The April Meeting was great with a mix of engineers at
different places in their careers.We
awarded seven students with scholarships, recognized one newly licensed P.E.
and congratulated six members on becoming Life Members.Engineers without Borders was the main
speaker and provided information on projects in Africa and Nigeria.As ASCE Partners, we have a great opportunity
to support them financially as well as professionally.They are looking for mentors and project
managers for different projects. If you
hear the calling, please contact EWB-Houston.
The Education Committee held a successful seminar with “FEMA 55: Coastal Construction Manual (for
Residential Construction)”.FEMA and the
Houston Branch are contemplating a follow-up seminar in the summer.Look for emails and visit the website for
information.The Technical Programs will
be hosting a HEC-RAS – Unsteady Flow seminar on May 19th.The spots are filling up fast, so register
today!
The May meeting will be a lunch meeting with technical
sessions.Mike Talbott, P.E., of Harris
County Flood Control will be the speaker.HCFCD has been busy with preparing an update of their design guidelines,
as well as drainage projects.We look
forward to his update.
Another tragedy has struck the engineering community.The Deepwater Horizon project, which was
highlighted last year, exploded and sunk this past month.Unfortunately, the oil is still flowing and
has not been capped yet.Hopefully, the
engineers working on the solution will be able to solve it soon.The effects on the economy and ecology have
yet to be determined.We need to learn
from this project on how we can improve designs and safety measures and to discuss
worst-case scenario solutions.
The ASCE Houston Board had a great opportunity at the last
Board Meeting to talk with the National President Blaine Leonard, P.E.He was in town for the Offshore Technology
Conference and stopped by to meet the Board and share his thoughts on
sustainability and infrastructure.He
was very interested in the Low Impact Design Competition and ASCE Houston’s
role in supporting sustainability.
ASCE Houston Branch wants to keep the engineering community
updated with ASCE initiatives, new technology and best practices.If you have a particular need that you want
us to fulfill, please let me know at president@ascehouston.org.
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