Innovation

Floating, nature-forward campus imagined for New York Harbor

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Seven man-made “disc” islands that are linked via walkways and surrounded by floating wetlands are designed for humans and flora and fauna.
Resilience

Removing the ‘Ever Given’ from the Suez Canal is just the beginning

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Dredgers helped free the massive Ever Given container ship after it became stuck in the Suez Canal at the end of March. But the impact of the incident is still developing.
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Funding

FHWA grants help steer discussion of mileage-based tax

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The Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives grant program is helping Ohio, Texas, Washington, D.C., and seven states along the Eastern Seaboard — among others — explore alternatives to the gas tax.
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Projects

Slideshow: Design of Belgium casino reinterprets area’s historic sand dunes

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The coastal casino, to be built in the municipality of Middelkerke, Belgium, will boast organic exterior lines and offer seawall protection, walking paths, and rooftop plantings.
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Public Policy

New paper investigates the effects of roadway travel on spread of COVID-19

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Can we extrapolate how roadway travel in the U.S. affected the spread of COVID-19? A new paper in the "Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems" does just that.
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Society News

President of ASCE’s India Section Northern Region dies

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Gursharan Jit Singh Rosha, an arbitrator, technical advisor, consulting engineer, and president of the ASCE India Section Northern Region, has died.
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Resilience

Removing the ‘Ever Given’ from the Suez Canal is just the beginning

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Dredgers helped free the massive Ever Given container ship after it became stuck in the Suez Canal at the end of March. But the impact of the incident is still developing.
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Funding

FHWA grants help steer discussion of mileage-based tax

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The Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives grant program is helping Ohio, Texas, Washington, D.C., and seven states along the Eastern Seaboard — among others — explore alternatives to the gas tax.
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Society News

ASCE’s global reach extends to international federations

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Recent actions by engineering federations have expanded ASCE's reach internationally.
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Society News

One of the EPA’s first engineers on hazardous sites dies

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Russel Halvor Wyer, an industrial engineer who worked on hazardous site projects for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and on water control projects for Bechtel Corporation, has died.
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Slideshow: Striking geometric lines to elevate conference venue’s expansion in Beijing

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The 16-building, 438,500 sq m exhibition venue expansion combines indoor and outdoor spaces in a design inspired by the lines and textures of traditional Chinese ceramic roof tiles.
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Projects

Running deflection testing in tandem optimized an airport runway assessment

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Airport officials at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport coupled two types of deflection tests to assess the condition of one of its runways.
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Business

How to maintain company culture when working remotely

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Cale Ash, P.E., S.E., shares his experiences with maintaining company culture during the pandemic, and how those lessons may inform the future workplace.
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Career Development

Never miss an opportunity to network

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Danielle Goudreau, P.E., M.ASCE, landed a job as a project manager by asking questions, attending conferences, and getting involved.
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Policy and legislation

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Strategic Investment Tactics for Infrastructure Improvement
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Society News

ASCE’s global reach extends to international federations

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Recent actions by engineering federations have expanded ASCE's reach internationally.
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Society News

President of ASCE’s India Section Northern Region dies

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Gursharan Jit Singh Rosha, an arbitrator, technical advisor, consulting engineer, and president of the ASCE India Section Northern Region, has died.
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History and Preservation

5 things you didn’t know about the Huey P. Long Bridge

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The Huey P. Long Bridge was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by ASCE in 2012.
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Perspectives

Seeking change in ASCE and the nation

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Student voting rights and the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure can have a positive impact.
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Public Policy

New paper investigates the effects of roadway travel on spread of COVID-19

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Can we extrapolate how roadway travel in the U.S. affected the spread of COVID-19? A new paper in the "Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems" does just that.
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Resilience

Researchers explore progress in engines’ thermal management systems

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"A Review of Thermal Management System and Control Strategy for Automotive Engines," in the Journal of Energy Management, looks at recent developments in engine TMS.
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Innovation

Exploring effective means for handling food waste

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A new paper in the "Journal of Environmental Engineering," “Optimization of Thermal Pretreatment of Food Waste for Maximal Solubilization,” explores pretreatment techniques.
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Innovation

New paper maps spatial and temporal evolution of ditch networks

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A new paper in the "Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering" uses aerial images to provide new insight into temporal and special distribution of catchment-scale peatland drainage.
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Season 4, Episode 10: Burçin Becerik-Gerber, a professor in the civil and environmental engineering department at the University of Southern California and director of...
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ASCE Plot Points Season 4 Episode 9: It's amazing to think that even in the oldest professional in the world, civil engineering, there remain...
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ASCE Plot Points Season 4 Episode 8: Are civil engineers doing enough to combat climate change? It's a simple question with a complicated answer. Or maybe...
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