August 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 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 July edition of  News Around Region 3 Share this page via social media and email:

DULUTH SECTION Section’s former president elected ASCE Fellow Amy C. Thorson, P.E., F.ASCE, an engineering consultant specializing in geotechnical engineering programs and construction quality-assurance testing and inspection programs, has been elevated to Fellow status by the ASCE Board of Direction. Thorson is a past president of the Duluth Section, and previously served ASCE as District 8 Chair, Region 3 Governor, chair of the Volunteer Community Service Committee, and chair of the Technical Activities Committee. Read more about her career.

MICHIGAN SECTION Michigan professor works to solve infrastructure crisis University of Michigan civil and environmental engineering professor Victor Li, Ph.D., F.ASCE, has invented a form of self-healing concrete. The concrete bends to reinforce itself. Li thinks it could radically change the way we build and repair bridges and roads in the future. Learn more about this game-changing development.

REGION 3 NEWS ASCE welcoming applications for Student Transition Activity 'STAY' Grants Is your ASCE Section or Branch making plans to reach out to undergraduates this year? Need money to make this year’s events more engaging and relevant? ASCE is launching a pilot test of a new Student Transition Activity Grant program for local ASCE groups in Regions 1, 2, and 3. STAY Grants will be awarded to support Society outreach to students that demonstrates the value of ASCE both during their undergraduate years and beyond. Up to 30 grants of $500 to $1,500 will be awarded to ASCE groups with plans to show students that staying with ASCE will boost their transition into the profession and take their career further. Results of the pilot in Regions 1, 2, and 3 will help determine whether to take the program nationwide. For STAY Grant guidelines, email Leslie Payne, ASCE director of student and younger member programs, at lpayne@asce.org. Applications are due Sept. 21.

AKRON-CANTON SECTION Akron Student Chapter enjoys annual picnic and ballgame Courtesy ASCE Akron-Canton Section ASCE’s Student Chapter at the University of Akron recently hosted its annual Tailgate Picnic and Rubber Ducks Game in downtown Akron. Members enjoyed a cookout before going to watch the Rubber Ducks at Canal Park.  Section website>>

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE Climate warming and other disturbing trends worsened in 2014 A new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration appearing in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society reveals that 2014 was marked by record warmth, record levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, record ocean temperatures, and "the Blob." Consider the findings in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine.

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE Extreme shrimp studied as models for new materials Understanding how some species of shrimp withstand extreme pressure and heat could lead to future high-performance materials for extreme environments. See what the research has found in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine.