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 5 update? See the July edition of  News Around Region 5 Share this page via social media and email:

ALABAMA SECTION, BIRMINGHAM BRANCH Member since 1937, 102-year-old receive Branch award During a recent Birmingham Branch Meeting, Richard Woodruff was awarded a Certificate of Achievement – a week and a half after celebrating his 102nd birthday. He has been a member since 1937. Read an ASCE News feature about Woodruff’s life and career written for his 100th birthday. Courtesy Alabama Section, Birmingham Branch

FLORIDA SECTION Senior civil engineer with Tampa firm elected ASCE Fellow Brian D. McKeehan, P.E., F.ASCE, an associate and senior civil engineer with Gresham, Smith and Partners in Tampa, has been elected a Fellow by ASCE’s Board of Direction. Learn more about what made McKeehan worthy of Fellow status.

FLORIDA SECTION University of Miami creates a tempest in a tank to study hurricanes A massive wind-wave tank on the university’s campus is capable of mimicking Category 5 hurricanes. Explore what researchers hope to learn in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine.

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.