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August 2016 |
| INDIA SECTION India Section leads huge techno-management symposium  Photo courtesy India Section The ASCE India Section took a leadership role in the hugely successful 2016 Kshitij conference, the annual annual techno-management symposium of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The symposium brought together more than 60,000 students for competitions, workshops, exhibitions, and guest lectures focusing on technological advancements. |
| REGION 10 NEWS Composites structures expert earns Fellow status Brian Uy, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a chartered civil and structural engineer in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States for over 20 years, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Uy has worked in as professor, head of school, dean, and director at the University of New South Wales, Western Sydney University, and the University of Wollongong in Australia. Also active in ASCE, Uy served as co-chairman of the Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VII Conference in Cairns, Australia, in 2013, sponsored by the ASCE Structural Engineering Institute. Read more about Uy’s career and what made him worthy of Fellow status. |
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE Now's the time to tackle potential water scarcity, World Bank report says We should prepare now to mitigate climate change-induced water scarcity by 2035 or prepare to pay the human, environmental, and economic price, warns a report by the World Bank. Consider the call to act now in ASCE's Civil Engineering online. . |
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE Tests reveal new pipeline can withstand strong earthquakes Using a simulated earthquake, Cornell University has determined that a new type of earthquake-resilient utility pipe destined for Los Angeles is ready for the next big disaster. Explore the testing process in ASCE's Civil Engineering online. . |
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 August If you live adjacent to a Section in a different Region, or are merely interested in the other Region reports for August, 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 10 update? See the July edition of News Around Region 10 Share this page via social media and email:  |
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING ONLINE Is an artificial leaf the game changer for solar energy? University of Illinois at Chicago researchers use a novel, engineered catalyst to dramatically improve the efficiency of solar cells in converting CO2 into syngas. Explore the promising new technology in ASCE's Civil Engineering online. . |