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NEW JERSEY SECTION Longtime Rutgers professor earns Fellow status Christopher G. Uchrin, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, an esteemed environmental engineer and educator, has been elevated to the status of Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. In his time as a professor at Rutgers, he has advised 37 Ph.D. recipients. Many of these have gone on to productive careers in all sectors of the environmental field. Learn more about what made him worthy of Fellow status. 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 1 update? See the early May edition of News Around Region 1 Share this page via social media and email:  |
| ITHACA SECTION Cornell professor elected Distinguished Member Kenneth C. Hover, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, was one of nine elected to ASCE’s highest honor –Distinguished Membership – in 2016. Hover, a professor at Cornell, is world-renowned for his advances in concrete technology and construction. His research on free-thaw resistance of high-strength concrete, measurement of air, and the effects of handling and vibration on air entrainment (embedded bubbles) have significantly improved concrete technology and construction practices. Read more about his career. |
RHODE ISLAND SECTION Presidential reunion on the river  Photo courtesy Larry Smith Past Rhode Island Section presidents reunited at the annual section meeting at the Squantum Association event center in Providence, RI. They were joined by ASCE President-Elect Norma Jean Mattei, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE (front row center). NEW JERSEY SECTION New Jersey lifer, former ASCE executive director earns Society’s highest honor ASCE’s former longtime Executive Director Pat Natale, P.E., CAE, Dist.M.ASCE, has been elected to the Class of 2016 Distinguished Members. Natale remains a champion of civil engineering whose initiatives have both pushed the profession forward while also financially strengthening the organizations in his charge. Read more about his various endeavors and 12 years leading the Society. |
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