| SACRAMENTO SECTION UC-Davis professor, champion of California water resources named Distinguished Member Jay Lund, Ph.D., F.EWRI, Dist.M.ASCE, has been elected to the Class of 2016 Distinguished Members. Lund, a professor at the University of California, Davis, is acclaimed in the Golden State as a leader in reservoir management and operation, water demand management, and incorporation of water markets into water resources systems. His efforts has had a significant influence on state and federal policy for California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Read more about his career. |
| LOS ANGELES YOUNGER MEMBERS FORUM Getting an early start on structural engineering  Photo courtesy Los Angeles Younger Member Forum The Los Angeles YMF recently sent a large contingent to Clover Elementary School to work with second-grade students. The Younger Members taught them about structures, bracing, and near-source seismic coefficients. Follow the LA YMF. |
| LOS ANGELES SECTION San Diego Airport project makes history with Envision award The San Diego International Airport's Green Build landside project recently received the Envision rating system’s Platinum award – the first airport development so honored by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure. Owned by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, the landside development is the 13th project in North America to receive an Envision rating system award from ISI, which was cofounded in 2011 by ASCE, the American Public Works Association, and the American Council of Engineering Companies. Read more about the project. |
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IN CIVIL ENGINEERING MAGAZINE ONLINE The map is intended to help engineers and builders understand where the risks of low-level but still dangerous earthquakes influenced by human activities are the greatest. Explore the map and the research behind it in an exclusive story for the online edition of ASCE’s Civil Engineering magazine. |
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING MAGAZINE ONLINE Investments in renewable energy set records in 2015 China, India, and Brazil led the impressive results, the first year that renewable energy accounted for more than half of all new capacity. Explore the UN-commissioned report's findings in an exclusive story for the online edition of ASCE’s Civil Engineering magazine. |
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