ASCE - Houston Branch

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2008 CYM Employer Recognition Program

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Upcoming continuing education seminars in Texas

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2008 ASCE YM Golf Tournament

May Social Happy Hour

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Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:27:09 GMT

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Current YM Events

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:30:03 GMT

June Monthly Social:
Our Monthly Social for June will be held at Sherlock’s Baker Street Pub from 5 to 7 p.m. Come ready to network, relax, and have fun!

Thursday, June 19th
5-7 p.m.
Sherlock’s Baker Street Pub
10001 Westheimer

Houston, Tx 77042

Adopt-A-Highway:
It is that time again! We will be meeting for our quarterly Adopt-A-Highway trash pick-up in Richmond on Saturday, June 21st at 9 am. We will meet for lunch at a local restaurant following the pick-up. Please RSVP to Kate Fath at kate.fath@kimley-horn.com by Friday, June 20th.

Saturday, June 21st
9-12 followed by lunch
Meet at Williams Elementary School
5111 FM 762
Richmond, TX 77469

Joint Society Poker Tournament:
There will be a poker tournament held this month to raise funds for scholarships between three local society chapters; S.A.M.E., A.S.C.E., and N.S.B.E. It's time to test your poker skills. Contact Jared Bowlin at JBowlin@ehrainc.com if you are interested.

Scrolling Announcements and Events

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:22:58 GMT

ASCE Houston is looking for officer nominations for the 2008-2009 year. Please fill out the nomination form to nominate someone or yourself. Dr. Jerry Rogers has been nominated and selected by the ASCE National Board as an ASCE Distinguished member. A Distinguished Member is a person who has attained acknowledged eminence in some branch of engineering or in the arts and sciences related thereto, including the fields of engineering education and construction. Congratulations and job well done! June 17 - ASCE Houston Branch Lunch Meeting June 27 - Joint Society Poker Tournament Scholarship Fundraiser Aug 1 - 2008 ASCE CYM Employer Recognition Program for Exemplary Support of Young Engineer Involvement in ASCE Activities

June 2008 President's Message

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:10:56 GMT

Our May lunch meeting turnout was great. Special thanks to Peter Key, Deputy Director of HCTRA, who shared a little history on when and how the Toll Road Authority got its start and where they are at today with SB792. He stressed HCTRA’s vision and commitment to remain focused on improving the local region’s mobility. He explained that the toll road revenues fund the majority of Harris County’s infrastructure improvements on their five-year plan.

The ASCE Houston Branch conducted a survey two years ago and implemented lunch meetings in May and June. Therefore, the June 17th meeting will be during lunch at HESS. We have Shay Shafie with Southern Land Company discussing a presentation on the redevelopment of the Imperial Sugar Tract in Sugar Land, Texas. We will also be presenting the Excellence in Journalism Award to the City of Sugar Land (Sashi Kumar, Chris Stuebing, and Randy Widmeyer) for their work educating residents concerning drainage planning and projects.

The ASCE Houston Branch has partnered with the Houston Contractor’s Association the past three years for a joint meeting in August. We are sure to have a great meeting on August 28th. Watch your email for more details over the summer.

I hope to see each one of you for lunch at our June meeting before we break for the summer.

Sincerely,

Thomas (Tommy) Kuykendall, Jr.
2007-2008 President

Houston Branch Honorary Members and Fellows

Fri, 30 May 2008 20:36:21 GMT

Houston Branch Honorary Members Election Year Bramlette Mc Clelland 1986 Louis D. Spaw 1996 Jerry Rogers 2008 Anestis S. Veletsos 1997 Houston Branch Fellows Election Year Herbert C. Allen 1989 Pedro Alvarez 2005 Ronald E. Antes 1991 Julio R. Arroyave 1998 James R. Bailey 2005 Philip B. Bedient 2006 ...

Current Houston Branch Honors & Awards

Tue, 27 May 2008 20:04:17 GMT

2008 Houston Branch Edmund Friedman Young Engineer of the Year Award Donald J. Anderson, Jr., PE, LEED 2008 Daniel Mead Paper Award Winner Clay A. Forister, PE 2007 National Younger Member Employer Recognition Award Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc. and LJA Engineering & Surveying Please contact our current Honors Committee Chair, Todd Swoboda, PE (teswoboda@terracon.com) if you have any questions or would like to nominate someone for an ASCE award. The National ASCE awards and honors page can be found here. The Texas Section awards and honors page can be found here.

