| TEXAS SECTION Hook ’em horns – ‘distinguished’ style  Photo courtesy Richard Corsi Ken Stokoe, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, NAE, Dist.M.ASCE, professor in the University of Texas, Austin’s department of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, throws up his “hook ’em horns” sign with colleague Richard Corsi. Stokoe is among ASCE’s 2016 class of Distinguished Members. Read more about Stokoe and his achievements. |
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| TEXAS SECTION Dallas-Fort Worth AECOM leader named Fellow Wendy A. Lopez, P.E., F.ASCE, a senior vice-president with AECOM, where she leads the Dallas/Fort Worth Metro operations, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. As DFW Metro Executive, Lopez has more than 200 staff reporting to her from three offices located throughout Dallas and Fort Worth, TX. Read more about her career and what made her worthy of Fellow status. |
TEXAS SECTION UTEP professor who combines AI with transportation engineering named Fellow Ruey Long (Kelvin) Cheu, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, known as a pioneer in bringing artificial intelligence techniques into the transportation engineering field, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Cheu is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso. His teaching and research interests are in the area of transportation engineering. Being also an expert in international and multidisciplinary education programs, he has created or directed transatlantic and transpacific dual–master programs that integrate transportation engineering education with industrial engineering/logistics/supply chain training. Learn more about his work at UTEP and what made him worthy of Fellow status. . |
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TEXAS SECTION UT-Austin Centennial Professor earns Fellow honor Ellen M. Rathje, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, whose contributions to civil engineering include her research accomplishments in geotechnical earthquake engineering and her leadership in technical organizations and large, collaborative projects, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Rathje is the Warren S. Bellows Centennial Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research spans the technical areas of seismic-site response analysis, seismic-slope stability, and satellite remote sensing of geotechnical phenomena. Read more about her work in earthquake engineering. |