Fall President's Message

The ASCE Minnesota Section board is transitioning soon! Look for election ballots in your inbox in the coming week.

I encourage you to join me at one of the following events/activities this winter:

• November TBD Meeting: Hosted by the EWR Committee

• December TBD Meeting: Joint meeting with SAME

• January TBD: Membership Appreciation Event

• Many other committee meetings, tours, and Student Chapter activities — watch your emails Instructions to check email address on file with us

Announcement: The Enviornmental & Water Resources Committee is seeking a representative to join the MN Water Resources Conference Planning Committee. This term would begin mid-December 2023 and last for 2 years. This is a great opportunity to work with our local water experts to choose abstracts for presentations and moderate conference sessions. Please email ewr@ascemn.org by November 17.

Past Events:

• October 12 Meeting: October Section (Hybrid) Meeting in Rochester

• October 19 PE Info Session with MnSPE Hosted by our Younger Member Group: PE Exam Info Session

Follow us at ascemn.org or on LinkedIn.

Ariel Christenson, PE (MN, IN, NC, VA, WI), 2022-2023 ASCE-MN President

ASCE President Maria Lehman visits Minnesota and awardees are honored at the annual Awards Banquet

Last week marked another successful awards banquet where ASCE MN honored several chapter and student members with awards of professional and academic achievement! See below for the list of winners.

This year also marked our first in years where we hosted the society president! Maria C. Lehman, PE, ENV SP, flew into the Twin Cities for a jam-packed schedule of meet and greets, presentations, and networking. She was able to meet with state legislators, engineering practitioners, and MNDOT officials at the capitol to help foster critical infrastructure discussion, which will help advance ASCE MN and the Report Card committee's commitment to infrastructure policy-making and funding. Maria was also able to meet with the University of Minnesota’s student chapter and tour their facilities and have lunch with our Board of Directors.

She expressed gratitude for the opportunity to meet with key figures and gain an inside view of our successful Section! Thank you to everyone who helped make this day a success!

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Awardees:

• Minnesota Outstanding Engineer of the Year - Saura Jost

• MFESTS Charles Britzius Distinguished Engineer - William (Bill) Arnold

• MFESTS Young Engineer of the Year - Boya Xiong

• University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (UMN)

  • Activities Awards - Anthony Tabura, Chandler Lallak, Kenny Hoang

  • Outstanding Student Awards - Berit Klein, Erika Christiansen, Emirlan Askerbekov, Dylan Marske, Samuel Maijala

  • Goodman Award - Kristina Hoffman

• University of St. Thomas (UST)

  • Outstanding Leadership Award - Genevieve Tester

  • Distinguished Service Award - Morgan Fritz

  • Excellence in Undergraduate Research - Evan Selin

• Minnesota State University - Mankato (MSU)

  • Outstanding Senior - Luke Halstead

  • Outstanding Junior - Mamy Fofana

  • Outstanding Underclassman - Celia Djoutsa

• SEI Chapter Scholarship Award - Berit Klein (UMN), Genevieve Tester (UST)

• 2023 ASCE Life Members - Paul Asp, Richard Baker, Roger Clay, Craig Collison, Bradley Fossum, Catherine French, Gregory Keil, Craig Kuske, Joseph Labuz, Randall Mikolai, Michael Speedling, Russell Stammer

Spring President's Message

It is my honor to serve as Minnesota ASCE Section President for 2022-2023. I've been part of this amazing organization since college, and have got to meet people along the way with so much drive and passion for our built environment. PEOPLE are the center of our civil engineering oath to protect public health, safety and welfare.

While it is only March, the leadership board pauses activities at the end of May, resuming with a summer planning meeting, and then again full strength in September with the next round of elections. So, time is flying by! I encourage you to join me at one of the following events/activities this spring:

• March 16 Meeting: March Section Meeting with SAME — American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (ascemn.org)

• April 12 Awards Banquet: April Awards Banquet — American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (ascemn.org)

• May TBD Meeting

• Ongoing legislative meetings including participating in ACEC's event: ACEC/MN Engineering Day at the Capitol 2023 - Mar 8, 2023 - American Council of Engineering Companies of Minnesota (acecmn.org)

• Ongoing structural engineering seminars and planning meetings

• Other committee meetings, Younger Member Group activities, and Student Chapter activities.

Thank you board members for volunteering your time to this non-profit organization of the profession!

Follow ASCE-MN activities at ascemn.org or on LinkedIn.

Ariel Christenson, PE (MN, IN, NC, VA, WI), 2022-2023 ASCE-MN President

Seeking UST Student Chapter Capstone Partners

St. Thomas is looking for companies to partner with for senior design (capstone) projects for this fall and spring. These could be for teams of all civil or interdisciplinary of civil, mechanical, electrical, and/or computer engineers. We need several projects this year. Please contact Senior Design Project Coordinator Tiffany Ling with questions or to discuss next steps at tiffany.ling@stthomas.edu.

Basic information for our senior design program:

• Senior design is a full school year course (September to May)

• Each team is assigned a faculty mentor who meets with them weekly. As the company sponsor, you decide how much you want to meet with the team. It could be only a few times a semester or an hour a week. It’s up to you and the project needs

• A PE will not be signing off on this project

• Teams have access to the St. Thomas labs and software

• There is no cost to the company unless some type of built prototype is involved

Winter Newsletter is Live

This edition includes articles such as:

• President's Message

• Section Meeting Recaps

• Student Chapter Updates

• EWR Committee Reboot

• Article from Sponsor Stantec

Winter 2020-2021 Newsletter

Fall Newsletter is Live

This edition includes articles such as:

·     President's Message

·     Board & YMG Election Results

·     Award Winners

·     Student Chapter Activities

·     Articles from Sponsors Bolton & Menk and Kimley-Horn

Fall 2020 Newsletter

Special Edition Newsletter is LIVE

The Student Awards Newsletter is in!

Student Award Winners Announced in this special edition newsletter - click the link to read more about the winners! Congratulations to all graduated seniors; we look forward to your contributions to the the Civil Engineering profession! 

Winter Newsletter is LIVE

The Winter Newsletter is in!

Articles include:

• Message from the President including award winners & nominees

• U of M Student Chapter update

• Sponsor Article by SEH on Drones

• Upcoming Structural Committee Events

• Membership Appreciation Photos

• Civil Engineering Day at the Science Museum on 2/29

• Younger Member Group update

• Conference Recaps

• Fabric Structures Article

…and more! Check it out HERE.

Fall Newsletter

The Fall ASCE-MN Newsletter has been posted HERE.

In the Fall Newsletter you will find articles about:

• Message from the Newly Elected President

• U of M & St. Thomas Student Chapter updates

• Sponsor Article by Bolton & Menk

• Election Results

• Committee Updates: History & Heritage, EWB, and more

• Sept & Oct Meeting Recaps

• Future City Save the Date

• Younger Member Group updates

• and more!