Articles for Dallas ASCE

Heather Gilmer, P.E. has worked for the Construction Division of the Texas Department of Transportation since 1999. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from the University of Massachusetts and the University of Texas, respectively. She is a member of the Bridge Subcommittee of the American Welding Society (AWS) Structural Welding Committee and chairs the fabrication task group of the AASHTO/NSBA Steel Bridge Collaboration. Charles E. Quade, P.E., Vice ...

The Dallas Branch Geotech Institute presents MD Sahadat Hossain, Ph. D., P. E., Assistant professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Hossain will present "Monitoring Moisture Movement within the Solid Waste in Landfills". A brief desciption of this presentation can be found here.

Upcoming Texas Section Fall Meeting - October 6 - 9 in El Paso at the Camino Real Hotel. For more information on this meeting please click here.

ASCE PE Review Course The Younger Member Group is offering a live, nation-wide, 12 session webinar taught over 6 weeks by a team of experienced PE Exam Review Instructors. The review will cost $150 for members, but we have yet to reach the minimum number of people to sign up. If you are interested in taking an ASCE PE Review course or if your company is interested in hosting the webinar site please contact Audrey Demeter at audrey_demeter@urscorp.com. Rangers Game Mark ...

ASCE Spring/Summer 2010 Continuing Education Seminars and Computer Workshops Below is a list of upcoming Continuing Education seminars and computer workshops in our Region. These in-depth, practice-oriented programs are produced by ASCE’s Continuing Education Department and may be of interest to you. SEMINARS & COMPUTER WORKSHOP LINKS TECHNICAL DIVISION DATES CITY/STATE Construction, Plans, Specifications and Ethics for Civil Engineers - ...

The Hays Street Bridge in San Antonio is a special project that was an ASCE 150th Anniversary Project. The ribbon cutting for this refurbished bridge was held on, Tuesday July 20. Please feel free to view an article in the San Antonio Newspaper that ran a story about this unique bridge. Another website details interesting details of this restored bridge.

An Airport in Frisco? If you have ever seen aerial imagery of the land around the fire station on Cotton Gin Road in Frisco, you might have noticed a lengthy stretch of land that resembles a runway. In fact, a 5,450 feet runway existed at that location until 2002. The airport, originally named North Dallas Jetport (hence Cotton Gin Road also known as Jetport Parkway), was built in 1986 with private funds from investors. In 1996, plans to turn the underutilized, single runway ...

Aug. 1, 2010: Nominations due for Younger Member Employer Recognition Award August 15, 2010: Nominations due for Casagrande, Construction Management, and Kapp Awards Oct. 1, 2010: Nominations due for Citizen Engineer Award and Public Service Award. Nomination deadline for Distinguished Members, Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research, Charles Pankow Award for Innovation, and Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prizes Oct. 30, 2010: Nominations due for the ...

Hello [firstname], Welcome to the Dallas ASCE newsletter of upcoming events, articles and more from our membership. Calendar Events Articles Your login information is listed below. To log into the site, visit http://www.dallasasce.org/en/ and enter your Username and Password. Username: [username] Password: [password] If you have any questions please contact Sean P. Merrell, P.E. Calendar of Events July Dallas Branch Meeting: ...

The Spark of Innovation Think back to the time when you first decided that you wanted to be an engineer. For some of you, that decision came in college. For others, it was a childhood dream. What made you choose engineering? My guess is that many engineers were drawn to the profession because they wanted to solve problems. Not only to solve problems, but to come up with creative, new, innovative ways to solve problems. Most engineers have creative minds, and many are quite ...

David Batts, a graduate of the University of Houston, is very passionate about water quality and the effects storm water runoff has on our local water bodies. David is the co-founder of the "Houston Land / Water Sustainability Forum" that is a non-profit educational collaborative effort among local regulators, decision makers, and design professionals to explore ideas, methods, materials, and technologies related to the sustainability of land and water in Houston’s growing urban ...

The Dallas Branch Environmental & Water Resources Institute presents Dan Porter from Sekisui-SPR and his presentation entitled “Spiralwound Pipe Renewal Technologies.” Sekisui has been a pioneer in the use of spiral wound grouted-in-place lining technology, providing pipeline rehabilitation products used worldwide, based on the principle of spiral winding a factory manufactured continuous plastic strip to create a liner of high stiffness and low weight, directly into the ...

ASCE PE Review Course Are you getting ready to take the PE in the upcoming year, but you don't want to pay thousands of dollars on a review course? The ASCE Younger Member Group is planning on hosting a 6-week ASCE review session this fall. Please contact Audrey Stoddart at audrey_stoddart@urscorp.com if you are interested or would like more information. Rangers Game Mark your calendars! The ASCE Dallas and Fort Worth Younger Members will be attending a Rangers game on ...

Come to St. Louis and join us for the 2010 Missouri River/Texoma Regional and Midwest Levee Conference, co-hosted by the SAME St. Louis and Scott Field Posts and ASCE, St. Louis Section, at the beautiful Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark hotel adjacent to Busch Stadium! For more information, please click here.

window.parent.CKEDITOR._["contentDomReadywysiwygbody"]( window ); One of our Dallas Branch ASCE members, Nanditha Togar, P.E. from Urban Engineers Group, was named TexITE Younger Member of the Year for her leadership in traffic operations, design and transportation planning; leadership in her profession; her mentoring of young students and professionals; and leadership in TexITE and the community. Congratulations Nanditha!!!

Hello [firstname], Welcome to the Dallas ASCE newsletter of upcoming events, articles, and more from our membership. Don't forget this month is a special joint meeting with the Fort Worth Branch at the Austin Ranch in Grapevine on Monday, June 14. Please be sure to register by the end of the day on Wednesday, June 9 because Austin Ranch needs a good head for our specially prepared lunch. There will be a Wild West theme at this meeting, so feel free ...

Public Relations for Civil Engineers At the Spring Texas Section Meeting in Austin this year I attended an all-day workshop entitled “Public Relations (PR) for Civil Engineers.” The workshop was led by ASCE national’s government relations staff. It was an excellent hands-on workshop with exercises on everything from how to develop a relationship with your local elected officials to how to write a press release. I left the classroom that day with a realization that we ...

Robert M. "Bob" Brown manages the CDA Program in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for the Texas Department of Transportation Brown began his career with the Texas Department of Transportation in the Dallas District in 1982 after graduation from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He received his professional engineering license in 1987. He has designed sections of the President George Bush Turnpike/SH 190, IH 30, IH 35E and he was responsible for ...

This month we have a special treat for our annual joint meeting with the Fort Worth Branch. We will be meeting at the Austin Ranch in Grapevine. We are also going with a Wild West theme at our meeting this month, so feel free to dress the part (jeans, boots, cowboy hat...even spurs and chaps if you got them). Directions and a map are below: Hop on the 121 Freeway to Bass Pro Dr., then hang a right onto Highway 26. Turn left onto West Grapevine Mills Rd., just past the Hilton ...

Seminar Topic: "Innovative Methods for Quality Management of Design-Build Projects", Presented by Danny Kahler, PE, PTOE of Kahler Engineering Group The Dallas Branch Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) will hold a one hour continuing education seminar following the June 2010 Joint Meeting. All Design-Build projects require extensive Quality Assurance and Control programs, including TxDOT projects completed under Comprehensive Development Agreement (CDA) contracting ...