ASCE Houston Branch History

Tue, 27 May 2008 20:02:24 GMT

Please contact our current Historical Committee Chair, Angel Esquivel, PE (aesquivel@wilbursmith.com) if you have any questions or would like to help update our branch history. Download the ASCE Houston Branch History To see the list of Houston Branch Presidents who went on to become Texas Section or National ASCE Presidents, please click here. ASCE Houston Branch 65th Anniversary Proclamation from the City of Houston Houston Astrodome - 1965

Past Younger Member Events

Tue, 27 May 2008 19:49:10 GMT

Technical Seminar: The ASCE 2008 Leadership Seminar was held on Friday, April 18th at the office of Jacobs Carter and Burgess. This seminar focused on leadership and career development. All 15 attendees received 6 PDH’s for attending. A BBQ lunch was served as well. April Monthly Social: Our Monthly Social for April was held at Sherlock’s Baker Street Pub from 5 to 7 p.m. Everyone had a great time and we got to see some new faces! Look out for our May and June socials! Local Student Chapters’ Graduation Party: YMF hosted a graduation party on Saturday, May 10th at Hermann Park. Festivities began at 11am. We had about 20 people show up, about half were students. We all ate hamburger and hotdogs, hung out, and played some football. We couldn’t have asked for a better day to socialize with our local student chapters! Annual Golf Tournament: This year’s tournament was held on Friday, May 16th,...

Prairie A&M University

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:31:52 GMT

Prairie A&M University - ASCE Student Chapter

Updates coming soon!

University of Houston

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:25:53 GMT

University of Houston - ASCE Student Chapter

Student Chapter Update

May 23rd, 2008

On April 26th, 2008 The University of Houston ASCE Student Chapter won 1st place in the ASCE Texas/Mexico Region 6 Concrete Canoe Competition in Corpus Christi, Texas. The team will now be representing the Region in the 21st Annual National Concrete Canoe Competition held in Montreal Quebec, Canada.

Please click here to view the team's product and results.

Please click here to see how you or your company can help support our trip to Canada. Any support is greatly appreciated.

Rice University

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:24:47 GMT

Rice University - ASCE Student Chapter

Updates coming soon!

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Wed, 14 May 2008 18:42:08 GMT

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Wed, 14 May 2008 18:39:21 GMT

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Texas Section News & Announcements

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:29:17 GMT

ASCE Texas Section Fall 2008 Meeting will be in Dallas on October 1-4, 2008 at the Mariott Dallas/Addison Quorum. Information can be found here. Call for Papers - Deadline Approaching Dear Texas Section Member: The Texas Section - ASCE Fall 2008 Meeting will be held October 1-4 in Dallas. In preparation for this meeting, the attached Call for Papers and Posters was published in the Spring 2008 Texas Civil Engineer. Please note that the deadline for submitting an abstract is Friday, May 23, 2008. If you have not done so already, please consider forwarding an abstract to the appropriate topical chair and current VP-Technical Charles Dodge (cdodge@hntb.com). Please note we are soliciting papers from each of the Institutes (Construction, Environmental & Water Resources, Geotechnical, Structural, Transportation & Development, and the...

National ASCE News & Announcements

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:27:20 GMT

New Wilson Bridge Named Top 2008 OCEA Project As Society Celebrates Its Best at OPAL Awards Gala In a tough field that included impressive engineering projects in India, California and Washington state, an all-new Woodrow Wilson Bridge serving the Washington, D.C., area has been selected ASCEs winner of the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement for 2008. Using a variety of innovative techniques, the joint project of the states of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia replaces an inadequate, aging 47-year-old span, helping to relieve a major bottleneck for commuters on the busy Capital Beltway, Interstate 495. The OCEA winner was announced at the Societys premiere black-tie event, the OPAL Awards Gala, held Wednesday evening in Arlington, Va., where the 2008 Outstanding Projects and Leaders honorees and other major award-winners were saluted. » Learn more about the OCEA-winning Woodrow Wilson...

ASCE Houston Branch Past Presidents

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:23:38 GMT

1943-44 W. W. McClendon * 1944-45 J. G. Turney * 1945-46 G. A. Bracher * 1946-47 L. D. Snow * 1947-48 Frank H. Newnam, Jr. * 1948-49 W. Mack Eliot * 1949-50 Frank Baldwin * 1950-51 S. W. Oberg * 1951-52 George H. Lacey * 1951-52 Charles R. Haile * 1952-53 Al Bahn * 1953-54 N. P. Turner * 1954-55 Robert A....

ASCE Houston Branch Rules of Operation

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:22:05 GMT

2007-2008 ASCE Houston Branch Rules of Operation 2007 - 2008 BRANCH OPERATIONS PLAN ASCE HOUSTON BRANCH The ASCE Houston Branch 2007 – 2008 Branch Operations Plan was prepared by the President in accordance with the Houston Branch Rules of Operation. The Branch Operations Plan serves as a planning document for the Board of Direction to define this year’s Branch activities, committee organization structure, financial budget, and committee’s goals and tasks. The Branch Operations Plan is a working document subject to revisions and additions during its implementation by the Board of Direction and Committees. The Constitution of the Houston Branch identifies the following goals for the Branch: 1. Promote the distribution of technical and professional information for the continual improvement of the competence of our membership. 2. Provide opportunities for the exchange of ideas, information, and knowledge among all Civil Engineers, including students in the profession. 3....

