Dr. Antonio Trani, from Virginia Tech, was selected as the 2023 recipient of the Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award. This award is given to a member of the Society for the best example of innovative or noteworthy planning, design, or construction of transportation facilities.
Dr. Antonio Trani, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Dr, Trani is a professor at Virginia Tech, where he has worked since 1988. His area of research and expertise is airport capacity, airfield and airspace operations and modeling. One of the models that he is responsible for developing, maintaining and updating ...
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4th Annual Meet and Greet
We want to thank everyone who came out to ASCE’s 4th Annual Delegate Meet & Greet event on Thursday, February 2nd, 2023. A special thank goes out to Vic Crawford and Mike Bumbaco who presented the 2022 Virginia Infrastructure Report Card. Thanks to Elisabeth Dorman, Senior Manager for Grassroots Programs and State Advocacy with ASCE, who assisted with our pre-event training on Tips on Networking and Speaking to Political Leaders, this discussion was recorded and is available to watch. Attendees from varying disciplines and backgrounds networked over food and drinks made by Sam Miller's o...
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March 2023 Engineer of the Month
March 2023 - Bryan W. Stevenson, PE, DBIA, M. ASCE
Bryan Stevenson is a Senior Project Delivery Engineer for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Alternative Project Delivery Division managing Design-Build project procurements. Prior to joining VDOT, Bryan was in private sector consulting as an engineer and project manager. His experience in the private industry was in roadway design and civil site design on industrial, institutional, subdivisions, multifamily, commercial and office projects.
Bryan has a BS in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech. Whil...
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February 2023 Engineer of the Month
February 2023 - Chaz Weaver, P.E., M. ASCE
Chaz Weaver is a graduate of Virginia Tech (BS, Civil Engineering) and Old Dominion University (Master’s, Engineering Management). He has 24 years of experience with VDOT, including 17 as District Materials Engineer in Staunton, responsible for materials quality assurance, pavement and geotechnical engineering. Chaz is responsible charge for these areas for projects totaling approximately $2 billion. He has received two Commissioner’s Awards and multiple awards for the Interstate 81 Pavement Recycling Project.
His ASCE experience incl...
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MRLC 2023
The ASCE 2023 Region 1, 2, 4 & 5 MRLC - Multi-Region Leadership Conference was held in Charlotte, NC on January 19-21, 2023. This was the first time since the pandemic started that an MRLC was held in person. The Eastern Region Younger Member Council - ERYMC and Workshop on Student Chapter Leaders - WSCL were also held in person at the MRLC. From the Virginia Section, only two members attended and gained valuable insight on the society and leadership knowledge. These two members also participated in moderating sessions and planning events throughout the weekend.
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December 2022 Centennial Engineer of the Month
December 2022 - Lindsay Swain, P.E., M. ASCE
Lindsay Swain, P.E. (she/her) is a graduate from Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Biology and a M.S. in Civil Engineering. She specializes in water/wastewater design of treatment and conveyance systems, pump station design, and the construction administration process. Lindsay works for Meta (Facebook) as the Eastern US Water Manager, completing water and wastewater master planning for new data center infrastructure. Prior to working at Meta, Lindsay was a consultant for CHA Consulting and AECOM. She also serves on the Virgi...
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2022 VA Infrastructure Report Card
On Tuesday, December 6, 2022, the ASCE Virginia Section released the 2022 VA Section Infrastructure Report Card. The release was held at the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp and Park in Virginia Beach, VA where the attendees included a State Legislator and Representatives from VDEQ, VDOT, and Virginia Passenger Rail Authority. The overall grade was a C. This is a higher grade than what Virginia received in its last report card in 2015. In 2015, Virginia had a C- grade. We had press coverage that was shown the nightly News.
https://www.wtkr.com/news/engineers-give-virginia-a-c-grade-on-infrastru...
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November 2022 Centennial Engineer of the Month
November 2022 - Niko Ambrose, EIT, A.M. ASCE
I graduated from Old Dominion University with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and I have worked with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) as a Civil Scholar and now as a Traffic Engineer with Richmond District Operations where I address citizen safety concerns and review corridors of travel for potential safety issues and improvements. While in college and in my professional career, I am actively involved in ASCE where I served as president of the ODU student chapter. I am currently Chair of the Region 4 Y...
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October 2022 Centennial Engineer of the Month
October 2022 - Matthew K Swenty, PhD, PE, M.ASCE
Matthew (Matt) Swenty obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from Missouri S&T and then worked as a bridge designer at the Missouri Department of Transportation. He returned to school to obtain his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech followed by research work at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center on concrete bridges. He is currently the Jackson-Hope Professor of Civil Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He teaches engineering mechanics, structural engi...
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September 2022 Centennial Engineer of the Month
September 2022 - Carolyn Rose Desrochers Perry, PE, SE, M. ASCE
Ms. Carolyn Desrochers Perry currently acts as the Structures Team Lead of the Richmond office for WSP with a focus on bridge design. Carolyn received her BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Maryland and her MS in Sustainable Engineering from Villanova University. She also has her PE in VA, SC, and DC and her SE in NV. She is working towards her Envision certification and is hoping to incorporate more sustainable design practices in her future work. She has experi...
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