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 Missed last month's Region 5 update? See the January edition of News Around Region 5 Share this page via social media and email:

FLORIDA SECTION University of Florida professor wins ASCE’s Computing in Civil Engineering Award Ian Flood, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, is the recipient of the Computing in Civil Engineering Award for extraordinary leadership in the advancement of computing in civil engineering through academic research, project application, and Society service. Holland professor and coordinator of the Ph.D. Program at the Rinker School of Building Construction in the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida, Flood has made an extraordinary contribution to the advancement of computing in civil engineering through his research, service to publications, and leadership within ASCE’s Technical Council on Computing and Information Technology (TCCIT). Discover more about what made Flood worthy of this honor in ASCE News. .

LOUISIANA SECTION Bonnet Carré Spillway joins ASCE’s historic civil engineering landmarks Courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers In service for 84 years, the Bonnet Carré Spillway just west of New Orleans has been named by ASCE to its roster of National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks. Built in the aftermath of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927,  the spillway represented a new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approach to flood control. Explore the new landmark in ASCE News. .

GEORGIA SECTION Distinguished Member, first practicing highway engineer to serve on NTSB dies George W. Black, Jr., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, whose expertise and leadership in the area of transportation engineering and highway safety led to his service as the first practicing highway engineer to be appointed and confirmed as a member of the National Transportation and Safety Board, died January 18 at the age of 69. Twice appointed by President Bill Clinton as a member of the NTSB, he was assigned to many of the accidents during his tenure in all modes of transportation. In 1999, his work on the USAir Flight 427 and United Airlines Flight 585 accident investigations earned him a Laurels Award from Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine. Pay tribute to Mr. Black’s distinguished career 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.