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Why civil engineering students should make things

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The benefit of making things for younger children in STEM education has been widely supported. But what about the civil engineering students in college-level courses?
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President-elect official nominees answer your questions ahead of Society election

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As the ASCE 2021 election nears – voting opens May 1 – members can learn more about the official nominees for president-elect through a series of candidate forums this month.
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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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Resilience

Groundbreaking interagency report seeks to move beyond life-safety design standards

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A new report from NIST and FEMA highlights the need for timely reoccupancy and functional recovery of buildings and infrastructure in the aftermath of earthquakes and other disasters.
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Ethics

Engineering Ethics: Competence

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In the second part of this series, interviewees discuss civil engineering competence, how ethics and expertise intersect, and the importance of lifelong learning during an era of scientific and technological advancement.
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Projects

Video: Art installation also provides pedestrian access to London’s Dinosaur Island

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The 8 m long pivoting art installation can, when necessary, swing around to offer pedestrian access to the Crystal Palace Park island that hosts Victorian-era dinosaur sculptures.
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ASCE student conferences, competitions embrace the virtual

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Yes, the ASCE student conferences are a little different this spring, but they're succeeding in the new virtual format.
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Career Development

Why civil engineering students should make things

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The benefit of making things for younger children in STEM education has been widely supported. But what about the civil engineering students in college-level courses?
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Ethics

Engineering Ethics: Competence

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In the second part of this series, interviewees discuss civil engineering competence, how ethics and expertise intersect, and the importance of lifelong learning during an era of scientific and technological advancement.
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Projects

Will recent congestion at seaports affect long-term design?

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The COVID-19 pandemic was a black swan event that led to a surge of imports. While it is enough of an anomaly to not majorly rejigger port design, experts are planning for long-term overhauls.
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Will recent congestion at seaports affect long-term design?

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The COVID-19 pandemic was a black swan event that led to a surge of imports. While it is enough of an anomaly to not majorly rejigger port design, experts are planning for long-term overhauls.
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Projects

Companies join forces to develop carbon-negative bioenergy facility

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The facility will use biomass to generate electricity. The carbon dioxide produced during that generation will be sequestered underground.
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Career Development

First step: turning an internship into a full-time job

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Kacy Grundhauser, A.M.ASCE, talks with Civil Engineering about how she turned a college internship into a full-time job where she can focus on her dual interests in water resources and transportation.
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Projects

Michigan agencies collaborate to reduce sewer overflows

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By working together, three agencies in southeast Michigan will reduce sewer overflows to the Rouge River faster and more cost-effectively than if they acted separately.
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Policy and legislation

Endless Frontier Act – A Dramatic Boost for Research and Development
On Wednesday, April 21, the U.S. Senate introduced a bipartisan bill — the Endless Frontier Act — that would increase American investments in science and... Read more
Five points on grid modernization as we build a more resilient future
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Dams and Levees: The Check Engine Light is On
Guest Blog Post by Del Shannon, PE, M.ASCE The grades are in again, and to those of us who care and worry and fret about... Read more
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ASCE student conferences, competitions embrace the virtual

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Yes, the ASCE student conferences are a little different this spring, but they're succeeding in the new virtual format.
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History and Preservation

Civil Engineering Almanac – Seattle World’s Fair opens

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Reuben Hull's Civil Engineering Almanac travels back to the day when Seattle's World Fair opened.
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President-elect official nominees answer your questions ahead of Society election

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As the ASCE 2021 election nears – voting opens May 1 – members can learn more about the official nominees for president-elect through a series of candidate forums this month.
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Career Development

How I aced the P.E. exam

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With the next round of P.E. and S.E. exams approaching, it’s nearly crunch time for those seeking professional licensure this spring.
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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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Society News

ASCE partners with new NSF research alliance

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The National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering this week launched the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance, the first engineering research visioning organization of its kind.
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Innovation

Pressurized sand damper proposed for earthquake engineering

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Earthquake shaking has resulted in severe damage of structures built in the past 40 years, despite being designed according to building codes valid at...
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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 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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