September 2015

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METROPOLITAN SECTION Restoring luster to a blue gem in Queens Built for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, the Great Hall has been restored to its original splendor as part of a larger project that doubles the size of the New York Hall of Science. Discover what needed to be done in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine.

UMASS STUDENT CHAPTER Students lay trolley tracks Members of the University of Massachusetts Student Chapter took a summer service trip to Shelburne Falls, MA, to help the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum lay some trolley track. Keep up with the group on Facebook. Courtesy UMass ASCE

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE Transducer simulates natural systems to detect cracks earlier Insects and bats have inspired a new ultrasonic transducer design that could help engineers spot smaller cracks sooner in nondestructive testing. Learn about the radical departure in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine.

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE 'Doomsday Equation' points to change in water use A team at Duke University uses mathematical models to identify past periods when global water use changed dramatically and projects a similar change for the middle of this century. Delve into the projection in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine.

IN ASCE’s CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE MAGAZINE Researchers pinpoint how each state can be powered by renewable energy A set of maps detailing how each of the 50 states could meet all of its energy requirements by 2050 through renewable energy sources has been developed by Stanford University researchers. Explore how it's possible in your state in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine.

REGION 1 NEWS New Section and Branch officers ready to lead Section and Branch leaders from around the world traveled to ASCE Headquarters in Reston, VA, Sept. 20-21, for the annual Presidents and Governors Forum. The event helped prepare new Section and Branch leaders for their presidential years, while also fostering connections between ASCE members from different Regions. Learn more about the Forum. Among the Region 1 attendees: Ellen P. White, P.E., M.ASCE (Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section), Marco M. Scofidio, P.E., M.ASCE (Buffalo Section), Lucas D. Stiles, P.E., M.ASCE (Maine Section), Albert Pozotriago, P.E., M.ASCE (Metropolitan Section), Qaisar A. Khan, P.E., M.ASCE (Metropolitan Section), Daniel V. Fritzsche, P.E., M.ASCE (Mohawk Hudson Section, Mid-Hudson Branch), Jay L. Hodkinson, P.E., M.ASCE (New Hampshire Section); Neil E. Sander, P.E., M.ASCE (New Jersey Section, Central Jersey Branch), Dhiren Patel, P.E., M.ASCE (New Jersey Section, North Jersey Branch), Vittorio M. Anepete, P.E., M.ASCE (New Jersey Section, South Jersey Branch), Edwin S. Anthony, P.E., F.ASCE (Rochester Section), Erin K. McCormick, A.M.ASCE (Rochester Section), and George N. McCain Jr., P.E., M.ASCE (Vermont Section).

SYRACUSE SECTION Section president-elect hired by Syracuse engineering firm Kip Wittchen, president-elect of the ASCE Syracuse Section, recently joined IPD: Engineering in Syracuse as a structural design engineer.

SYRACUSE SECTION Clarkson professor honored with ASCE’s Collingwood Prize for bridge work, writing Clarkson University associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Steven F. Wojtkiewicz, Ph.D., M.ASCE, has been selected as one of the recipients of the ASCE 2015 Collingwood Prize. The national award recognizes authors younger than 35 years for their engineering projects or contributions to engineering knowledge. Wojtkiewicz co-authored the paper Lifetime Extension of a Realistic Model of an In-Service Bridge through a Response Modification Approach with fellow ASCE members Arturo Schultz, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, and Andrew Gastineau, EIT, A.M.ASCE, which was published in the ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, December 2013.

NEW JERSEY SECTION Traffic and transportation engineer, college professor named Fellow Md Shoaib Chowdhury, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, an authority on traffic and transportation engineering in New York and northern New Jersey, has been elected a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Chowdhury currently serves on two Transportation & Development Institute committees, and has been an instructor at the City College of New York and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Read more about what made Chowdhury worthy of Fellow status.