and he has worked to improve training for structural engineers and to set high standards. Actively involved in community service in Seattle, he established a branch of the ACE Mentor Program, which acquaints high school students with the opportunities available to them in engineering, architecture, and construction.

James D. Murff, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, is known for his contributions to offshore geotechnical engineering, work that has included the physical modeling of design problems using enhanced centrifuge testing, upper-bound plasticity methods, and reliability techniques for offshore foundations. His achievements have made him one of the world’s preeminent offshore geotechnical engineers.

Murff has figured prominently in offshore geotechnical engineering developments since the 1970s. As the leader of the geotechnical engineering group in the offshore division of the Exxon Production Research Company (EPRC), of Houston, he was in charge of designing and retrofitting the foundations of many offshore platforms worldwide, including sites capable of producing 100 ft (30 m) high waves and severe earthquakes. He was instrumental in the offshore geotechnical industry’s acceptance of centrifuge technology and its recognition of plasticity theory as a more effective method for assessing foundation capacities than traditional limit equilibrium approaches. He also helped develop and disseminate solutions to significant offshore foundations problems and has been granted three patents related to his work with offshore foundations.

Murff’s research on offshore foundations has focused on heavy pile foundations in various earth materials and under various loading conditions. This research has been widely accepted, and Murff has done much to develop guidelines for the foundations of offshore structures.

After leaving the EPRC, Murff became a visiting professor at Texas A&M University, where he taught courses on offshore foundations and plasticity theory in soil mechanics. He also lent his expertise to committees and conferences and continues to act as a consultant for Exxon and other major oil and gas companies.

Murff graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served in Panama and Vietnam. He was honored with the Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam and was also the recipient of the Army Commendation Medal. The awards he has received for his service to the offshore engineering industry are numerous.

Murff earned a bachelor’s degree in science and engineering at West Point and a master’s degree and a doctorate in civil engineering from Texas A&M University.

Craig N. Musselman, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, is renowned for his leadership in the area of professional licensure in engineering, the criteria for which are undergoing significant change. A practicing civil and environmental engineer who has worked in the field for more than 30 years as a planner, designer, and construction administrator, Musselman has worked on a wide range of projects, including roads, wastewater and water facilities, landfills, recycling facilities, public works facilities, stadia, land development projects, and plants for converting waste to energy.

In the 1990s Musselman was involved in efforts to recycle ash from plants for converting waste to energy. The ash was used to partially replace natural aggregate in base course asphalt pavement. His research has been presented in the United States and Europe, and his demonstration project has provided the framework for ash utilization projects worldwide.

Musselman is active in the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) and has served on several committees. He played a significant role in implementing ASCE’s Policy 465 and also contributed to the first edition of the Society’s Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century, serving on the committee concerned with document fulfillment and validation. He has been the Society’s liaison to the NCEES and currently serves on ASCE’s Committee on the Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice. For his efforts to raise the standards for preparing engineers for professional practice, Musselman received ASCE’s 2006 President’s Medal.

Musselman is the president and treasurer of CMA Engineers, Inc., which is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He also serves as a selectman for Rye, New Hampshire. Musselman earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Massachusetts.

Henry Petroski, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, is widely known as an educator, researcher, and lecturer and is also an acclaimed author of internationally published books that have increased the public’s understanding and appreciation of engineering.

Petroski pursued research and applied mechanics in both industry and academia early in his career and built on those achievements by writing books on engineering history, engineering failures, and issues related to engineering design. The success of his books has prompted a significant number of media interviews and appearances, and he has done much to raise the stature of engineering. His books include the following:

• The Toothpick: Technology and Culture (New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007)
• Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2006)
• Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering (New York City: Alfred A Knopf, 2004)
• Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design (New York City: Vintage Books, 2003)
• Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer (New York City: Vintage Books, 2002)
• The Book on the Bookshelf (New York City: Vintage Books, 1999)
• Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering (New York City: Vintage Books, 1997)
• Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1996)
• Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America (New York City: Vintage Books, 1995)
• Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering (New York City: Cambridge University Press, 1994)
• The Evolution of Useful Things (New York City: Vintage Books, 1992)
• The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance (New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990)
• Beyond Engineering: Essays and Other Attempts to Figure without Equations (New York City: St. Martin’s Press, 1986)
• To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design (New York City: Vintage Books, 1985)

Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1997, Petroski has been the recipient of numerous awards, including ASCE’s Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award. He is currently the chair of the Society’s History and Heritage Committee.

The Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering at Duke University, where he is also a professor of history, Petroski holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Manhattan College and a master’s degree and a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Cranston R. Rogers, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, is known for his contributions in designing transportation projects that pose unusual challenges. A retired colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, Rogers has at least 15 significant transportation projects to his credit, including bridge, tunnel, rail, and interstate highway endeavors.

Rogers’s life has been punctuated with a number of firsts in transportation engineering. In 1955 he managed the design of the nation’s first underground highway that met interstate standards and featured ramps between portals. He was also the first to use shear studs, reinforced earth, and pipe piles as foundation and pier columns on the interstate system. He proposed and planned the first long-distance overland movement of a nuclear reactor to its plant site, proposed and managed the first use of jacked highway tunnel boxes beneath railroad tracks in the United States, and was the first to suggest the use of Japanese soil mix for foundation support in this country.

Rogers also oversaw the work of U.S. Army Reserve engineering units in rehabilitating the army’s training railroad at Fort Eustis, Virginia. He spearheaded the merger between ASCE and the Boston Society of Civil Engineers and has been the director, chair, or vice president of five national ASCE committees.

Rogers’s projects have earned him numerous awards, including the Society of American Military Engineers’ Wheeler Medal in 1979, the 2002 International Award from the British construction industry, ASCE’s 2003 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation, and the Construction Innovation Forum’s 2004 NOVA Award. The Boston Globe once stated that Rogers “shaped Boston for half a century.”

He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from The Citadel and a master’s degree, also in civil engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A registered structural engineer in Massachusetts and a registered professional engineer in eight states, Rogers is also a graduate of the U.S. Army War College.

Jerry R. Rogers, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE, is recognized for his extraordinary efforts in promoting the engineering profession. In particular, he is known for his leadership in history and heritage work as it relates to environmental and water resources. Rogers has also led publishing efforts for seven ASCE engineering history symposia and has edited ASCE civil engineering history publications designed to be used by students and teachers at all precollege grade levels.

Rogers has served on more than 200 committees and has chaired committees relating to, among other topics, engineering history, water resources, flood control, drainage control, environmental issues, and engineering education. He also served as an ASCE vice president from 2001 to 2003 and played a significant role in the formation of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute. His numerous awards include the Society’s William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award in 1996, the Houston Branch’s Engineer of the Year Award in 1994, and the Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award in 1992.

Currently an associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Houston, he continues to develop activities that explain the history and significance of the civil engineering profession. His research interests encompass storm-water management, drainage engineering, water resource systems, water distribution, and urban planning.

Rogers earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Arkansas in 1963, a master’s degree in water resources and environmental engineering from the University of Arkansas in 1964, and a doctorate in civil engineering and water resources from Northwestern University in 1970.

C. Michael Walton, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, is known for his exemplary career as a civil engineering educator and researcher and for his extraordinary professional and technical leadership in transportation planning, financing, and policy analysis. As a researcher he has authored or coauthored more than 250 publications in the field of intelligent transportation systems, freight transport, and transportation planning policy and economics. He is well known for research in automatic vehicle identification, automatic vehicle classification, satellite data links, data communication networks, and systems for obtaining the weight of a vehicle in motion. He is among the visionaries behind the development of intelligent transportation systems, which are now utilized worldwide.

As a professor of civil engineering and the Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, Walton has developed and taught courses, organized conferences, and mentored students, and he has lectured both in this country and abroad. He has provided extraordinary leadership to a multitude of engineering and transportation organizations.

