May 2014      ARKANSAS SECTION University of Arkansas wins ASCE sustainability award For designing a complete water purification system that can be built easily using a bicycle and other available local materials, a student team from the University of Arkansas has won ASCE's Sustainable Development Award, given during the Environmental Protection Agency’s P3 (People, Prosperity, and the Planet) competition in Washington, DC. Learn how they did it in ASCE News. TENNESSEE SECTION Video highlights Tennessee – Knoxville Student Chapter’s activities Photo courtesy Marvin Martinez, University of Tennessee – Knoxville Student Chapter The University of Tennessee – Knoxville Student Chapter has created a promotional video that showcases its involvement in ASCE’s 2014 Southeast Student Conference. As chapter member and video producer Marvin Martinez put it, “The purpose of this video is to get more students involved in our ASCE Student Chapter by showing them what conference is about; also to show our pride as students in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at UT. We work hard every year to prepare to compete against other top engineering schools in various competitions, and we are always looking for more students to get involved.”  Watch video>>   Student chapter website>> NATIONAL CAPITAL SECTION ASCE’s Virginia-based national headquarters toured for sustainability Photo courtesy ASCE On May 15, the National Capital Section’s Sustainability Committee hosted tours and a panel discussion at the ASCE Headquarters building in nearby Reston, VA, which recently received LEED Gold Certification in the Existing Buildings-Operation & Maintenance category. Activities highlighted measures that led to certification of the facility. Representatives from the US Green Building Council, the ASCE Foundation, and upgrade designers RSG Architects took part in the event.   Section website>> KENTUCKY SECTION Land Between the Lakes park bridges get twin replacements Kentucky recently replaced two bridges at each side of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area at roughly the same time. The nearly identical designs resulted in a cost savings. Explore the new bridges and the decision-making behind them in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine. Read story>> TENNESSEE SECTION Nation’s streams hold hydropower potential, Tennessee lab study finds Hydropower currently supplies the United States with approximately 7 percent of its electricity, but there is a wealth of untapped streams across the nation that could supplement that supply, according to a new report by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.  Delve into the findings in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine. Read story>> Outreach event? 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