February 7, 2007

• Awards Presented at the Regions 4 & 5 Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennesee
  
  Twenty Years and Still Floating
  
  Making Public Relations Work for You: Training Day to Offer Tools and Tips for Success
  
  TISP 2007: 6th Annual TISP Congress
  
  Membership
  
  2007 Structures Congress
  
  The Architectural Engineering Institute Hosts Symposium on Sheltering in Place
  
  Continuing Education Webinars
  
  ASCE Offers Live P.E. Exam Review Course on the Web
  
  SAVE THE DATE!  ASCE's 138th Annual Conference!
  
  Mark Your Calendar!
  
  Region Boards of Governors
  
  Committee on Geographic Units
  
  Executives
  
  Geographic Services Department
  
  Contact Information
  
  Region Boards of Governors
  
  Committee on Geographic Units
  
  Executives
  
  Geographic Services Department
  
  Contact Information
  
• ASCE

Several awards were presented at the Regions 4 & 5 Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tenn. 

The Outstanding Section and Branch Award program is administered by the Committee on Geographic Units in an effort to recognize Sections and Branches that have made an outstanding contribution to the Society and their community through their programs and activities.

The award for Outstanding Large Section in Regions 4 and 5 was awarded to the North Carolina Section.   Jeff Coonse, North Carolina Section president-elect accepted the award.

 

The award for Outstanding Large Branch in Regions 4 and 5 was presented to the Nashville Branch. Suzanne Herron, a member of the Nashville Branch Board of Direction and Corey Knight, chair of the sustaining membership committee of the Branch accepted the award.

 

The Outstanding Section and Branch Web Site Award recognizes exemplary Web sites.

The Outstanding Section and Branch Web site Award for a Small Branch was presented to the Savannah Branch. Doug Hintz from the Georgia Section accepted the award.

 

The Outstanding Section and Branch Web site Award for a Large Branch was presented to the Nashville Branch. Suzanne Herron and Corey Knight once again accepted the award of behalf of the Branch.

 

Lastly the Outstanding Section and Branch Web site Award for a Large Section was presented to the Indiana Section. Jerry Frost, secretary of the Indiana Section accepted the award

 

 

The Outstanding Section and Branch Newsletter Award is also under the Committee on Geographic Units.  The criteria is based on newsletter content, format and special effects.

 

The Outstanding Newsletter Award for a Large Section was presented to the Louisiana Section. Ray Desormeaux, vice president of the Section accepted this award.

 

 

ASCE and its Committee on Volunteer Community Service (CVCS) recognizes outstanding community service efforts. 

The Citizen Engineer Award is presented to a civil engineer who has contributed to the community through public involvement or public service. This includes volunteering in the community, influencing local policy or legislative affairs and improving the image of civil engineers.

Two of the winners of the 2006 Citizen Engineer Award were Scarlett Kitts of Greensboro, NC and George Bartuska of Winter Park, Fla.

Scarlett Kitts was selected for mentoring a middle school future city team that won the statewide competition. She has been active in the North Carolina Future Cities program by leading fund-raising events and working to involve middle schools across the state to be a part of the program. Scarlett is a leader in teaching the public about what civil engineers do and what they bring to their community. Kathryn Benson, president elect of the Eastern Branch of the North Carolina Section accepted the award on behalf of Scarlett.

George Bartuska was selected for his bringing the story of “all about bridges” to groups of up to 350 4th and 5th graders. George contributed to the positive image of civil engineers with this presentation which explains the fundamentals of engineering in a way that youngsters can understand. He has received scores of letters from the children and teachers that he has mentored.

The Committee on Volunteer Community Service also administers the Public Service Award. This award recognizes the contributions of an ASCE group for its community-based involvement, public awareness and community service projects.

One of the winners of the 2006 Public Service Award was the Younger Member Forum of the East Central Florida Branch.The Younger Member Forum was selected for its impressive list of new and ongoing public-service activities.The YMF is an exceptional group of young engineers who contribute their time and resources throughout the central Florida community. The YMF has solicited contributions of food to feed the hungry at Thanksgiving time and gathered toys for distribution at Christmas time. Each month of the year brings a new community service event such as judging student science and math projects, participating in the St. John's River cleanup, and visiting local schools to demonstrate the challenges of structural engineering. Accepting the award on behalf of the YMF was Sara Greene, president-elect of the East Central Branch Younger Member Forum.

