ASCE Student Web site Under Contruction
New Civil Engineering Graduate Scholarships
Five Minutes-all you need to be seen on Career Connections
What is an ASCE Younger Member?
Hobnob with Leading Experts at UPADI 2006 for $200
Engineering with the Spreadsheet
Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers
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August 2006 
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.
Is Your Back-to-School Checklist Complete?
- Dig out my computer and put a savvy "away message" up - check.
- Switch mattress with my roommate’s because theirs doesn't have a funny smell - check.
- Drop half my summer earnings on books - check.
- Update MySpace page with summer pictures - check.
- Renew My ASCE Membership
Your ASCE Membership may be free, but you still have to renew each year. Make it one of the first things you do when you get back to campus. Visit www.asce.org/renewal.
ASCE Wants YOU to be its Next Top Recruiter
You've made the right decision starting your civil engineering career with ASCE. But what about your civil engineering friends who aren't members? ASCE's National Student-Get-A-Student Drive kicks off Sept. 1 and the prizes for participating are better than ever. The top recruiter will win $500 while 10 runner-ups receive an iPod Nano - just ask Nathaniel F. Murphy, S.M.ASCE, Hudson Valley Community College, who was last year's grand prize winner.
Now is the time to recruit your civil engineering friends or introduce freshmen to the personal and professional benefits you already take advantage of. Visit our Student Referral Center, fill in the required fields (don't forget your member id), and leave the rest to us! Visit www.ascestudentdrive.org for more details.
Announcements
ASCE Student Web site Under Construction
Look for the debut of an interactive Student Web site in the late fall/early winter of 2006. The site promises to provide fresh content with new features including a student blog, podcasts and a calendar of ASCE student events. Pay attention to updates as the site develops.
New Civil Engineering Graduate Scholarships
The ASCE Louisiana Section and its Hurricane Relief Fund committee announced the funding of four new civil engineering graduate scholarships beginning in the 2006 fall semester for the University of New Orleans, Southern University-Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University, and the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.
Funding for the scholarships comes from the Hurricane Relief Fund, created in October 2005. For more information on other scholarships visit www.asce.org/inside/stud_scholar.cfm.
Four Students from the University of Notre Dame won the M&E Prize for developing the best solution to a difficult wastewater treatment plant design problem. The competition took place May 4 in New York City and featured two other teams from Iowa University. In addition to a $2,500 cash prize, Notre Dame students each received a copy of M&Es Wastewater Engineering Treatment and Reuse, considered the “treatment plant engineers Bible” according to ENR’s Andrew G. Wright.
Career Resources 
Five minutes-all you need to be seen on Career Connections
ASCE realizes that the start of a new school year is crammed with activities. Take just five minutes to fit these quick internship/job tasks into your schedule and get your foot in the door with employers:
- Set up your account
- Post your resume at no cost - let quality employers seek you out for internships or job openings
- Locate the job and internship bank for when you're ready to search and apply online
- Add www.asce.org/careers to your list of favorites and return frequently to meet your civil engineering internship and job needs.
Stay tuned to the Student E-News to learn how you can see and be seen by employers.
Younger Member News
ASCE Younger Members are your gateway to the civil engineering profession and a powerful networking community following graduation.
What is an ASCE Younger Member?
By Loreen Choate, P.E., M.ASCE
Member at Large – Committee on Younger Members
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 social activities, community service events, and technical seminars. Getting involved with your local group while still a student will help you make contacts that could result in an internship or job after graduation.
The Younger Member Groups around the country are under the Committee on Younger Members (CYM), which is the national ASCE committee representing members age 35 and under.
Not sure if your local Branch or Section has a Younger Member Group, check out www.asce.org/inside/cym_contacts.cfm#online or find the Section and Branch nearest you at www.asce.org/inside/sec_brnch.cfm. Still not sure, feel free to contact me 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:
Hobnob with Leading Experts at UPADI 2006 for $200
When: Sept. 19-22, 2006
Where: Atlanta, GA
Details: www.upadi2006.com
Explore mitigating natural disasters and reconstruction, business issues in the Americas, Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans Levees, sustainable urbanism, and energy efficiency in the wake of climatic changes at UPADI 2006. For $200 with a valid student ID, students may network with leading experts as they address “Building a Sustainable Infrastructure: Education, Technology, Innovation, and Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean."
Chicago Annual Conference
When: Oct. 19-21, 2006
Where: Chicago Westin River North Hotel, Chicago, IL
Details: www.asceannualconference.org
Register today to join us for “Surviving the Future!” Attention all Students! Don’t miss your opportunity to attend this year’s conference for the low price of $50! Your conference registration will include the following: Icebreaker Reception (Thu), Continental Breakfast (Fri & Sat), Plenary & General Sessions, Leadership Luncheon (Fri), Presidential Reception (Fri), ASCE Annual Business Meeting and the Student and Younger Member Program. Students and Younger Members will also receive a complimentary ticket for the All Hands Lunch on Saturday.
2007 Ports™ “30 Years of Sharing Ideas…1977-2007” Registration and Preliminary Program coming in September!
When: March 25-28, 2007
Where: San Diego, CA
Details: www.portsconference.org
This will be the eleventh in a series of international port and harbor development specialty conferences held on a tri-annual basis. The conference will feature technical short courses, plenary session, concurrent technical sessions, exhibition and technical field tours to sites of interest in San Diego Harbor.
Coastal Sediments 07: Registration and Preliminary Program coming soon!
When: May 13-17, 2007
Where: New Orleans, LA
Details: www.asce.org/conferences/cs07
Be sure to 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.
Announcing Student Competitions for the 2007 EWRI Congress
When: May 15-19
Where: Tampa, FL
Details: www.ewrinstitute.org/committees/ewri_studacts.cfm
There are three competitions with a student focus planned for EWRI’s 2007 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, including a student technical paper competition for both undergraduates and graduates, a student photo competition as well as the Parsons Brinckerhoff Student Design Competition. Take this opportunity to showcase your technical knowledge and represent your university as part of this exciting competition.
Essential Back to School reading from ASCE Press-order your copies today!
Engineering with the Spreadsheet: Structural Engineering Templates Usin
g Excel
Price: $75 / ASCE members $56.25
Details: Soft Cover, 2006, 336 pages (includes CD ROM), Stock# 40827
Use the tools needed to quickly apply the powerful analytic capability of Microsoft Excel to structural engineering applications. The book and CD-ROM present more than 50 ready-to-use Excel templates that demonstrate basic calculations and presentation techniques as well as advanced functions that may be unfamiliar to even experienced users. Beneficial to professionals and college students alike, Engineering with the Spreadsheet is an indispensable resource for structural engineers.
Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers
Price: $49 / ASCE Member $36.75
Details: Hardcover, ASCE Press, 2006, 232 pages, Stock# 40841
Through real-life stories, the full-color, 256-page book celebrates the contributions of women engineers to every aspect of modern life. It explores the lives and careers of hundreds of women engineers--extraordinary individuals who serve as role models to tell the untold story of engineering.