Officers & Committee Chairs

Tue, 06 May 2008 18:47:15 GMT

2007-2008 OFFICERS PRESIDENT TOMMY KUYKENDALL, JR., P.E. tkuykendall@aiainc.com SECRETARY ANDREA CHENG RANFT, P.E. andreacheng@tscengineering. com PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD ANDERSON, P.E. danderson@fugro.com TREASURER CLAY FORISTER, P.E. cforister@ljaengineering.com V.P. ADMINISTRATION PAUL VOILES, P.E. pvoiles@browngay.com BRANCH DIRECTOR TOM STILES, EIT tstiles@browngay.com VP EDUCATION BRENT BALDWIN, P.E. brent.baldwin@klotz.com TX SECTION DIRECTOR STEVE HRNCIR, P.E. shrncir@hntb.com V.P. TECHNICAL PATRICK BEECHER, P.E. pmbeecher@terracon.com ...

ASCE Houston Membership Info

Tue, 06 May 2008 18:44:39 GMT

Who do I contact with Membership questions? Houston Branch Membership Chair: Lisa Garner or 713-488-8285 Latest ASCE Houston Membership Report Were here to serve you! For all other questions or concerns about membership applications and/or guidelines, please e-mail memrec@asce.org or call 800-548-2723 or 703-295-6300. We greatly value your interest in and support of ASCE and will promptly answer your questions! How to Join Join ASCE Renew Your Membership Additional Membership Information - http://www.asce.org/membership/ 2007-2008 Member-Get-A-Member drive information

ASCE Houston Weblink Categories

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:04:05 GMT

1. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 2. EDUCATION 3. PUBLICATIONS 4. GOVERNMENT 5. CONSTRUCTION 6. ENVIRONMENTAL 7. GEOTECHNICAL 8. HYDROLOGY & HYDRAULICS 9. LAND DEVELOPMENT 10. STRUCTURAL 11. TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION 12. SUSTAINABILITY 13. GIS / SURVEYING 14. STANDARDS 15. MISCELLANEOUS Professional Societies ASCE National ASCE Region 6 ASCE Texas ACEC American Council of Engineering Companies AIA American Institute of Architects APWA American Public Works Association EWB Engineers Without Borders HCEC Houston Council of Engineering Companies ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers ITSA Intelligent Transportation Society of America ITS-Texas Intelligent Transportation Society of Texas NAE National Academy of Engineering NCEES National Academy of Examining Engineers and Surveyors NSBE National Society of Black Engineers NSPE National Society of Professional Engineers SHPE Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers SAME Society of Military Engineers SPE Society...

Houston Branch Presidents History

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:56:47 GMT

Houston Branch Presidents who went on to become Texas Section and/or National President (02/19/08) Name Houston Branch President Texas Section President National President J. Milton Howe 1916-17 * E.E. Sands 1922-23 John McVea 1925-26 Robert Cummins 1939-40 John Bringhurst 1942-43 Branch formed 1943 Mason Lockwood 1952-53 1957 Lowber Snow ...

Past Houston Branch Honors & Awards

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:07:13 GMT

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Past YM Officers

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:06:08 GMT

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ASCE Houston Branch Rules of Operation

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:44:56 GMT

2007-2008 ASCE Houston Rules of Operation

Current YM Officers

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:53:38 GMT

Younger Member Forum Chair Regina Lemons regina.lemons@klotz.com Social Activities Chair Jared Bowlin jbowlin@ehrainc.com Educational Outreach Chair Charles Stevens Jr. Technical Activities Chair Amy Stonaker astonaker@cobfen.com Community Services Activities Chair Kate Fath Sand Castle Committee Chair Clay Forister cforester@ljaengineering.com Golf Tournament Committee Chair Matt Adams

Houston News & Announcements

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:34:26 GMT

Logging in and Password Assistance

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:54:56 GMT

Some useful tips on logging into our website: All email addresses the Houston Branch uses for electronic communication comes from the National ASCE membership database. ASCE Houston will update our local database at the beginning of each month with a current database from ASCE National. ASCE Houston can not update your email address for you, only you can do that by going to www.asce.org/myprofile and logging into you National ASCE account information and changing it yourself. Your username and password for the National ASCE account information is not the same as your ASCE Houston username and password. If you do not know what you National ASCE password is, once you log on to www.asce.org/myprofile, there is a link at the bottom for those who do not know their password. You can also call ASCE member services at 1-800-548-2723 to update your member information. If you do not get our local ASCE newsletter or if you can not log in as a member, you may need to update...

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