The ASCE Diversity Awards were established in July 2003 by ASCE ’s Committee on Diversity and Women in Civil Engineering. The award is presented to a civil engineer and a geographic unit (Section, Branch, Young Member Group, etc) based on their contributions to the profession through the support and promotion of inclusiveness within the professional community and/or at the local level.  The award recipient will have made significant contributions to the enhancement and awareness of the profession and of the benefits of a diverse workforce within the profession.

The Committee on Diversity and Women in Civil Engineering awarded an honorable mention to the Broward County Branch for their successful promotion of “Girl’s Engineering Day” for high schools students.  Co-sponsored by CDM and the Florida Engineering Society, Girl’s Engineering Day consists of a full day of presentations on the variety of civil engineering professions and the role of ASCE in the lives of students and professionals.  Brandy Creed accepted the award on behalf of the Branch.

What gift do you give to celebrate 20 years together? Tradition says china, but ASCE has something more durable in mind. CONCRETE.

In celebration of 20th Annual National Concrete Canoe Competition, ASCE is launching two new and exciting programs: a commemorative T-shirt design contest and a video yearbook. Current participants and competition alumni are encouraged to submit photographs, anecdotes, film footage and other memorabilia for inclusion in the Video Yearbook, and students participating in this year’s competition are also encouraged to submit designs for the official 20th annual T-shirt. Both programs will debut at the Regional Concrete Canoe Competitions/Student Conferences, and will be featured at the National Competition in Seattle, June 14 – 16.

For more information on t-shirt design contest rules and regulations, as well as guidelines for submitting memorabilia to the video yearbook, please visit [http://www.asce.org/inside/nccc2007/index.cfm], or contact An Pham at (703) 295-6408 or apham@asce.org.

Get your message across!  Register now for ASCE’s Public Relations Training Workshop March 23 in Philadelphia. This interactive workshop will provide a hands-on introduction to public relations for interested members, Section staff and engineering professionals. During this entertaining day, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., the Communications Department will share techniques for effective communications, including media relations and outreach, and participants will actively learn to identify public relations goals and target audiences, a process that is the foundation of public relations. The Philadelphia Inquirer science reporter Tom Avril will offer secrets to working successfully with the media.  Workshop attendees will receive a complementary PR Toolkit of materials to use in their profession and in PR activity for their local Sections or Branches.

» Space is limited. If you are interested in participating in this free workshop, or would like to learn more, contact Katie Gorscak, manager of Communications.

Achieving Resilience: From Readiness to Restoration

March 28-29

Crystal Gateway Marriott

Arlington, Va

The 6th Annual TISP Congress, a 2-day conference focused on “Achieving Resilience: From Readiness to Restoration,” will feature keynote presentations by experts in the private and public sectors including the highly-acclaimed Senior Executive Forum on Priority Challenges to Achieving Disaster Resilience.

Sessions and panel discussions will address multiple aspects of infrastructure resilience including: Understanding Infrastructure Interdependencies; Fostering Public-Private Cooperation and Coordination; Ensuring Business Continuity & Supply Chain Management; Building Resilience into Recovery & Restoration; Addressing Response Challenges; and Effective Exercises & Training.

On-site demonstrations of state-of-the-art technology, products and services will be showcased in the Exhibit Hall. The Annual TISP Awards for Distinguished Leadership in Critical Infrastructure Resilience will be presented at the Awards Luncheon on March 28. The awards recognize the exceptional leadership of individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to critical infrastructure resilience in both the public sector and private industry. Discounted registration rates are available to all ASCE members.

For detailed program information, visit: http://www.tispcongress.org/TISPschedule.html

To secure exhibit space, visit: http://www.tispcongress.org/TISPexhibit.html

2007 Member-Get-A-Member Campaign – Recruit Members & Win Prizes

ASCE is happy to announce the winners of its fall drawing for $100 Visa Gift Cards:

• Barbara E. Featherston, P.E., M.ASCE - Louisiana Section/Shreveport Branch
• David G. Mooberry, P.E., M.ASCE - Michigan Section/Lansing-Jackson Branch
• Francis M. McAndrew, Aff.M.ASCE - Lehigh Valley Section
• Kelly L. Druse, A.M.ASCE - Los Angeles Section/San Luis Obispo Branch
• Mary B. Hemmen, A.M.ASCE - Alabama Section/Birmingham Branch
• Catherine S. Pine, Aff.M.ASCE - New Jersey Section/South Jersey Branch
• Randy K. Zeiger, A.M.ASCE - Tennessee Section/Nashville Branch
• Andrew L. Mecham, P.E., M.ASCE - Utah Section/Central Utah Branch
• Daniel R. Dean, Jr., P.E., M.ASCE - Virginia Section/Roanoke Branch
• Bruce Freimark, P.E., F.ASCE - Central Ohio Section

 

Encourage your members to lead their industry peers and colleagues to ASCE by recruiting them for membership.  Each recruit who joins earns their sponsor an entry into the next drawing March 31 for one of 10 $100 Visa Gift Cards.

