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 10 update? See the August edition of  News Around Region 10 Share this page via social media and email:

REGION 10 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 10 attendees: Warren Ladbrook, P.E., C.Eng CPEng, CP, M.ASCE (New Zealand Group), April J. Lander, A.M.ASCE (New Zealand Group), Jairo Uribe-Escamilla, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE (Republic of Colombia Section), and Ronald Hines, C.Eng, Ing, M.ASCE (West Canada).

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 Winner of 2015 Urban Habitat Award embraces the tropics A Singapore hotel featuring dramatic greenery and natural forms is praised for contributing to the urban fabric of the city. Discover what made it a deserving award-winner in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine.

Egyptian national cancer institute features calming design The institute's new home west of Cairo will contain eight buildings linked to one another by a massive six-story underground plinth. See the massive campus renderings in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine.

Designers of Milan’s iconic Rainbow Tower return to restore it The same firms that turned an unused water tower into a brightly colored work of art in 1990 are now donating their time and effort to repairing the structure in time for an international exhibition. Discover what the update entails in ASCE’s online Civil Engineering magazine.

REGION 10 NEWS Bangladesh grad named ASCE 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 earned his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He currently serves on two Transportation & Development Institute committees. Read more about what made Chowdhury worthy of Fellow status.

REGION 10 NEWS Calcutta-trained geotechnical engineer elevated to Fellow status Sujan Bhattacharya, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a geotechnical engineer and consultant in the state of Georgia, has been accorded Fellow status by the ASCE Board of Direction. Bhattacharya has a bachelor of engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpore (formerly, Bengal Engineering College, University of Calcutta). Read more about what made Bhattacharya worthy of Fellow status.

REGION 10 NEWS Abstracts sought for 7th CECAR – Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region The next of the triennial CECAR conferences, the seventh Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region, will be held in late summer 2016 in Waikiki, Hawaii. ASCE is the host society for next year’s gathering, under the theme Ho-'Omalamalama: Building a Sustainable Infrastructure in the Asia Pacific Region. Organizers have issued an appeal for abstracts. Learn more about CECAR7 and act now to submit your abstract.