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 3 update? See the August edition of  News Around Region 3  Share this page via social media and email:

CENTRAL OHIO SECTION 18th annual Section Golf Outing raises $2,880 Courtesy Central Ohio Section About 75 golfers participated in the 18th annual Central Ohio Section Golf Outing, which raised more than $2,700 to support the Section’s Younger Member Group and its Civil Engineering Career Day. An additional $180 was contributed to the Carolyn J. Merry Scholarship Fund. The outing was held again at Darby Creek Golf Course in Marysville. Above, this year’s champions, Patrick Herl and Zach Freshner, who each posted the low score of one under par.   Section website>>.

WISCONSIN SECTION Milwaukee devises inventive flood management plan The Wisconsin city is pursuing a plan to use the basements of foreclosed homes for storm water detention, topped by urban gardens. See how it will work in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.

MICHIGAN SECTION Michigan State team tests a breakthrough in solar panels: clear glass Researchers at the university have developed a luminescent solar concentrator that could convert any window into a solar photovoltaic panel. Consider the potential in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.

AKRON-CANTON SECTION CEO of Akron-based geotechnical engineering firm elected an ASCE Fellow George P. Kelly, P.E., M.ASCE, managing principal and CEO of Akron, Ohio–headquartered Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc., has been elevated to ASCE Fellow status by the Society’s Board of Direction. With the firm since its start in 1970, Langan now employs more than 850 people in 20 offices throughout the U.S. and around the world. Kelly’s work has specialized in designing large problem sites where development had been limited. Discover more about what made Kelly worthy of election as an ASCE Fellow in ASCE News.