REGION 2 NEWS Pennoni honors ASCE for commitment to infrastructure  Photo courtesy Pennoni ASCE Executive Director Tom Smith, middle, with former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Pennoni founder and chairman Chuck Pennoni. The Philadelphia-based firm Pennoni recently honored ASCE with the 2016 Ellipse Award at its annual Ellipse Gala, held at the National Constitution Center. The Ellipse Award is given annually by Pennoni to a member of the community who has improved the quality of life through continued improvements to or investment in infrastructure. “Conversations on infrastructure were placed at the forefront of national debates this year, highlighting the critical impact that our infrastructure systems have on the health, safety, and quality of life enjoyed by all Americans thanks to ASCE’s 2013 Report Card,” said Pennoni President and CEO Anthony Bartolomeo. “Their work is tremendous in bringing awareness to the value of quality engineering.” |
| REGION 2 NEWS Concrete Canoe teams make their splash for a shot at the finals  Photo courtesy of ASCE Drexel Cast in concrete, gravity-defying canoes designed and built by ASCE Student Chapters from around the world have been competing in regional tournaments this month, each striving for a shot at the 2016 national finals, coming June 9-11 to the University of Texas at Tyler. Above, the team from Drexel shows off its canoe. |
| PENN STATE STUDENT CHAPTER Penn State student named 2016 New Face of Engineering Steven Mezzacappa, S.M.ASCE, a junior architectural engineering student at Penn State University, was honored by DiscoverE as one of the 2016 New Faces of Engineering – College Edition. DiscoverE presents this award to 13 of the nation’s most promising engineering professionals of tomorrow. These students exemplify the vision, innovation, and leadership skills that form the foundational elements of a successful engineering career. Read more about the honor and about Mezzacappa’s career. |
 May 2016 |
PHILADELPHIA SECTION River restoration innovator named ASCE Fellow Ram K. Mohan, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a senior partner at Anchor QEA and an internationally recognized expert in coastal and marine engineering, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Mohan’s contributions, through authorship of over 250 publications, have led to some significant advancements in the industry, including development of the in-lieu river restoration concept, wetland restoration and living shoreline designs, sea level rise and coastal adaptation planning, and cost-effective and environmentally protective aquatic remediation approaches. Read more about what made Mohan worthy of this honor. 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 May If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for May, 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 the last Region 2 update? See the April edition of News Around Region 2 Share this page via social media and email:  |