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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.

Infrastructure’s upward momentum reflected in report card
Money flowing into U.S. infrastructure since 2021 helped bring a C grade...

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

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.

McLean honored as new ASCE fellow
Julie McLean 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
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.
Bridge design evolves with the times
Bridges are vital pieces of infrastructure.
Infrastructure’s upward momentum reflected in report card
Money flowing into U.S. infrastructure since 2021 helped bring a C grade...
ASCE recognizes Lee with fellow status
SangHyun Lee has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Project blending architecture, landscape built on protected British lands
High-tech film and television studio can be supported sustainably.
Multiuse sites make renewable energy more efficient and economically viable
MIT research suggests how to maximize renewable energy expansion.
Pennsylvania’s Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge has endured for 95 years
It was once the world’s longest multiple-arch reinforced-concrete highway bridge.
What did engineers do when a massive landslide blocked a road in Denali National Park?
They decided to build a bridge via an innovative truss-launching method.
Water infrastructure engineers confront an uncertain, changing climate
An increasingly dynamic climate is forcing civil engineers to rethink and rework.
The transition to the public sector has been a gamechanger
U.S. Army Corps engineers work on a range of projects.
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