Help your colleagues discover why there’s no place like home and visit www.ascedrive.org to start recruiting today!

Participate in ASCE’s Salary Survey

ASCE members have the opportunity to become one of the nearly 17,000 engineers who have participated in the Engineering Income and Salary Survey.  Member participation is essential to the Survey’s continued success because it ensures the compensation database continues offering official and robust civil engineering data across the country. 

Participating members not only receive a free report with the current salary information for their engineering grade and region, but they will be entered to win one of 10 $100 Visa Gift Cards.  Plus, ASCE members can download a copy of the updated ASCE Guidelines for Engineering Grades at no cost.

Members can enter their salary data or use the online Salary Survey by visiting www.asce.org/salaries.

ASCE Champions Special Delivery

In the fall, ASCE Membership Champions received a toolkit full of resources designed to boost recruiting and retention in your Section or Branch.  ASCE wants to thank them for their early efforts and involve your members and potential recruits while doing so. 

Tell your Champions to expect an ASCE-designed flier to use for advertising a Pizza Party.   Plus, we’ll include the funds to hold it.  So, you bring the members and ASCE will bring the pizza.

 

 

Your Family’s Passport to a Secure Financial Future

You and your members now have access to ASCE’s newest affinity program: 20-year Level Term Life Plan – one of the most economical ways to provide for family in the event of a premature death.  The 20-year Term Life Plan features no costly savings and no high administrative expenses.

With the 20-Year Level Term Life Plan, ASCE members will now be able to lock in the financial security provided by term life insurance—at a price that's guaranteed to never go up and with a high benefit level that's guaranteed to never go down for a full 20 years.

Point your members to www.asceinsurance.org for more information to help secure their family’s financial future.

 

Use Section/Branch Membership Data To Retain Your Members

Section/Branch membership data should be used in your membership retention efforts. Contact new members with a personal e-mail, phone call, postcard or letter welcoming them to ASCE – new members are identified in the membership data by their election date. For example, choose all members who were elected between January 1 and January 31 for January new members. New members are also identified by an “N” in the transaction code field.

You can also identify and contact “at-risk” members – those who have not paid their National or Section dues. Those who have paid dues will have a “Y” in the National dues and/or Section dues field, while those who have not paid dues will have an “N” in the respective fields.

One member in each Section and Branch may gain access to membership data.

If you have any questions about how to use or access membership data via File Transfer Protocol (FTP), contact Michael Cook at (800) 548-ASCE (2723) ext. 6121, (703) 295-6121 or mcook@asce.org.

What’s in a Name?

Does the title Honorary Member effectively capture the significance of ASCE’s most prestigious member grade?  Frequent questions from the ASCE membership suggest it does not.  In 2005, ASCE commissioned a Task Committee to examine the issue by reviewing the programs of other organizations, as well as interviewing ASCE Past Presidents and Honorary Members.  The Committee agreed the term “honorary” does not adequately recognize the indelible impression ASCE’s 555 Honorary Members have made in civil engineering and society. Therefore the ASCE Board, on the Committee’s recommendation, approved moving forward with changing this elite member grade to “Distinguished Member.”

The ASCE membership will have the opportunity to finalize the change by voting for it this summer.

For more information in the coming months, visit www.asce.org/awards.

 

Join ASCE to Honor 2007’s Outstanding Projects and Leaders

For ASCE members and guests in the Washington, D.C. area, or those who will be in April, mark your calendars to attend this year’s OPAL Gala on April 25 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in downtown Washington, D.C.  You can purchase your tickets by contacting Patty Montgomery at pmontgomery@asce.org or by phone at (800) 548-2723 x6101.  Tickets for the Gala are $275 each or tables of eight for $2,000 (all but $115 of each ticket purchased is tax deductible).  This year’s OPAL recipients are:  Loring A. Wyllie, Jr., P.E., Hon.M.ASCE (Design); John Fisher, Ph.D., P.E., Hon.M.ASCE (Education); John W. Keys, III, P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE (Government); Thomas R. Draeger, P.E., M.ASCE (Construction); and Fredric S. Berger, P.E., M.ASCE (Management).  In addition, four projects have been selected as finalists for the ASCE Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award.  The event also recognizes award recipients for the Charles Pankow Award for Innovation and the Henry Michel Award. 

