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May 2014 BOSTON SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS SECTION Massachusetts honors BSCES for aiding Boston Marathon bombing aftermath efforts  After the tragic bombing last year at the Boston Marathon, there was a collective desire to help. Many asked “what can I do?” There was immediate action to donate to the One Fund. In support of the victims of the Marathon bombings, BSCES teamed with other organizations in the engineering/construction industry to donate a total of $20,000 to the One Fund. Over the past year, BSCES and the engineering/construction industry have been working with the Commonwealth as members of the Boston Survivor Accessibility Alliance. BSCES members have participated in a wide variety of projects ranging from plan development for a garage to structural design for new openings. On April 7, BSCES was awarded a Citation from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick for these efforts. BSCES is very proud of its members and the contributions that have been made. Section website>> . METROPOLITAN SECTION Section president urges civil engineers to take lead on climate change “ASCE's first Canon of Ethics states: ‘Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public and shall strive to comply with the principles of sustainable development in the performance of their professional duties.’ As principal authorities on the vulnerability and sustainability of infrastructure systems, we can and should lend our voice to the discussions about [climate change] that will undoubtedly impact these systems and perhaps regions of coastline, and potentially render them unusable and uninhabitable,” writes Metropolitan Section President Steve Kaufman in his latest President’s Message in the May issue of the Section’s newsletter. “Our knowledge and capabilities will be intrinsic in formulating rational, economically-sound solutions to the consequences of what may be an unprecedented alteration in climate that could continue for the unforeseeable future. This is an obligation we hold for society as well as for our children and the generations to follow.” Read Kaufman’s message>> Section website>> ROCHESTER SECTION Section gets tour of work on city’s new transit center  Courtesy ASCE Rochester Section The ASCE Rochester Section hosted a lunch/presentation and a tour of the under-construction Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority Transit Center on May 16. Speakers were Jim Durfee and Mitch McAllister of Bergmann Associates, Joe Merriam (Pike), Steve Savage (Pike), Dave Belaskas (RGRTA), and Erin McCormick (RGRTA). The presentation included information on RGRTA’s background, a project overview, details on the design build process, architectural strategy and design, details on BIM, total robotic station and laser scanning, engineering/construction challenges and the economic and jobs impacts as a result of this project. The Transit Center is slated to open in the fall. More photos, details>> Section website>> MAINE SECTION University of Maine student chapter wins Region 1 Distinguished Chapter Award Emily Tynes, president of ASCE’s University of Maine student chapter, filed this report for the Maine Section May 2014 Newsletter: “The UMaine Chapter has had an incredibly exciting month. We found out that we were a finalist for the Robert Ridgway Award. There were only four finalists out of 304 chapters. We were also given the 2014 ASCE Distinguished Chapter Award for Region 1! This award is presented to the most outstanding chapter in the region based on the 2013 annual report. We are grateful for the hard work of our 2013 officers, our 2013 advisor, Will Manion, and our practitioner advisor, Lucas Stiles for helping us earn these achievements! We also held our 2014 Student Gala where the senior capstone groups presented their projects. It was a very successful event and our seniors had a great night. Another success our chapter had was the last weekend in April. We came in 5th overall at the Concrete Canoe Competition and found out we will be hosting the competition next year!” Section newsletter>> Student chapter website>> BOSTON SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS SECTION Harvard engineering professor wins von Karman Medal James R. Rice, Ph.D., F.EMI, M.ASCE, has won ASCE’s von Karman Medal for 2014 for his fundamental contributions to mechanics and its engineering applications. The Mallinckrodt Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics at Harvard University, Rice has defined many of the most exciting frontiers of solid mechanics and has made significant contributions to fields like interfacial fracture, poroelasticity, frictional stability, and crack front waves in a career spanning nearly 50 years. Rice’s work is marked by elegant mechanics, state-of-the-art computations, and penetrating interpretation of results within a broad context of laboratory and field observations. Learn more about Rice’s impressive award-worthy achievements in ASCE News. BOSTON SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS SECTION MIT-Tufts-Boston U research connects music to stronger materials An interdisciplinary team, researching ways to make stronger silk, makes a fascinating connection to the world of music – with implications for construction materials. Explore this amazing engineering feat in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine. Read story>> Outreach event? Successful activity? Announce it here! If you’re a local ASCE leader and your Section, Branch, Younger Member Group, or Student Chapter has staged any special events, engaged in outreach from grade-school kids to lawmakers, or anything of the sort, let ASCEnews Weekly know and we may include it in next month’s Region report. You may already have written about it and posted pictures in your newsletter, website, or social media. Share the details and any photos at asce.org/localnews. Got questions? Write to submissions@asce.org. See the other Region reports for May If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for May, click on each to view them: Region 1 Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section, Buffalo Section, Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers Section, Ithaca Section, Maine Section, Metropolitan Section, Mohawk-Hudson Section, New Hampshire Section, New Jersey Section, Puerto Rico Section, Rhode Island Section, Rochester Section, Syracuse Section, Vermont Section Region 2 Central Pennsylvania Section, Delaware Section, Lehigh Valley Section, Maryland Section, National Capital Section, Philadelphia Section, Pittsburgh Section Region 3 Akron-Canton Section, Central Illinois Section, Central Ohio Section, Cincinnati Section, Cleveland Section, Dayton Section, Duluth Section, Illinois Section, Michigan Section, Minnesota Section, North Dakota Section, Quad Cities Section, Toledo Section, Wisconsin Section Region 4 Arkansas Section, Indiana Section, Kentucky Section, North Carolina Section, South Carolina Section, Tennessee Section, Virginia Section, West Virginia Section Region 5 Alabama Section, Florida Section, Georgia Section, Louisiana Section, Mississippi Section Region 6 New Mexico Section, Oklahoma Section, Texas Section Region 7 Colorado Section, Iowa Section, Kansas City Section, Kansas Section, Nebraska Section, South Dakota Section, St. Louis Section, Wyoming Section Region 8 Alaska Section, Arizona Section, Columbia Section, Hawaii Section, Inland Empire Section, Montana Section, Nevada Section, Oregon Section, Seattle Section, Southern Idaho Section, Tacoma-Olympia Section, Utah Section Region 9 Los Angeles Section, Sacramento Section, San Diego Section, San Francisco Section Region 10 All International Sections, Branches, and Groups Missed last month's Region 1 update? 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