A member of the National Academy of Engineering, he is also a founding member and a former chair of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America. In addition to chairing the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, he headed the Transportation Research Board’s executive committee. Within ASCE Walton has served on the Board of Governors of the Transportation and Development Institute and chaired the Committee on Government Affairs. He has also served on several study panels mandated by Congress and the National Research Council.

Walton has been a recipient of many honors and awards. In 2006 he received an honorary doctorate from the Nagoya Institute of Technology, in Japan, and the year before he was recognized for lifetime achievement in education as part of ASCE’s Outstanding Projects and Leaders awards program. Walton has also been honored with ASCE’s Francis C. Turner Award, James Laurie Prize, Harland Bartholomew Award, and Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award.

Bras Named Dean at University Of California at Irvine

Rafael L. Bras, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, has been named dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California at Irvine. Bras is known for his contributions to modeling systems that comprise soil, vegetation, and atmosphere as well as for his research work on predicting and describing floods and precipitation. The author of two textbooks and more than 170 refereed journal articles, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2001 and has worked as a scientist and educator in the civil and environmental engineering department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A native of Puerto Rico, Bras holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering and a doctorate in water resources and hydrology, all from MIT. ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute honored him in May of this year with its Simon W. Freese Environmental Engineering Award.

Chajes to Head Delaware’s College Of Engineering

After serving as the acting dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Engineering, Michael J. Chajes, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, has been chosen to occupy the position permanently. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Chajes holds a master’s degree and a doctorate from the University of California at Davis. His research focuses on bridge evaluation and rehabilitation, including the use of nondestructive evaluation techniques and the application of such advanced materials as fiber-reinforced polymers. A registered professional engineer in Delaware, Chajes serves on ASCE’s Educational Activities Committee and Committee on Government Affairs.

AWWA Honors Gaston With Wolman Award

John M. Gaston, P.E., M.ASCE, has been named the recipient of the American Water Works Association’s Abel Wolman Award of Excellence. The award recognizes individuals in the water profession who show vision and creativity and also demonstrate outstanding professional performance. Gaston was chosen for the award for his dedication to public health and his role in creating partnerships that bring together utilities, regulators, and the public as well as for his skills as a teacher and mentor. He will receive the award this month in Atlanta during the association’s annual conference. Gaston is a senior technologist in CH2M HILL’s Oakland, California, office. He has been with the firm for more than 25 years.

Smerdon to Receive Lamme Award

The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) will bestow its Benjamin Garver Lamme Award on Earnest T. Smerdon, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, in recognition of his achievements in engineering education. The award honors those who have contributed to engineering education through research or publications as well as those who have demonstrated prowess as college administrators. Smerdon is being honored for his research and administration skills and for his dedicated support of such engineering societies as ASCE. A professor emeritus of engineering at the University of Arizona, Smerdon will receive the award on June 25 in Pittsburgh during the ASEE’s annual conference.

Galloway Named Vice-Chair of National Science Board

Patricia D. Galloway, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a past president of ASCE, has been named the vice-chair of the National Science Board, the members of which not only oversee the operations of the National Science Foundation but also act as advisers to the president and Congress. Galloway was named to the board in 2006 and has served on the Executive Committee as well as on committees dealing with programs and plans, auditing and oversight, and strategy and budgeting. She has also lent her time and expertise to subcommittees concerned with international science and polar issues. Galloway received a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in 1978, a master’s in business administration from the New York Institute of Technology in 1984, and a doctorate in infrastructure systems engineering from Japan’s Kochi University of Technology. She is currently the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc., of Seattle, an international engineering and construction consulting management firm.

Brand Elected President of Moles

Alfred H. Brand, P.E., M.ASCE, has been elected the 2008–09 president of The Moles. Born in the New York City borough of Queens, Brand earned a civil engineering degree from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and a master’s degree in soil mechanics from Cornell University. He became a geotechnical engineer for Mueser, Rutledge, Wentworth & Johnston (now Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers), of New York City, and from 1970 to 1975 supervised the firm’s soil laboratory. From 1976 to 1988 he supervised the geotechnical staff. In 1976 he became an associate of the firm and in 1988 a partner. He has directed the firm’s work on a variety of projects, including tunnels, marine undertakings, earth fill structures, building foundations, transportation structures, and cofferdams. He also supervised work in connection with the Second Avenue Subway as well as projects in Central America, Europe, and the Middle East. Brand assumed the presidency on May 7 at the organization’s annual business meeting and dinner.

