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May 2014 AKRON-CANTON SECTION University of Akron set to host National Student Steel Bridge Competition  Photo courtesy University of Akron Student Chapter A team of civil engineering students at the University of Akron, site of the 2014 National Student Steel Bridge Competition, practices building its steel bridge. The university will be hosting the 2014 National Student Steel Bridge Competition this weekend, May 23-24. Teams from 49 universities will be competing, having emerged from regional competitions in which a total of 208 teams competed from throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. Jointly organized by the American Institute of Steel Construction, ASCE and the University of Akron Civil Engineering Department, the NSSBC challenges student teams to design and fabricate a one-tenth scale steel bridge. Contest rules reflect structural specifications and construction regulations. Students practice structural design/analysis and project management, as well as learning fabrication techniques and gaining appreciation for the strength and constructability of steel. Visit Akron’s site>> ILLINOIS SECTIONS New 2014 state Report Card released; overall grade up to C– from D+  Across nine categories of infrastructure, Illinois has improved from an overall grade of D+ in 2010 to a C– this year, according to the Illinois Section and its new state Report Card, which it issued in April. Even so, the best grade was a C+ for bridges and aviation each; the worst, a D– for navigable water. "The 2014 Report Card demonstrates that we can improve the current condition of Illinois infrastructure — when investments are made and projects move forward, the grades improve," the Section wrote. “While the modest progress is encouraging, there is much work left to be done. … To raise our infrastructure grades, we need to create sustainable infrastructure investment programs that plan for the future Illinois we want our children to live in, and continue the positive momentum we have seen over the past four years.” Explore the Report Card>> Section website>>MICHIGAN SECTION University of Michigan professor wins ASCE award for computing applications SangHyun Lee, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, has won ASCE’s 2014 Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction for his groundbreaking research in computer simulation and information technology, and its application to the construction industry. The John L. Tishman CM Faculty Scholar in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan has established research programs and pursued fundamental new knowledge in automatic behavior monitoring for analysis of construction fatalities and injuries. Lee’s timely efforts in monitoring and control for effective and efficient project delivery have greatly contributed to addressing how such large-scale project development can be both cost-effective and time-effective. Learn more about Lee’s award-worthy achievements in ASCE News. REGION 3 MEMBER HONORS Three civil engineering professors win ASCE Huber Prizes for research "Congratulations to the following three civil engineering professors who achieved breakthroughs in research that made them worthy of ASCE’s 2014 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prizes.
ILLINOIS SECTION Section past president, active in T&DI, elected ASCE Fellow Christopher J. King, P.E., S.E., F.ASCE, president of South Holland, IL-based Robinson Engineering, and a former Illinois Section president, has been elected an ASCE Fellow. Past director, secretary, and president of ASCE’s Illinois Section, he currently is a member of ASCE’s Public Agency Review Peer Committee, the ASCE/Transportation & Development Institute’s Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavers Committee, and a corresponding member of the Committee on Leadership and Management. Learn more of what made King worthy of election as a Fellow in ASCE News. WISCONSIN SECTION Tallest flagpole in North America about to rise Raising a 400 feet tall flagpole in Sheboygan, Wis., requires expertise from multiple engineering disciplines, including structural, mechanical, and geotechnical. Learn how the new landmark will be erected in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine. Read story>> MICHIGAN SECTION Michigan State fine-tuning electric-generating anaerobic digester The university’s new anaerobic digester will create fertilizer, generate power, bolster sustainability – and pay for itself within 10 years. Discover how designers will make it work 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 3 update? See the April edition of News Around Region 3 Send this page via social media and email: 
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