For more information about OPAL, visit www.asce.org/opal.

Join SEI in Long Beach, CA, May 16 for one of our Pre-Congress Seminars!  

The Structural Engineering Institute is pleased to announce the availability of three pre-congress seminars on May 16.  The seminars will run concurrently from 1:00P.M. -- 5:00P.M. and paid seminar attendees will earn four PDHs for their attendance. 

Two of the seminars focus on ASCE 7-05 provisions: the first is on the Seismic Provisions of ASCE 7-05, led by Robert Bachman and James R. Harris, and the second is on the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7-05, led by T. Eric Stafford.  Our third seminar focuses on an issue of growing concern in the 21st century: Sustainable Design.  We hope that you will join us to attend one of these seminars.  More information on the seminars can be found at http://content.asce.org/conferences/structures2007/technical.html.

All three of the seminars are being held at the Westin, Long Beach.  Hotel registration is now open, and discounted room rates begin at $171/night.

For more information on the 2007 Structures Congress (May 16-19) and pre-congress seminars, to register for the Congress or a seminar, or to book a hotel room, please visit us at www.structurescongress.org.

Registration for the seminars is $95 in advance and $125 on-site.  Space is limited, so visit us online now to reserve your space.

We look forward to seeing you in Long Beach!

The Architectural Engineering Institute of ASCE (AEI) is hosting a Symposium on Sheltering in Place at the Engineers Club in the historic Garrett-Jacobs Mansion located in Baltimore on March 15-16.   The symposium will feature a series of presentations by leading experts on operational, behavioral, and physical design issues, and allow for interaction among participants. Topics to be discussed include:

• Threat assessment
• Emergency response plans
• Life safety and long-term support
• Architecture
• Structure
• Building envelope
• Utilities and lifelines
• HVAC
• Fire protection

Cooperating organizations include the Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the Building Security Council (BSC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The symposium is geared primarily to architects and engineers, owners, operators, risk managers and individuals responsible for ensuring occupant safety in new and existing buildings from both the public and private sectors.

The webpage for this event is at http://content.asce.org/symposium/aei07/index.html and registration is available at https://www.asce.org/register/continue.cfm.   

· March 1~ Noon - 1:00 P.M. ET
Is Performance Measurement stifling your Performance?

·  March 1~ 3 P.M. - 5 P.M. ET
Live P.E. Exam Review: Foundation Engineering

·  March 6~ Noon - 1:30 P.M. ET
Avoiding Problems in Specifying Metal Roofing

·  March 6~ 3 P.M. - 5 P.M. ET
Live P.E. Exam Review: Open Channel Flow

·  March 7~Noon - 1:00 P.M. ET
From Project Engineer to Project Manager: Look Before you Leap

·  March 8~ Noon - 1:30 P.M. ET

Negotiating Better Engineering and Architectural Contracts

·  March 8~ 3 P.M. - 5 P.M. ET  
Live P.E. Exam Review: Hydraulics and Water Supply

·  March 13~Noon - 1:30 P.M. ET
Intersection Design and Channelization

·  March 13~ 3 P.M. - 5 P.M. ET  
Live P.E. Exam Review: Waste and Wastewater Treatment

ASCE will offer a live P.E. Exam Review Course on the web to assist members in preparing for the upcoming P.E. exam. Taught by team of experienced P.E. Review instructors, the course will be presented as a series of 12 two-hour sessions held over a six-week period, with the first session taking place on  Feb. 20. ASCE's very popular live web seminar format will be used. Sections and Branches can pay a single site registration fee and an unlimited number of individuals can attend at your site.  You may wish to consider the possibility of hosting the live P.E. Exam Review Course and charging individual members a nominal fee to attend the course at your site. Registration closes on Feb. 13.  For additional information on the course or to register, please go to http://www.asce.org/conted/distancelearning/peexamreview.cfm.

SAVE THE DATE!   And mark your calendars for ASCE's 138th Annual Conference to be held in Orlando, Fla. November 1 - 3. More details to be posted on the web in March 2007.

Feb. 9-11: Regions 3, 6, & 7 Leadership Conference-Milwaukee.

Feb.18-21: Presentation of 2006 Casagrande, Kapp and Middlebrooks, and 2007 Peck and Terzaghi awards; Terzaghi Lecture presented, GeoDenver, Denver

Feb. 23-25: Regions 8 & 9 Leadership Conference-Seattle.