Fellows Elected

The following members were elected fellows of the Society in recent months. ASCE fellows are legally registered professional engineers or land surveyors who have made significant technical or professional contributions and have demonstrated notable achievement in responsible charge of engineering activity for at least 10 years following election to the ASCE grade of member. Fellows occupy the Society’s second-highest membership grade, exceeded only by distinguished members.

Robert C. Krebs, P.E., L.S., F.ASCE, founded and served as president of Krebs & Lansing Consulting Engineers, in Vermont, from 1978 until 2002, when he retired. While managing his own civil engineering firm, Krebs encouraged and mentored engineers and surveyors in their pursuit of licensure. A strong proponent of licensure, he served on the Vermont Board of Land Surveyors, authored many of the current survey standards, and assisted in developing continuing professional development criteria. He later helped prepare statutory language for the survey and resurvey of roads of historical importance in Vermont. Krebs has served as president and as a board member of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), and he currently serves as liaison to the NCEES board for ASCE’s Committee on the Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice. He also serves as the NCEES alternate to the board of ABET, Inc. In these roles, he continues to advance licensure and develop educational policies that focus on measurable outcomes. He formed an oversight group on licensure qualifications to carry forward recommendations from the Engineering Licensure Qualifications Task Force. He also participated on a task force to revise the model law definition of land surveying. A member of ASCE since 1972, Krebs has also been active in the affairs of the American Council of Engineering Companies and the U.S. Council for Engineering Practice. A licensed professional engineer and land surveyor in Vermont, he holds a degree in civil engineering from the University of Vermont.

Ning Lu, Ph.D., F.ASCE, is a professor and the civil engineering program coordinator at the Colorado School of Mines, where he has taught since 1997. A leader in geotechnical engineering in the area of unsaturated soil mechanics, soil behavior, and such environmental geohazards as shallow landslides and expansive soils, he is also known for his expertise in coupled flow and transport processes in porous media and groundwater hydrology. From 1989 to 1999 Lu served as an investigator on the Yucca Mountain Project, a multibillion-dollar engineering endeavor that examined the feasibility of underground nuclear waste isolation in Nevada beneath Yucca Mountain. He has also been involved in environmental assessments and remediation work for contaminated soils involving vapor extraction, the migration of dense, non-aqueous-phase liquids at industrial sites, and acid mine drainage made necessary by mining activities. Lu has made significant contributions in the field of petroleum engineering, having worked with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, and he has received funding from the American Chemical Society’s Petroleum Research Fund to study sand production problems. Lu is one of the authors of the text Unsaturated Soil Mechanics (Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2004), a work widely used in teaching, research, and practice. In 2007 he received ASCE’s Norman Medal for his paper “Suction Stress Characteristic Curve for Unsaturated Soil,” in which he demonstrated a macroscopic stress (suction stress) that generalizes Terzaghi’s classical effective stress for saturated soil so that it can be applied to variably saturated soil. This concept can be applied to many geotechnical problems, for example, those involving retaining walls, slope stability, and foundation design under unsaturated soil conditions. Lu has more than 80 peer-reviewed papers to his credit and serves as an editorial board member for Georisk and ASCE’s Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. He serves on committees for the Transportation Research Board and National Research Council as well as on technical committees of ASCE’s Geo-Institute and Engineering Mechanics Institute. At the Colorado Schools of Mines, he helped to establish the Humanitarian Engineering Program and was awarded $1.1 million from the Hewlett Foundation to develop a program called Serving Humanity: Engineers Improving the World through Regional, National, and International Community Service. His course Shallow Landslides has taken undergraduate seniors to landslide-prone Honduras to investigate the potential effects of land and water supply system developments on landslides.

