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May 2009 |
Volume 13, Number 7 |
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In This Issue… President's Message Regulatory
Stakeholders Committee Sponsors |
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May
Branch Meeting – May 19, 2009 =
Speaker: When: Tuesday, May 19t=
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5901 Cost: $20 – with RSVP and payment at the
door $25 – walk-up (no RSVP, no
pre-payment) $5 – student/government employee w=
ith
RSVP and web payment $10 – student/government employee
walk-up (no RSVP, no pre-payment) =
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Quick Links… |
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May
Speaker: Paul Yura, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather =
Service
Austin – To=
pic: Can
We Beat Mother Nature?
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President’s
Message by Julia M. Harrod, P.E.<=
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We will be presenting the ASCE
Board’s recommended slate of officers as listed below and accepting
nominations from the floor during May’s meeting: President: =
; &n=
bsp; =
; Robert
W. Scholz, P.E., CFM, PBS&J President Elec=
t: =
; &n=
bsp; Roman
D. Grijalva, P.E., M.B.A., Jacobs VP-Programs: <=
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; &n=
bsp; Tony
Buonodono, E.I.T., Alan Plummer & Associates, Inc. Communications
Director: &=
nbsp; Travis
Michel, P.E., Espey Consultants, Inc. Secretary: Treasurer: Younger Member
Director: &=
nbsp; Brandon
Hammann, E.I.T., Klotz & Associates, Inc. State Director=
: =
; &n=
bsp; Craig
A. Chesser, P.E., Lockwood, Andrews, & Newnam, Inc. Past President=
: =
; &n=
bsp; Jul=
ia
M. Harrod, P.E., MWM Design Group There is additional opportunity to get
involved through work on committees. Contact Robert Scholz, P.E. (rwscholz@pbsj.com) or myself (juliah@mwmdesigngroup.com) to let =
us
know your interest in getting involved next year. If you are interested i=
n a
committee, but do not have time to chair, let us know! Find out how you c=
an
plug in and start working with other engineers to make a difference in our
community. Even if you only have a couple hours to spare, there is an
activity for you. Together we are ASCE; together we can m=
ake
a difference! |
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A= SCE Austin Chapter Job Board:This is a reminder that the ASCE Aus=
tin
Chapter job board is available and is generally up to date with job listi=
ngs
from various member organizations.
Please pass this information on to colleagues. The following is a link to our J=
ob
Board: http://www.austinasce.=
org/jobs.htm.
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Austin = Branch Hosts Texas Section Spring 2010 MeetingThe Austin Branch will be hosting the T=
exas
Section Spring 2010 Meeting .
This meeting will be unique in both its revised format and locatio=
n.
This will be a Texas Section meeting that will be talked about for years =
to come. There is no better opportunity t=
o get
involved in creating the future Texas Section meeting formats. Preparations for this meeting have begun
with the selection of a fabulous venue – the newly constructed AT&a=
mp;T
Executive Education and The Host Committee invites all Austin
Branch members to get involved in making this meeting a success. you may
contact individual sub-committee chairman to find out about volunteering =
for
their committee. General
Co-Chair: Amy Spicer =
Smith =
; amy_smith@urscorp.com General
Co-Chair: David Matoc=
ha =
; david.matocha@hanson.com Budget/Finance: Curtis Steger =
; =
curtis@holfordgroup.com CPD
Seminars: Craig Chesser cachesser@l=
an-inc.com Awards
Banquet: Kelly Barney =
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/span>kbarney@pape-dawson.com Exhibits: Ron Reichert rreichert@ejiw.com Hotel
Arrangements: Steve Bontempo &=
nbsp; steve@bontempo-eng.com Printing/Mailing: Dale Murphey =
; dmurphy@kfriese.com Publicity: =
; Roman Grijalva =
; roman.grijalva@jacobs.com Registration: =
; Linda Barlow =
; =
lbarlow@hvj.com =
; &n=
bsp; Student
Activities Rose Marie=
Clee =
; rmklee@crespoinc.com Order
of the Engineer Ceremony: =
; Cres Guzman &nbs=
p;
Crespin.guzman@klotz.com |
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Er=
in
Krielow Lahr Memorial Scholarship Fund In remembran=
ce
of our friend and fellow engineer Mrs. Erin Lahr, P.E., who pas=
sed
away suddenly while running the Dallas Marathon in December, the Aus=
tin
Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers has donated $1,500 to =
the
Erin Krielow Lahr Memorial Scholarship Fund. An endowed
scholarship fund has been established in Erin's honor at
Personal
donations in LSU Departme=
nt
of Civil & Environmental Engineering Attn: Ms. Tr=
isha
Sims 3418 Patrick=
F.
Taylor Hall
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Regulatory Stakeholders Committee UpdateThe City of At this time, the Regulatory Stakeholde=
rs
Committee is creating subcommittees in order to better address technical
development regulations. The current subcommittees are Utilities,
Transportation, Drainage, Environmental. If you are interested in serving=
on
one or more of the subcommittees, please contact me (juliah@mwmdesigngroup.com). This i=
s a
great opportunity to stay ahead of policy changes, keep informed of pendi=
ng
rule modifications, and take advantage of an opportunity to impact
development regulations. |
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ASCE = Continuing Education SeminarThis year’s continuing education
seminar will be held on July 31st at the Remember: The Texas Boar=
d of
Professional Engineers requires 15 hours of continuing education credit
(including one hour of ethics) annually. This event will satisfy
several of the annual hour requirements including ethics. by
Jonah Mankovsky, EIT –
Continuing Education Chair |
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/a>Fund Raiser =
for
A team of 4th graders from Barton Hills
Elementary is the first They estimate the cost to be about $13,=
000
to get the team, coaches and chaperones, sets, and the new structure to <=
st1:City
w:st=3D"on"> Linda Barlow, PE |
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YMF Update
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UT S=
tudent
Chapter Update
by
Michelle Wilkinson – Corporate Relations Officer An update to our Concrete Canoe results:
due to miscalculations, UT Austin actually came in 3rd place
overall, and placed 3rd in design paper, 2nd in oral
presentation, 4th in final product, and 3rd in
racing. Thanks again to our
sponsors for helping make our Concrete Canoe a success this year! We held our last meeting of the year on
April 22 and Dr. Liljestrand, a UT Civil Engineering professor and the
Graduate Advisor for the CAEE department was our speaker. He talked about graduate school =
and
who is a good candidate to attend.
Dr. Liljestrand gave all our members great information pertaining =
to
the application process and the advantages of graduate school. It was a great end to this
year’s meetings! Our Intramural softball team almost made
the playoffs, but unfortunately we lost our last game which took us out of
the running. We have had to=
ns of
fun in all our sports this year and hope to continue getting better and
winning more next year! Contact Michelle Wilkinson at mwilkinson@mail.utexas.edu if
you would like to get involved with UT ASCE. Please let us know if you would =
like
to sponsor a meeting, a Friday in the Park, or any of our technical
competitions (Seismic Competition, |
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Bluestein
spent the bulk of his career overseeing the building of |
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ASCE
Continuing Education Webinars
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Thank You to All of Our 2008 Sponsors=
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p;
&nbs=
p;
Want
to be an Austin Branch Sponsor?
Gives your company advertising and free postings on our online job
board. Click here for more information.=
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© 2009 Au=
stin
Branch American Society of Civil Engineers The Austin Bra=
nch
Newsletter gives you the latest information on ASCE events and
activities. To inquire abou=
t this
newsletter or to publish articles contact the Communications Director. National ASCE
– www.asce.org Texas Se=
ction
– www.texasce.org |
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