The ASCE June Planning Meeting will be held on Tuesday June 19th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Tommy’s Pizza (tommyspizza.com) in Dublin. Please come for pizza and soft drink and to plan our upcoming ASCE and joint professional luncheons and dinner meetings for Fall 2012-Spring 2013.

Everyone is invited. Please send an email to Michael Navabi (mnavabi@primeeng.com) by Monday June 12th if you will be attending.

Central Ohio Outstanding Civil Engineer
Amanda Engle, P.E., has been named the Central Ohio Outstanding Civil Engineer for 2012.

Outstanding Section Member
Emily Wieringa, P.E. has been named Outstanding Section Members for the Central Ohio Section of ASCE in 2012.

On April 25, 2012, the Central Ohio Section of ASCE once again sponsored a Civil Engineering Career Day. A total of 22 students attended representing 5 Central Ohio area High Schools. The morning began with a tour of the completed Lane Avenue Bridge and under construction Dodridge Street Bridge. The tour was given by Jim Pajk and Mike Bashore with Franklin County Engineers Office. We then took the students to the OSU Olentangy River Wetland Park where we were given an impromptu talk from Dr. Mitsch.

I wanted to start off by thanking the Ohio State University and the Ohio University ASCE student chapters for planning and presenting at the April dinner meeting at the Ohio Student Union. It was nice to hear that both student chapters participate in civil engineering activities throughout the year and receive support from the faculty and professional advisors.

The May 2012 newsletter is now available for download.

CenOH_ASCE_2012_05.pdf

The Central Ohio Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is proud to endorse Randall (Randy) S. Over, P.E., F. ASCE for the office of President-Elect of ASCE. At the May 3, 2012 Board Meeting, the Section considered the intent of the former Cleveland Section President, District 7 Director, and Zone II Vice President, and Ohio Council of Sections President, Randall (Randy) S. Over, P.E., F. ASCE, to seek the office of President-Elect of ASCE. In a unanimous vote, the Central Ohio Section chose to endorse Mr. Over, P.E., F.

2012 Spring Seminar

Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for engineering applications

Join Speakers from ODOT, the City of Columbus and consultants to learn about the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and how it can help . We will address data sources and issues, increased efficiency and better communication of results that can be seen through the use of GIS.

Earn 6.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

Topic: State of the Society

(Online registration and payment available, see bottom of page.)

Our special guest speaker is Gregory E. DiLoreto, P.E., P.L.S., F.ASCE who is the current ASCE National President-Elect. Mr. DiLoreto currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Tualatin Valley Water District Oregon, a publicly owned water utility serving over 200,000 customers in the Portland, OR, metropolitan area. Prior to serving in this position, Mr DiLoreto served as City/Municipal Engineer, Director of Public Works, and Director of Environmental Services in several cities in western Oregon. Please join us as President-Elect DiLoreto discusses ASCE’s three strategic initiatives – Sustainability, Infrastructure and Raise the Bar. He will also share his vision and goals for the Society during his year as President.

The Central Ohio Section of ASHE (Note: not ASCE) is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to our Annual Spring Technical Seminar. Our Technical Director, Jen Alford, has assembled an interesting and comprehensive technical program covering this year’s theme: Innovating the Project Development Process (PDP) – Cost & Time Savings from Planning to Construction. We have a great line up of speakers from FHWA, ODOT and the City of Columbus to discuss this timely topic.

GeoEngineering in Face of Energy and Sustainability Challenges

The 17th Annual Great Lakes Geotechnical/Geoenvironmental Conference will be hosted on the campus of Case Western Reserve University.