Younger Member's Report 

Fellow Younger Members,

Thank you to those who attended our bowling social this past month! We had about 12 attendees, none of which were shy about showing off their bowling skills (or lack there of!). The high game went to Matt Adams with a very impressive score of 192!

Also last month, Gareth Young, Clay Forister, and I went to the Central Region Younger Member Conference in Cleveland. We each took away a lot from the conference that we hope will help us improve upon our Younger Member Group. We plan to focus more on improving student outreach and community service events. There were some great ideas tossed around from other Younger Member Groups across the region. Look for more developments regarding these events in the near future.

As announced, Paul Voiles was the Mead Prize winner for the Branch and Texas Section for his “You Can’t Spell Engineering Without Engineer.” We wish Paul the best of luck as his paper is now being considered for the national award. You can view a copy of it on our website at /attachments/wysiwyg/7266/Voiles2010MeadPaper.pdf

February is already upon, how are you getting involved in Engineer's Week? We as Civil Engineers need to promote our field and express the importance of improving our nation’s infrastructure. Community outreach is just one of the many ways we can help make it happen at the local level. The Younger Members are doing our part to stay active within the community. During E-Week, we are very involved with Mathcounts and the Design Wonderweek events. We are always looking for volunteers to help out, even for a just a few hours of time. Below you can find additional information regarding these events.

Upcoming Events

Mathcounts:

On Saturday, February 13^th from 8am to 5:30pm the Younger Members will be helping volunteer for the annual Mathcounts competition. Volunteers are still needed to fill timeslots for proctoring, grading, or running. The competition will be held at Fluor Corporation, located at 1 Fluor Daniel Drive in Sugar Land, Texas. You can register at http://www.tspehouston.org/en/cev/157. Please contact Chad Gordon with TSPE (ccgordon@terracon.com) for additional information.

Children’s Museum of Houston Design Squad:

On Saturday, February 20th (10:00 am – 2:00 pm), ASCE YMG will be helping the Children’s Museum of Houston celebrate National Engineering Week!  Volunteers will be helping kids with a ton of great engineering-related activities including designing a pinball machine, an “egg” drop contest, a bridge building contest and lots more.  Come and help show kids how much fun engineering can be! If you are unable to make it during our timeslot others are available for both Saturday 2/20 and Sunday 2/21.

If interested, please register with Jennifer Belt (Children’s Museum) at jbelt@cmhouston.com and Laura Espinoza (ASCE) at lgespinoza@lan-inc.com.

Brett Pope

If you are age 35 or younger and want to join the Younger Members Group, please email Brett Pope at bapope@terracon.com.