ASCE Southern Arizona Branch

05/13/2016

Don't forget to vote for your next ASCE leaders before June 1st! To cast your vote, look for an email that you received from ASCE on about May 1st and follow the instructions. To learn more about the candidates, click on the link below.

Effective in 2015, the Society's election will be conducted electronically and paper ballots will be sent to the membership only upon request.

04/16/2016

The U of A's College of Engineering is hosting a program on Saturday, April 23rd for high school (female) sophomores, juniors, and seniors called ‘Engineering For A Better World’. This program is hosted by the Women in Engineering Programming Board. Click on the link below to register.

‘Engineering for a Better World’ will expose you to different disciplines of engineering including medicine, sustainability, and mechanics through hands-on activities and tours. This program will also help you learn about undergraduate research opportunities, student organizations, and mentorship pr…

02/26/2016

Our 4th annual celebration of Girl Day on February 25th saw about 40 young girls and their parents attend a technical tour at the U of A Tech Park campus at I-10 and Rita Road. This tour had them explore the campus "spine" walkways where all utilities lines are housed above-ground and through the top-secret testing labs of IBM by a few of their engineers. Vail School District sponsored a bus tour of Tucson Electric Power's onsite solar power facility called the "Solar Zone". The day also included a presentation by Darling Geomatics of 3D scanning technologies and a demonstration of a Leica 3D scanner to the young girls. The tour concluded with a well-earned Eegee’s lunch sponsored by the UA Tech Park. A huge thank you to Lisa Roberts (WTS) who worked with engineers from IBM and Oracle at the U of A Tech Park to organize this event. Also, thank you to Vanessa Casteneda, Michelle Frandsen, Peter Loya, Mike Hernandez and Heidi Lasham for volunteering to help at the event.

02/25/2016

Engineers Week 2016 Banquet - Photobooth

The Southern Arizona Engineers Week Awards Banquet celebrates the engineers and educators who make a world of difference in Southern Arizona. This event was held on Tuesday, February 23rd at the Hilton Tucson East. Cocktail hour featured appetizers, live music by Oliverio and a photo fun booth by Daniel Yu Imaging. This year’s featured speaker was 17th Surgeon General of the United States and Distinguished Professor of the U of A, Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H. FACS, who shared his inspirational life story. During the banquet, we recognized all nominees for Southern Arizona Educator of the Year (Sandy Merz & Enrique Santa Cruz), Young Engineer of the Year (Deirdre Brosnihan, Sean Samsel, and Kathryn Skinner) and Engineer of the Year (William Dupee, Andy McGovern, Steven Pageau, Claudia Perchinelli, and David Tapia), most of who attended. Congratulations to the 2016 award recipients Enrique Santa Cruz, Sean Samsel and Claudia Perchinelli. It was my pleasure to emcee the banquet activities and auction off this year’s autographed U of A men's basketball for the ASCE-SAB civil engineering scholarship fund. Congratulations to Mark Taylor of Westland Resources who had the winning bid. Thank you to our corporate sponsors AECOM and Southwest Gas, reception sponsors Rick Engineering and Stantec, and our smiles sponsor Terracon. Also, a huge thank you to Tami Griffin (SDA) and Deirdre Brosnihan (ASCE-President) for all your hard work in making the banquet great.

02/25/2016

The Discover Engineering at the Mall event is an annual event to inspire youth and inform the public about the need for engineers. This year it was located at the Foothills Mall on Saturday February 20th and included 10 different hands-on STEM activities for elementary school kids. New activities included the Aquilibrium water system competition and making "concrete" cookies. Other activities included making "asphalt" cookies and the Lego challenge. A huge THANK YOU to Chelsi Jackson (ASCE member) who took the lead in organizing this event and also to Deirdre Brosnihan (ASCE-SAB President) who assisted her.

02/20/2016

Lets get it started!

02/04/2016

Do you have an idea to help solve our infrastructure problem? Why not make some money, too. Enter the challenge before March 15th

A $150,000 challenge to identify the most critical problem with US infrastructure and create a solution to fix it.

01/27/2016

The 2nd Annual SACCD event was bigger and better than last year. This year all of the engineering activity participants teamed up to share the cost if a 40' x 40' tent. Thank you all of our 2016 engineering participants: EEC, GLHN, Town of Marana Traffic Engineering, Transborder Engineering, Ninyo & Moore, Pima College CADD/Surveying, Pima College Welding, Pima County DOT Streets, Psomas, SAECO, UA Aqualibrium, UA-CEEM, UA-SCE, and Western Technologies.

01/21/2016

Two engineering disciplines that are expected to offer substantial growth in the coming years are biomedical engineering and civil engineering. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of biomedical engineers is projected to grow 27 percent from 2012 to 2022, much faster than the…

01/07/2016

Engineers Week in Southern Arizona is coming in February. Click on the link below to learn how to become a sponsor or to register for the Awards Banquet.

The E-Week 2016 planning committee cordially invites you, your fellow colleagues, and your family members join us in celebrating the 65th Anniversary of Engineers Week 2016!

01/06/2016

Happy New Year ASCE members and guests! To kickoff 2016, we decided to host an evening social in January instead of our usual monthly luncheon. We hope to see you there on Thursday, January 14th. Click on the link below for more details and to register.

Welcome ASCE Members and Guests. This month we will be hosting a New Year Social at El Charro in downtown Tucson. Join us for a evening of appetizers, cash bar and a chance to socialize with ASCE members and guests. There will be a raffle with a prize valued at $50. Funds go towards our annual stude…

11/10/2015

It's the holiday season and we are having our annual food drive for the community food bank. Please click on the link below to help us reach our goal of $250.

Thanks for visiting ASCE SAB's fundraising page! Please help us help others by donating to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. You can donate in person (cash or non-perishable items) at our monthly luncheons on November 11 and Decembe

11/06/2015

It was a great 1st day today at the 2nd Annual Southern AZ Construction Career Days. Tomorrow is your last chance to check it out at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds!

More than 1,000 Southern Arizona high school students are getting a glimpse into the construction industry this week, operating heavy machinery, experimentin...

10/20/2015

Thank you Beth Ann and Maria for flying in from Washington D.C. to present ASCE Government Relations University!

Thank you Southern Arizona Branch for inviting ASCE Government Relations staff to Tucson to present our new Government Relations University. We enjoyed the dialogue and can’t wait to see what government relations activities you tackle next.

http://www.asce.org/pr_and_gr_universities/

10/17/2015

Thank you John Oliver for helping ASCE get the word out.

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