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May 2014 INDIA SECTION, WESTERN REGION Mumbai-area university celebrates inauguration of ASCE student group  Courtesy Manoj Anaokar, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering From left, Professor Manoj Anaokar of the Mukesh Patel School of Technology, ASCE India Section Western Region President Arvind Shah, and Section Treasurer Ravindra Ringshia. Students and faculty of the Civil Engineering Department at Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering, in Mumbai, India, launched their official ASCE International Student Group in April with “Ingeniero 2014,” a two-day conference at the university that drew more than 110 participants. The event’s first day was dominated by a series of mental and physical competitions that put students’ engineering skills to the test, including an ice cream stick bridge-making contest, a rapid-fire civil engineering quiz, and an elocution contest testing presentation skills. A formal inauguration ceremony was held on the second day featuring ASCE India Section Western Region President Arvind Shah and Treasurer-Joint Secretary Ravindra Ringshia as guests of honor. Following a lamp lighting and religious invocation, Shah and Ringshia unveiled a logo for the group, known as CESA, the Civil Engineering Student Association. Professor Manoj Anaokar explained the origins of CESA’s formation and its vision and mission. Shah discussed the role of ASCE-ISWR and its activities, plus how they fit into his more than five decades of civil engineering experience. Ringshia detailed responsibilities of an ASCE student chapter and benefits of becoming an ASCE student member. He then enlightened attendees with a lecture on recent advances in cast-in-place pipes. The event concluded with a “vote of thanks” from third-year student Priyanka Ramchandani. See the new website for ASCE India>> REGION 10 ACTIVITIES ASCE team tours Philippines to assess Typhoon Haiyan's aftermath  Courtesy Shenen Chen, Ph.D., P.E., M. ASCE More than six months after the most powerful, deadliest typhoon to hit the Philippines in its history, the nation is still reeling. In early May, a team of seven civil engineers from ASCE’s Technical Council on Forensic Engineering, in cooperation with the Technical Council on Wind Engineering, spent a week there to conduct post-disaster assessments, documenting evidence of structural and geo-system damage to historic and residential structures and public infrastructure. Members of the team chronicled their findings in an exclusive daily report for ASCE. Read the daily diary>> PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP Student group begins provisional formation at Pakistan university  Courtesy Wasim Khaliq, Ph.D., M.ASCE The National University of Science and Technology’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Islamabad, Pakistan, launched the formal process of establishing an ASCE International Student Group with a well-attended introductory symposium in April. ASCE’s Pakistan Section has offered its support since last December, when the university’s group approached the Section for supervision. At the symposium, student officers were appointed and eager attendees were briefed on ASCE as a professional platform that helps civil engineers around the world develop and enhance their careers. Faculty advisor Wasim Khaliq, Ph.D., M.ASCE, explained the technical contributions ASCE makes to the profession and the benefits of forming an ASCE student group. The enthusiastic provisional group is well on its way with 120 student members. PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP Chief engineer of Pakistan government’s engineering agency elected ASCE Fellow Ahmad Bilal Faruqi, P.E., F.ASCE, chief engineer at National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd., a state-owned enterprise of the government of Pakistan, has been elected an ASCE Fellow. Faruqi has supervised nearly all facets of civil engineering for major projects in Pakistan, among them highways, bridges, buildings, combat engineering, and services. Highly active in Pakistan’s engineering societies, Faruqi enjoys mentoring young engineers. Learn more of what made Faruqi worthy of election as a Fellow in ASCE News. IN CIVIL ENGINEERING MAGAZINE ONLINE Museum of the Built Environment under way in Saudi Arabia A new museum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will bridge a valley and combine secure art galleries with open access to an elevated monorail line that will operate through its center. Learn how it will juggle a number of complex site constraints, including extreme heat, in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine. Read story>> IN CIVIL ENGINEERING MAGAZINE ONLINE Ancient Roman infrastructure discovered in Italy Archaeologists have discovered an extension of the Roman infrastructure system – believed to date back to the second century A.D. – in the town of Ostia, Italy. The recent discovery redefines existing knowledge of the community’s boundaries, its relationship to the nearby maritime port of Portus, and the development of large-scale transportation infrastructure serving the preindustrial city of Rome. Explore the fascinating discovery in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine. Read story>> IN CIVIL ENGINEERING MAGAZINE ONLINE 'Supertall' tower in Jakarta driven by sustainability Constructing a highly sustainable 1,739 feet tall tower in Jakarta, Indonesia, presents significant challenges that engineers are resolving through performance-based design. Learn how they intend to pull it off in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine. Read story>> GLOBAL LINK CALENDAR Click on event titles for details JUNE 15 Call for papers deadline – EMI 2015 International Conference, Hong Kong SEPTEMBER 1 Call for papers deadline – 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, New Zealand OCTOBER 7-11 ASCE/EWB-USA Global Engineering Conference, Panama City, Panama 17-18 International Conference on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure, Hyderabad, India See the other Region reports for May If you are 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 Outreach event? 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