Kok-Kwang Phoon, Ph.D., P.Eng., F.ASCE, is an associate professor in the civil engineering department at the National University of Singapore, where he also heads the Centre for Soft Ground Engineering. A professional engineer in Singapore, he holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the National University of Singapore and a doctorate from Cornell University, where his research dealt with the reliability-based design of foundations for transmission line structures. Phoon’s current research focuses on risk and reliability in geoengineering, Krylov iterative solvers for very large-scale soil-structure interaction problems, and numerical simulation of seepage in unsaturated porous media. Phoon has authored or coauthored more than 120 scientific publications and has participated on various editorial boards, including those of ASCE’s Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, the Canadian Geotechnical Journal, and Géotechnique. He is the founding editor in chief of Georisk, an international journal dedicated to the promotion of multidisciplinary research and practice for the assessment and management of risk for engineered systems and geohazards. He is also the editor of Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering (United Kingdom: Routledge, 2008). His 2003 paper “Multiple Resistance Factor Design (MRFD) for Spread Foundations,” which appeared in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, was recognized with ASCE’s Norman Medal in 2005, and his 2006 paper “In-situ Evaluation of Radioisotope Cone Penetrometers in Clays,” which appeared in the Geotechnical Testing Journal, received the Hogentogler Award. Phoon has been active in coordinating and promoting risk analysis and reliability-based codes in Asia and elsewhere. A member of several technical committees of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, he has been invited to serve on scientific and advisory committees for numerous international conferences, and he served as track chair of ASCE’s Geo-Denver in 2007. Within ASCE Phoon chairs the Committee on Risk Assessment and Management, part of the Geo-Institute, and is a member of the Council on Disaster Risk Management. He is also a scientific adviser to the International Centre for Geohazards, in Norway, a board member of the Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association, and a scientific council member of Italy’s Inter-Polytechnic Doctoral School.

Fellow applications may be obtained from ASCE’s world headquarters, in Reston, Virginia, by calling (800) 548-2723, extension 6289. From outside the country, the number is (703) 295-6289. The e-mail address is fellows@asce.org. The application may be found on the Web at www.asce.org/pdf/fellowmemapp.pdf. Completed applications may be submitted online at www.asce.org/membership/fellowgrade.cfm (click on “Online ASCE Fellow Application”). Questions concerning fellow guidelines (including guideline waiver inquiries) or the application process may be directed to Erin Santiago, the applications coordinator, at (703) 295-6289 or esantiago@asce.org. Completed applications are reviewed monthly by the Membership Application Review Committee.

ASCE CONFERENCES
For further information on these conferences, unless noted otherwise, contact ASCE Conferences Department, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400; telephone (800) 548-2723 or, from outside the United States, (703) 295-6300; fax (703) 295-6144; e-mail conf@asce.org; Web site www.asce.org/conferences. Dates are subject to change.

Ninth International Conference on Permafrost,
June 29–July 3, 2008, University of Alaska at Fairbanks
www.nicop.org/

International Pipelines Conference 2008
July 22–27, 2008, Atlanta
http://content.asce.org/conferences/pipelines2008/index.html

Sixth National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways,
July 27–30, 2008, Charleston, South Carolina
www.scdot.org/events/6NSC/default.shtml

Fifth International Engineering and Construction Conference (IECC’5),
August 27–29, 2008, Irvine, California
www.iecc5.org

11th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and
Environmental Impacts of Karst,
September 22–26, 2008, Tallahassee, Florida
http://content.asce.org/conferences/KARST08/index.html

2008 Architectural Engineering Conference,
September 25–27, 2008, Denver
http://content.asce.org/conferences/aei08/index.html

T&DI Pavement Conference,
October 15–18, 2008, Bellevue, Washington
http://content.asce.org/conferences/pavements2008/index.html

International Workshop on Frontier Technologies for Infrastructure Engineering (IWFTIE 2008),
October 23–25, 2008, Taipei, Taiwan
www.iwftie2008.com/

