February 2015

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SACRAMENTO SECTION Water resources engineering firm’s owner receives ASCE’s Hinds Award David T. Ford, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, M.ASCE, is the recipient of the Julian Hinds Award for outstanding contributions and leadership in water resources engineering, planning, and management – including application of risk-based analysis for flood damage mitigation and real-time flood response decision making – pioneering research, and exemplary mentoring and training of young engineers. Owner and president of David Ford Consulting Engineers Inc., a water resources engineering firm in Sacramento, California, Ford is an internationally recognized expert in water resources engineering, planning, and management. His 35 years of experience also includes working as a senior engineer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC), an adjunct professor at the University of California, Davis, and a lecturer at California State University, Sacramento. Discover more about what made Ford worthy of this honor in ASCE News.

SAN FRANCISCO SECTION Wastewater treatment engineer honored with ASCE’s Freese Award and Lecture George Tchobanoglous, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, NAE, is the recipient of the Simon W. Freese Environmental Engineering Award and Lecture for his efforts as an educator, his research on wastewater treatment technologies, and his 500 technical publications, including 22 textbooks. He bridged the gap between academia and the real world of engineering. Professor emeritus in the University of California Davis Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tchobanoglous is an international authority on wastewater treatment, management, and reuse, Tchobanoglous is widely recognized for promoting the use of new technologies in 4 key areas: the construction of wetlands for wastewater treatment, the application of alternative filtration technologies, ultraviolet (UV) disinfection for wastewater reuse applications, and decentralized wastewater management. Discover more about what made Tchobanoglous worthy of this honor in ASCE News.

SAN FRANCISCO SECTION Berkeley professor, earthquake engineering expert, elected to NAE Jonathan D. Bray, Ph.D., F.ASCE, faculty chair in earthquake engineering excellence and professor of geotechnical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to earthquake engineering and advances in mitigation of surface faulting, liquefaction, and seismic slope failure. Bray has been a registered professional civil engineer since 1985 and he has over 2 decades of experience in teaching and performing research in geotechnical engineering and earthquake engineering. Discover more about what made Bray 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.

SACRAMENTO SECTION Sacramento completing light-rail extension The 4.3-mile extension travels through a tight corridor that challenged the engineering team to coordinate with other projects and employ innovative noise reduction. The project is the second phase of a larger extension project that totals more than 10 mi that the Sacramento Regional Transit District began planning in 1993. Consider its challenges 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.