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ASCE report card release drives the infrastructure conversation

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Pestrella recognized with ENR Award of Excellence

One of ASCE’s own has earned Engineering News-Record’s highest honor.

ASCE grants Bruneau Ernest E. Howard Award

ASCE has honored Michel Bruneau with the 2025 Ernest E. Howard Award.

Legislative Fly-In takes investment message to the Hill: What's your infrastructure story?

When 200 ASCE members gathered in the nation’s capital this week for...

Map of the United States made up of icons such as a plane, bus, bridge, and pipes.

Infrastructure’s upward momentum reflected in report card

Money flowing into U.S. infrastructure since 2021 helped bring a C grade...

5 key takeaways from the ‘2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure’

The all-time best C cumulative grade is a good indicator that the...

ASCE report card release owns the news cycle, drives infrastructure conversation

The world woke up Tuesday morning to find civil engineers dominating the news cycle.

ASCE recognizes Lee with fellow status

SangHyun Lee has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Photograph shows a compass needle pointing toward the word “future.”

Engineering the future: Achievements and challenges

The 2024 Annual Report offers hope for the Society’s future.

Protect structures from flood risks with new ASCE standard

Flood Resistant Design and Construction, ASCE/SEI 24-24, establishes minimum requirements for building...

Mohsen elevated to ASCE fellow status

Abdelwahab Tahsin Mohsen has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Obituaries

Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo professor, ASCE Geo-Institute leader Hanson dies at 58

James Lewis “Jim” Hanson, longtime professor of civil and environmental engineering at...

Former longtime Civil Engineering magazine editor Virginia Fairweather dies at 89

Virginia Fairweather, a former editor-in-chief of ASCE’s Civil Engineering whose guidance of...

Former Colorado State president, Colorado DOT director, and AASHTO president ‘Ray’ Chamberlain dies at 94

Adrian “Ray” Ramond Chamberlain, an influential transportation engineer in many top-level positions...

Engineer of first leg of San Francisco’s BART and other major transit systems, Agopovich dies at 84

Movses “Bedros” Agopovich, who managed San Francisco’s BART and several other transit...

Former Dallas Branch president and civilian Army Corps engineer Johnson dies at 90

William P. Johnson Jr., who served with the U.S. Army Corps of...

Longtime Pennsylvania transportation and construction firms’ founder Wahlah dies at 84

A.R. Tasir “Tas” Wahlah, founder and president of two Pennsylvania transportation and...

Former ASCE board member Ang, whose pioneering work in early computing enhanced structural safety, dies at 94

Alfredo H.S. Ang, professor emeritus of civil engineering at the University of...

Former National Capital Section director dies at 82

Paul Herbert Divjak, P.E., F.ASCE, whose talents across more than 40 years...

Jim Rossberg, who launched ASCE 7, the Structural Engineering Institute, and the Society's 9/11 investigations, dies at 65

ASCE and the structural engineering community mourn the loss of a past...

‘Guru’ of structural steel at Virginia Tech and Oklahoma dies at 84

Thomas M. Murray, renowned as an expert on structural steel design, who...

New fellows

ASCE recognizes Lee with fellow status

SangHyun Lee has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Mohsen elevated to ASCE fellow status

Abdelwahab Tahsin Mohsen has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

New ASCE fellows – March 2025

Meet the recent additions to ASCE fellow status.

New ASCE fellows – January 2025

Meet the recent additions to ASCE fellow status.

New ASCE fellows – November 2024

Meet the recent additions to ASCE fellow status.

McLean honored as new ASCE fellow

Julie McLean has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Elefteriadou recognized as new ASCE fellow

Lily Ageliki Elefteriadou has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Derrible elevated to ASCE fellow status

Sybil Derrible has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

ASCE recognizes Biswas with fellow status

Preetam Biswas has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Li earns fellow honors

Jian Li has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.

Awards

Pestrella recognized with ENR Award of Excellence

One of ASCE’s own has earned Engineering News-Record’s highest honor.

Benefits flow quickly as historic dam removal restores Klamath River

The project returned the river to its natural state, benefiting its ecosystem.

ASCE grants Bruneau Ernest E. Howard Award

ASCE has honored Michel Bruneau with the 2025 Ernest E. Howard Award.

From halls of Congress to living room couches, infrastructure report card resonates

A massive infrastructure funding law came on the heels of the 2021 report card.

How ASCE’s infrastructure report card gets made

Team members gladly expend time, energy, and brain cells for the greater good.

Tragedy strikes as Myanmar earthquake again highlights importance of resilience

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar Friday was another sobering reminder of the...

Legislative Fly-In takes investment message to the Hill: What's your infrastructure story?

When 200 ASCE members gathered in the nation’s capital this week for...

How to modernize the flow duration curve

The simple methodology expands the FDC into new and useful directions.

Water infrastructure engineers confront an uncertain, changing climate

An increasingly dynamic climate is forcing civil engineers to rethink and rework.

Extension to Swedish science museum features unique timber framing

The domed arena and crisscrossing, free-form roof of Wisdome Stockholm were made...

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