ASCE’s 138th Annual Civil Engineering Conference,
November 6–8, 2008, Pittsburgh
http://content.asce.org/conferences/annual2008/index.html

2008 International Low Impact Development Conference,
November 16–19, 2008, Westin Seattle, Seattle
http://content.asce.org/conferences/lid08/index.html

ASCE CONTINUING EDUCATION
Develop your technical and management skills and earn pdhs/ceus through ASCE’s program of continuing education. Courses are offered in more than 40 cities across the country. ASCE also offers live Web seminars, on-demand online courses, and courses on dvd and cd. Customized on-site training also can be arranged. To register or to obtain additional information, contact asce’s continuing education department by telephone at (800) 548-2723, by fax at (703) 295-6144, or by e-mail at seminars@asce.org. The Web site is www.asce.org/conted/.

Construction
Residential Land Development Strategies
July 24–25, 2008, Denver

Environmental
Environmental Boot Camp for Engineers
July 10–11, 2008, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Wetlands and 404 Permitting
July 24–25, 2008, Chicago
Geotechnical
Soil Constitutive Modeling for Engineers: Fundamentals, Evaluation, and Calibration
July 24–25, 2008, Portland, Maine

Hydraulics and Water Resources
Treatment Plant Hydraulics for Civil Engineers
July 10–11, 2008, San Diego

Dam Safety and Rehabilitation
July 17–18, 2008, Rochester, New York

Pumping Systems Design
July 17–18, 2008, San Francisco

HEC-RAS Computer Workshop
July 23–25, 2008, Minneapolis

Management
Leadership and Development for the Engineer
July 17–18, 2008, Washington, D.C., metropolitan area

Financial Management for the Professional Engineer
July 24–25, 2008, Seattle

Structural
Bridge Rehabilitation
July 10–11, 2008, Denver

Design and Renovation of Wood Structures
July 10–11, 2008, Seattle

Wind Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (Newly Updated!)
July 10–11, 2008, Charlotte, North Carolina

Designing High-Performance Concrete Structures
July 24–25, 2008, San Francisco

Earthquake-Induced Ground Motions
July 24–25, 2008, Nashville, Tennessee

Structural Design of Residential Buildings Using the 2006 International Residential Code
July 24–25, 2008, Nashville, Tennessee

Design and Renovation of Wood Structures
July 31–August 1, 2008, Portland, Maine

ASCE CONTINUING EDUCATION WEBINARS

Hydraulics and Water Resources
Preparing and Implementing Construction Site Storm-Water Pollution Prevention Plans (New!)
 July 9, 2008, noon–1 pm (eastern time)

Management
Personal Time Management: Achieving Life Balance
July 1, 2008, noon–1 pm (eastern time)

From Project Engineer to Project Manager: Look Before You Leap
July 2, 2008, noon–1 pm (eastern time)

Delegation: Why Put Off until Tomorrow What Someone Else Can Do Today?
July 23, 2008, noon–1 pm (eastern time)

Mentoring: Implementing a Program in Your Organization
July 25, 2008, noon–1 pm (eastern time)

Structural
Design of Wood Beams and Joists
July 8, 2008, noon–1:30 pm (eastern time)

Design of Wood-Framed Sloped Roofs
July 18, 2008, noon–1:30 pm (eastern time)

Design of Wood Connections
July 29, 2008, noon–1:30 pm (eastern time)

Designing with Engineered Lumber
July 30, 2008, noon–2 pm (eastern time)

Transportation
Innovative Designs for Improving Intersection Capacity (Newly Updated!)
July 10, 2008, noon–1:30 pm (eastern time)

Traffic Calming: Best Practices and Lessons Learned, Part I
July 17, 2008, noon–1 pm (eastern time)

Traffic Calming: Best Practices and Lessons Learned, Part II
July 24, 2008, noon–1 pm (eastern time)

Addressing Engineering Liability Issues
July 31, 2008, noon–1:30 pm (eastern time)