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ASCE president-elect official nominees answer your questions ahead of 2023 election

ASCE president-elect official nominees will participate in two virtual forums this month...

2023 OPALs salute career achievement

Each year, ASCE’s Outstanding Projects And Leaders awards honor some of the...

Webb earns 2023 Orville T. Magoon Sustainable Coasts Award

ASCE has honored Bret M. Webb with the 2023 Orville T. Magoon Sustainable Coasts Award.

Three academic leaders honored with 2023 Huber Research Prizes

ASCE has honored Sybil Derrible, Shihong Lin, Steve WaiChing Sun, and Thomas...

ASCE honors Kriebel with John G. Moffatt-Frank E. Nichol Harbor and Coastal Engineering Award

ASCE has honored David L. Kriebel with the John G. Moffatt–Frank E....

Mahadevan’s work recognized with 2023 George Winter Award

ASCE has honored Sankaran Mahadevan with the 2023 George Winter Award.

Dukes receives Royce J. Tipton Award

ASCE has honored Michael D. Dukes with the 2023 Royce J. Tipton Award.

ASCE honors Tijsseling

ASCE has honored Arris Tijsseling with the 2023 J.C. Stevens Award.

Raymond C. Reese Research Prize recognizes performance-based design research

ASCE has honored the writing team of Ran Cao, Anil K. Agrawal,...

Construction robotics work honored

ASCE has honored the writing team of Ci-Jyun Liang, Vineet R. Kamat,...

Obituaries

Honors engineering senior at Lawrence Tech dies suddenly at 21

Christian Michael Cygan, a dedicated senior-year honors civil engineering student at Lawrence...

Industry leader in promoting seismic resilience and active ASCE member Mujumdar dies at 81

Vilas S. Mujumdar, a giant of civil engineering who was on the...

Louisiana engineer and longtime evangelist for ASCE dies at 87

James "Jim" C. Webb, a transportation engineer and lifelong, one-man recruiting and...

International steel structures expert and professor dies at 81

Nandivaram Elumalai Shanmugam, a global expert in steel structures, a former civil...

Engineer of many California and Oregon transportation and water works achievements dies at 84

S. Gordon Marsh, a California civil engineer with more than 40 years...

President of the ASCE Nigeria Section’s Kaduna Branch dies at 61

Dawood Akinwale Kelani, a Nigerian construction engineer and president of the ASCE...

ASCE’s executive director in the 1970s and early ’80s, Zwoyer dies at 96

Eugene Zwoyer, former ASCE executive director from 1972 through 1982, has died.

2005 President Bill Henry, driving force behind the Ethicana anticorruption initiative, dies at 84

William “Bill” Patrick Henry, a water resources engineer and 2005 ASCE president...

University of Central Florida’s first engineering school dean dies at 95

Robert D. Kersten, dean and professor emeritus at the University of Central...

Offshore oil engineering innovator Visser dies at 95

Robert "Bob" Visser, an engineering pioneer in the offshore oil industry for...

New fellows

New ASCE fellows – February 2023

Meet the recent additions to ASCE fellow status.

Sciortino earns new fellow status

Raymond Samuel Sciortino has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Ibbs elevated to fellow status

William Ibbs has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Watkins honored as ASCE fellow

Derrick Watkins has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

NASA engineer recognized as ASCE fellow

Robert K. Goldberg has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Amir-Faryar honored as new ASCE fellow

Behzad Amir-Faryar has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

New ASCE fellows – January 2023

Meet the recent additions to ASCE fellow status.

Madhavan honored as new ASCE fellow

Mahendrakumar Madhavan has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Schlegel honored as new ASCE fellow

Elizabeth Schlegel has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Rakha elevated to fellow status

Hesham Ahmed Rakha has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Awards

Legal Brief: Why ‘prevailing party’ clauses aren’t always easy to determine

Who is responsible for paying for the costs of litigation?

Best Places 2023: What are civil engineering students looking for in a city as they start their careers?

What makes a place the “best place” for those young engineers about to enter the field?

ASCE president-elect official nominees answer your questions ahead of 2023 election

ASCE president-elect official nominees will participate in two virtual forums this month...

Best Places for Civil Engineers: Numbers tell powerful story

With four years of data to consider, a clear top five has...