September 2016     

ORANGE COUNTY BRANCH
Branch mourns sudden passing of Past President Gilbert

Gary Gilbert, P.E., G.E., ENV SP, M.ASCE, an active member of California’s Orange County Branch and dedicated civil engineer, has died at the age of 43.

Gilbert was the Branch’s immediate past president, serving as president for the 2014-15 term. He joined ASCE in 1995 and served in several leadership positions, including Student Chapter president at California State University, Long Beach, Orange County Younger Member Forum president, and Los Angeles Section treasurer.

Read more about Gilbert’s life, and see tributes on the Branch’s Facebook page.


SAN JOSE BRANCH
San Jose school’s ASCE C.E. club inspires students 

Amin Ghafooripour has taught undergrads. He’s taught post-grads.

No students inspire him, though, quite like these pre-grads.

Ghafooripour, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, leads the ASCE Civil Engineering Club at BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School in San Jose, CA, where the middle- and high-school-aged students continually surprise him.

“These kids don’t have any limits on their minds; there are no boundaries for their imaginations,” Ghafooripour said. “They can do everything. Sometimes they come up with ideas, and I say, ‘Oh, I never even thought of this.’”

Read more about the club.

ORANGE COUNTY BRANCH
Members bond, develop Branch plans at brewpub outing  


Photo courtesy Orange County Branch 

The Orange County Branch recently enjoyed a Social Committee meeting at Cismontane Brewing Company in Southern California for Taco Tuesday. The group, including Josue Vaglienty, Gyssela Quinabo, Steven King, and Elizabeth Ruedas, worked on event planning and organizing volunteers for upcoming Branch activities.

You can check out what they are up to on their Facebook page.




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


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LOS ANGELES SECTION
Port of Long Beach program management earns ASCE award

Douglas J. Sereno, P.E., D.PE, ENV SP, F.ASCE, is a recipient of ASCE’s 2016 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award, which recognizes individuals or groups of individuals who are members of ASCE and who have made continuing efforts to promote appreciation for the history, tradition, developments, and technical and professional activities of the Society.

Sereno was honored for his leadership at the Port of Long Beach as well as his dedication to the ASCE Committee on Sustainability, and his strong emphasis as a civil engineer on sustainable development and “green” facilities.

Read more about Sereno’s contributions.