Tailoring Contemporary Structures for Dynamic Wind Effects

A Tale of Bridge Engineering and Public Process or The Unstoppable Force and the Immovable Object

The ASCE Central Ohio Section Younger Members along with the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers Younger Members, Engineers Club of Columbus, and Central Ohio Chapter of ASHE would like to invite everyone to a post OTEC Happy Hour on Tuesday October 27, 2009 at Brothers Bar and Grill (477 Park Street) from 6- 8 p.m.

Appetizers will be provided. Look for the ASCE sign to find us.

MORPC is having a Summit on Sustainability & the Environment on Tuesday, October 6. The Summit is packed full of breakout sessions on sustainability, the environment, being green, local foods, and more. Jack Hanna of the Columbus Zoo, will give thrilling stories of exotic creatures, diverse cultures and their relationship to central Ohio – and he is bringing some of his animals along. The panel of experts from AEP, Battelle, and the Columbus Council on World Affairs will discuss local “green” initiatives that are having global impacts.

The September 2009 newsletter is now available for download.

If you are a Purdue graduate or have another connection with Purdue University, you may be interested in contributing to a scholarship that honors Harold Michael.

Approximately 10 years ago, Harold L. Michael passed away at the age of 79. By the time of his death in August 1999, his accomplishments in engineering, particularly in the field of transportation, were outstanding. Harold Michael had served in many important leadership roles in numerous engineering and community service organizations throughout his adult life. In addition, he had received some of the most prestigious awards given by ASCE, ITE, and TRB. First and foremost, Harold Michael was an educator. He spent his entire 40 year professional career as an educator at Purdue University.

Topic: Warm Mix Asphalt

Speaker
H. Wayne Jones, PE – Senior Regional Engineer for the Asphalt Institute

The asphalt industry has started using a new technology call Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA).

The APWA International Public Works Congress and Exposition will be in Columbus, Ohio September 13-16. If ASCE members are interested, below is a link to a Free Exhibit pass that you can use ($35 value) for the expo on any of the days the exposition is open (September 13-15). Feel free to share with your colleagues also. Just complete the pass and fax it to the fax number on the form or bring it with you to the registration desk.

http://www.apwa.net?SC=OhioCounty&SCN=1

For more information:
http://www.apwa.net/meetings/congress/2009/

The Ohio University chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers would like to invite you to a student, faculty, and alumni 4-man golf scramble (Note friends of Alumni are welcome as well). This is a fund raising event developed to help finance our chapter’s many projects, competitions, and other activities.

When: Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Check-in at 11:30 am
Shot-gun start at 12:00 pm

Where: The Ohio University Golf Course in Athens, Ohio

Cost: Alumni - $80, Faculty - $80, Students - $40, Social only - $10

Central Ohio Section Member, Patrick J. Fox, has been awarded the 2009 Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers for the paper “Effect of progressive failure on measured shear strength of geomembrane/GCL interface”, which he authored with Robert H. Kim and published in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 134(4).

Congratulations to Dr. Fox.