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ASCE 2010 Opening Plenary
The theme of this year’s annual conference is “Today’s Civil Engineers: Innovating a Dynamic Future.” In keeping with the theme, ASCE planned a very bold schedule of speakers in day one to demonstrate...
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Mentoring at ASCE2010
One of the great advantages of attending the ASCE Annual Conference is learning about the benefits that ASCE offers. Sometimes this information can just come from the people you sit next to at lunch,...
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Career Advice from ASCE2010
Every year it seems like more and more students are attending the ASCE Annual Conference. I haven’t seen the numbers, but it did feel like the attendees were younger and more diverse this year. Many...
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ASCE 2010 Finale – Blue Angels & Organizational Excellence
Blue Angel pilot John Foley always figured that he’d follow his father’s footsteps and become a civil engineer. