September 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 2 update?
See the August edition of  News Around Region 2 


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MARYLAND SECTION
Section commemorates and celebrates a centennial of achievements


Courtesy Maryland Section

ASCE's Section covering Maryland has been a significant part of the heritage of civil engineering in the state for 100 years. Since last fall, the Section has been celebrating its centennial with special events and receiving tributes from the likes of Maryland's governor. Above, as part of the year-long celebration, the Section engaged in a community service project, members worked at the Clifton Valve Park House in Baltimore, a farm community that grows vegetables. Explore more about Maryland’s centennial in ASCE News.   
PHILADELPHIA SECTION
Villanova civil engineering professor honored with ASCE’s Wisely Award

For his leadership of ASCE’s Task Committee on Flood Safety Policies and Practices, especially its work on a committee report on flood risk management, Robert G. Traver, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.EWRI, F.ASCE, is a recipient of ASCE’s William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award for 2014.  Part of the Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Program at Villanova University since 1988, Traver serves as director of Villanova’s Center for the Advancement of Sustainability in Engineering. Traver was honored as the Water Resources Engineer of the Year in 2004 by ASCE’s Philadelphia Section. Learn more about what made Traver deserving of the Wisely Award in ASCE News.  
NATIONAL CAPITAL SECTION
Researchers aim to shield computers from seismic forces

A team from Howard University is testing the best methods to protect sensitive computer, telecommunications, and electrical equipment during earthquakes. See what the shake tables have found in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.