February 2015    


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 February
If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for February, 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


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MICHIGAN  SECTION
University of Michigan assistant professor receives ASCE’s Casagrande Award

Adda M. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, is the recipient of the Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award for her contributions in the seismic risk assessment of levee protection systems against flooding. Assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Michigan, Athanasopoulous-Zekkos’ studies of earthen levees have taken 3 important directions: risk assessment based on GIS information systems, ground motion selection for predicting levee response, and development of novel levee cutoff walls. Discover more about what made Athanasopoulos-Zekkos worthy of this honor in ASCE News.
WISCONSIN SECTION
Chair of Society’s Committee on Sustainability elected ASCE Fellow

D. Michael Mucha, P.E., F.ASCE, director of the Madison (Wis.) Metropolitan Sewerage District, has served on numerous ASCE committees and is the current chair of the Committee on Sustainability. Mucha, who received ASCE’s Daniel W. Mead Award for Younger Members for ethics in engineering, was also honored with the Wisconsin Section’s Young Civil Engineer of the Year. Discover more about what made Mucha worthy of this honor in ASCE News.

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE
Global engineering firm evaluates 50 most sustainable cities

A new report by ARCADIS examines how 50 of the largest cities in the world balance social, environmental, and business interests. See which cities rank highest in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE
Study for Corps of Engineers urges national effort to reduce coastal risks

A report conducted by the National Research Council and sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calls for a united, national vision for coastal risk management. Consider the call to action in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.

ILLINOIS SECTION
Co-founder of Architectural Engineering Institute dies

Paul Allen Seaburg, Ph.D., P.E, F.ASCE, distinguished educator, and a founding member of ASCE’s Architectural Engineering Institute, died December 29 at the age of 80. Dr. Seaburg served as adjunct professor of civil engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla and dean emeritus in the School of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Within ASCE and AEI, he served on the executive committee of the Structural Division and the first Executive Committee of the Architectural Engineering Division, and was instrumental in establishing AEI. Recently, he served as chair of AEI’s Standards Administrative Committee and on the ASCE Codes and Standards Committee. Discover more about Dr. Seaburg’s distinguished career in ASCE News.


CENTRAL OHIO SECTION
Sweeping memorial and museum planned for Ohio veterans


Courtesy MIR

A spiral design highlights a new memorial that will connect with the landscape of its high-profile site in Columbus, including a green roof designed for ceremonies and quiet contemplation. Consider the vision for the site in ASCE’s online edition of Civil Engineering magazine.