September 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 September If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for September, 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 4 update? See the August edition of  News Around Region 4 Share this page via social media and email:

VIRGINIA SECTION Innovative berm, outlet structure revitalizes critical Virginia wetland A beaver dam replacement allows park management to control the water levels of a vital wetland in northern Virginia while minimizing long-term effects on the environment. Consider the geotechnical challenges in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine.

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.

STUDENT CHAPTERS Signs of the season Courtesy ASCE University of Arkansas, Fayetteville All around the Region, ASCE Student Chapters are getting ready for a new school year. That means Concrete Canoe meetings, Steel Bridge planning, event organizing, plus as seen at top, the posting of 2015-16 chapter officers at the University of Arkansas, and above, welcoming back ASCE Student Members at the University of Virginia.

REGION 4 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 4 attendees: William A. Gilley, P.E., M.ASCE (Kentucky Section), Michael T. Siburt, P.E., M.ASCE (North Carolina Section, Eastern Branch), Michael D. Zavislak, P.E., M.ASCE (South Carolina Section), Bryan D. Kizer, P.E., M.ASCE (South Carolina Section, Eastern Branch), Brandie C. Cookston, P.E., M.ASCE (Tennessee Section), Kevin S. McAlister, P.E., M.ASCE (Tennessee Section, Nashville Branch), Jenna Sollner, A.M.ASCE (Virginia Section, Norfolk Branch), and Ashley Johnson, P.E., M.ASCE (Virginia Section, Richmond Branch).

TENNESSEE SECTION, KNOXVILLE BRANCH Annual golf tournament generates scholarship money The Knoxville Branch recently had its 18th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament and Luncheon. The tournament featured 20 teams, and the Branch made $5,500 from the event to issue as scholarships.

NORTH CAROLINA SECTION Western Branch past-president earns Fellow status Kenneth R. Cooper, P.E., F.ASCE, whose civil engineering career has spanned transportation and construction in Arizona and North Carolina, has been elevated to Fellow status by the Society’s Board of Direction. Cooper is a past-president of the North Carolina Section, Western Branch, and has taught civil engineering and surveying technology at the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in North Carolina. Read more about what made Cooper worthy of Fellow status.

REGION 4 NEWS National Hydraulic Engineer named ASCE Fellow A Claudia C. Hoeft, P.E., F.ASCE, an expert hydraulic engineer, has been elevated to the status of Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Hoeft is the National Hydraulic Engineer at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, in Washington, DC, and previously worked as a hydraulic engineer in Indianapolis and as a national technical specialist in Little Rock. Read more about what made her worthy of Fellow status.