Meet and Connect with Employers at the Geo-Institute Career Fair
This Month in Your Civil Engineering magazine
Help Wanted: Civil Engineering Interns for the Summer
The Houston Younger Member Group Sets the Example
PORTS 2007: Registration and Preliminary Program Available Now!
Coastal Sediments 07: Registration Open Now!
EWRI 2007: Registration and Preliminary Program Available Now!
International Pipelines Conference 2007: Final Papers Due March 1!
Don't Throw This Away! The Civil Engineering Life
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January 2007
Campus Commons
Discover rewarding ASCE member benefits and resources here. From dues discounts after graduation to networking opportunities with industry professionals, let us be the hook-up for your career in civil engineering.
Look for the launch of ASCE's new student Web site in February with access to new resources, events, blogs and - coming soon - podcasts!
Renew and Update Your Address
Did you forget to renew your 2007 ASCE membership? Sure, it doesn't cost anything to be a student member, but all students are required to renew each year to continue participating in many ASCE sponsored activities. Don't waste any more time, visit www.asce.org/renewal.
Plus, visit your profile and ensure that your address is up to date so that you don't miss out on any valuable ASCE information.
Are You ASCE's Next Top Recruiter?
ASCE's National Student-Get-A-Student Drive gives you the opportunity to share the benefits of ASCE with your civil engineering friends - and the potential to win great prizes for doing it.
It's simple, visit our Student Referral Center, fill in the required fields about your peers, and leave the rest to us. We'll do the asking for you and you'll earn credit for each student who joins. The top recruiter will win $500 while 10 runnerups receive an iPod Nano. Visit www.ascestudentdrive.org for more details.
Announcements
Meet and Connect with Employers at the Geo-Institute Career Fair
What: The Geo-Denver 2007 Conference
When: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
How you will benefit: You can investigate career fields and positions for your major; meet representatives from a variety of companies for whom you may be interested in working; get more information about specific companies; obtain information about general career opportunities, as well as specific details on current openings. You might even gain an opportunity for an interview with a company, while developing your network of contacts.
Submit your electronic resume -- at no cost -- to Sean Scully at sscully@asce.org.
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Career Resources
Help Wanted: Civil Engineering Interns for the Summer
Have you secured your summer job yet? Internships are the perfect way for you to gain real experience, find out what types of companies you may want to work for, boost your resume, and network with engineering professionals.
Visit ASCE's Career Connections and find your next internship, then apply online.
Not sure your resume will get you a foot in the door? Get help from our career professionals and put Career Connections to work for you.
Younger Member News
ASCE Younger Members are your gateway to the civil engineering profession and a powerful networking community following graduation.
The Houston Younger Member Group Sets the Example
By Tom Stiles, EIT, M.ASCE
January 1 marked another great year for the ASCE Houston Branch Younger Members (YM) Group. The Younger Member Group is comprised of young engineers in the greater Houston area who are 35 and under. The Houston Branch YM Group was awarded the 2006 Large Younger Member Group at the National Conference in Chicago.
Like other ASCE Younger Member Groups across the nation, we provide engineers the opportunity to meet new, fun, and proactive peers within the civil engineering profession. We also help guide students and young engineers in their career paths as well as volunteer in the community that we live in and work for on a daily basis. Throughout the year, the YM Group plans and sponsors career development events, which typically give advice and strategies to help you advance your career and become a successful and respected engineer. As young engineers, we gather for a variety of fun events including group camping trips, bowling, dominoes tournaments, professional sports games, and monthly social gatherings.
As a student, I encourage you to find your local YM Group and make use of the opportunities it provides. Aside from having fun with other engineers your age, the YM Group can help you build strong connections and friendships within the civil engineering profession. Further, your local YM Group may provide you with the knowledge and training to ensure you become a successful engineer early in your career. Remember, the friends you make today may be the peers you will conduct business with in the future.
Younger Members are those ASCE members who are 35-years-old and younger. Your local ASCE Branch or Section probably has an active Younger Member Group. Younger Member Groups across the country participate in community service events, technical seminars, and social activities. Getting involved with your local group while still a student will help you to make contacts that could help you with getting an internship or job after graduation.
Not sure if your local Branch or Section has a Younger Member Group, check out the following Web site, www.asce.org/inside/cym_contacts.cfm#online. Still not sure, feel free to contact Loreen Choate at asceymf@earthlink.net.
Conferences, Competitions & Publications
Shake hands with industry colleagues, open doors to new professional opportunities, exchange ideas with fellow students, and stay on the cutting-edge of industry trends. ASCE conferences and publications are more than your gateway to specialty technical information.
Consider attending or contributing to these upcoming conferences:
PORTS 2007: Registration and Preliminary Program Available Now!
When: March 25-28, 2007
Where: San Diego, CA
Details: www.portsconference.org
Join us to continue the tradition of the ten prior PORTS Conferences. Take this opportunity to share your personal port and harbor development insight, technical experience, and knowledge by submitting an abstract for consideration.
Coastal Sediments 07: Registration Open Now!
When: May 13-17, 2007
Where: New Orleans, LA
Details: www.asce.org/conferences/cs07
Join us for an international exchange of information among coastal engineers, geologists, marine scientists, shallow water oceanographers and others interested in the physical processes of coastal sediments transport and morphology change.
EWRI 2007: Registration and Preliminary Program Available Now!
When: May 15-19, 2007
Where: Tampa, FL
Details:www.asce.org/conferences/ewri2007/
This congress has become an important annual opportunity for the best minds at work in water and environmental fields to convene and focus on topics of the day. In this era shifting coastlines, urban sprawl, raging storms, and extreme acts by humans and nature, it is imperative that those working on the front lines -- at the environmental/water nexus -- share insights from research and case studies in the field, to generate best practices for the future. EWRI invites your full participation!
This Congress will focus on Habitat Restoration with a dozen technical tracks covering issues from coast to coast and around the globe!
International Pipelines Conference 2007: Final Papers Due March 1!
When: July 8-11, 2007
Where: Boston, MA
Details: content.asce.org/conferences/pipelines2007/
The ASCE International Pipeline Conference 2007 is the ideal forum to take a look back in order to help guide the industry into the future. The theme for this international event – Advancements & Experiences with Trenchless Pipeline Projects – will highlight the evolution of trenchless products, processes, and projects, and emphasize associated design, permitting, and construction considerations. The conference will focus on trenchless technologies in paper presentations, plenary sessions, a products and services exhibition, and an awards program. It will also offer two pre-conference workshops on pipe ramming and trenchless research on Sunday, July 7.
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