August 2014

Great outreach event or other activity? Let the whole Region know! 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, done charity work, fund raising 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 August If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for August, 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 July edition of  News Around Region 3  Share this page via social media and email:

Savor the end of summer ... see you in the fall With many on vacation, August is typically a slow time of year, and thus it is this month for Region news. When your Section, Branch, Younger Member Group or Student Chapter cranks up fall activities, share your successes with ASCE members in the overall Region here in the monthly Region Report. If you cover it and post photos for your newsletter, website, or social media, please forward the details and images to asce.org/localnews. Got questions? Write to submissions@asce.org.

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE Design firm in Chicago developing plan to protect the Great Lakes Recent water woes in Toledo, Ohio, reinforce the dedication of SOM’s Chicago office to preserving the Great Lakes watershed. Consider their solutions in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE Seismic hazards more widespread across U.S., maps show Updated maps by the U.S. Geological Survey suggest that earthquake risks are more widespread around the nation than previously believed. Review the sobering findings in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE NIST researchers develop new corrosion test A team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology investigating rapid corrosion in fuel tank sump pumps develops a way to better understand corrosion in vaporous environments. Explore the discovery in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.