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Profession & Practice
Anderson Bomar voted in as 2025 ASCE president-elect
Marsha Anderson Bomar, a transportation engineer based in Atlanta and a longtime ASCE leader, is the Society’s president-elect-elect, as voted by ASCE members in the 2024 Society election.
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Profession & Practice
Best of the best ready for ASCE Civil Engineering Student Championships
Profession & Practice
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Profession & Practice
Board approves new officers; Stafford transitions to staff as new ASCE chief operating officer
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Profession & Practice
University of Florida regains concrete canoe top spot
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University of Florida regains concrete canoe top spot
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Yang earns 2024 Harold R. Peyton Award for Cold Regions Engineering
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Gibson receives 2024 Hans Albert Einstein Award
ASCE has honored Stanford Gibson with the 2024 Hans Albert Einstein Award.
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ASCE has honored M. Hanif Chaudhry with the 2024 Hydraulic Structures Medal.
Buchberger earns 2024 Julian Hinds Award
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Technical notes
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