March 1:

• Nomination deadline for Government Civil Engineer Award, Edmund Friedman Professional Recognition Award, Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students, John I. Parcel-Leif J. Sverdrup Civil Engineering Management Award
• Nominations for Government Civil Engineer Award are due at ASCE World Headquarters

April 1: Nomination deadline for Harold R. Peyton Award for Cold Regions Engineering

April 25: Outstanding Projects and Leaders Gala, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.

May 4: Response due at ASCE WorldHeadquarters for national collection of Section dues.

June 1:

• Deadline for submission for the Outstanding Section and Branch Web Award Competition.
• Nominations due for Ralph B. Peck Award and H. Bolton Seed Medal

Aug. 4: Submission deadline for the State Public Affairs Grant Activity Report to ASCE Washington Office.

Aug. 15: Nomination deadline for Casagrande, Construction Management, Kapp, Middlebrooks, Peck, Seed and Terzaghi Awards.

Oct. 1:

• Nomination deadline for Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award (OCEA)
• Nomination deadline for Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL)

Oct. 30:

• Nominations for the Workshops for Section and Branch Leaders and the Younger Member Council Meetings are due.
• Nominations for the National Outstanding Section/Branch Award are due.

Nov. 1:

• Submission deadline for the Outstanding Section and Branch Newsletter Award.

• Nomination deadline for Arid Lands, Bartholomew, Bechtel awards, Bickel, Biot, Can-Am, Cermak, Chow,  History & Heritage, Computing in Civil Engineering, Norman/Croes, Duke, Einstein, Freese, Freudenthal,  Greeley, Hardesty, Hering, Hilgard, Hinds,  Hoffman, Horner, Howard, Hydraulic Structures,  Innovation in Civil Engineering, International Coastal, Laurie, T. Y. Lin, Masters, Middlebrooks, Moffatt- Nichol, Moisseiff,  Newmark, Peurifoy, Reese, Rickey, Roebling, Rouse, Rowland, Scanlan, Smith, State-of-the-Art, Stevens, Surveying & Mapping, and Wisely  

Nov. 3: State Public Affairs Grant applications due

Nov. 30: Section Annual Reports are due at ASCE World Headquarters.

             Region Annual Reports are due at ASCE World Headquarters.

Feb. 1:

• Nominations for National ASCE Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement and the Daniel Mead Prize for Younger Members are due at ASCE World Headquarters.
• Nominations for Young Government Civil Engineer Award are due at ASCE World Headquarters.
• Nominations for Younger Member Group Award are due at ASCE World Headquarters.
• Nomination deadline for Collingwood Prize

Blaine D. Leonard, P.E., F.ASCE	Chair	bleonard@utah.gov
Anni H. Autio, P.E., M.ASCE	Vice President (Regions 1 & 2)	autioah@cdm.com
G. Nicholas Textor, P.E., F.ASCE	Vice President (Regions 3, 6, & 7)	Nick.Textor@cte.aecom.com
Leonard A. Cilli, AM.ASCE	Region 1	lengeotek@aol.com
Charles W. Kopplin, P.E., F.ASCE	Region 3	chuck.kopplin@gasai.com
Chris Garlick, P.E., M.ASCE	Region 5	crgarlick@pbsj.com
Tony C.G. Lau, P.E., M.ASCE	Region 8	tlau@hawaiipacificengineers.com
Thomas M. Rachford, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE	Technical Region	trachford@gfnet.com

Patrick J. Natale, P.E., F.ASCE	Executive Director, ASCE	pnatale@asce.org
Lawrence H. Roth, P.E., F.ASCE	Deputy Executive Director, ASCE	lroth@asce.org
Thomas W. Smith, Esq., M.ASCE	Assistant Executive Director, General Counsel, ASCE	tsmith@asce.org
Stefan Jaeger, CAE, A.M.ASCE	Managing Director, Strategic, Geographic, and International Initiatives	sjaeger@asce.org

Nancy E. Berson, Aff.ASCE	Director	nberson@asce.org x6010
Michael W. Cook	Senior Manager	mcook@asce.org x6121
Jennifer S. Lawrence	Administrator	jlawrence@asce.org x6255
Kevin M. Bush	Administrator	kbush@asce.org x6042
Marilyn A. Mahieu	Administrative Assistant	mmahieu@asce.org x6287

The Geographic Services Department (GSD) is charged with providing support to the local units of the Society and ensuring effective coordination and cooperation among the Regions, Sections, Branches, Younger Member Groups and Staff. This newsletter is produced to help meet this charge. Questions, comments and suggestions regarding this newsletter are welcomed and should be directed to Jennifer Lawrence at: jlawrence@asce.org.

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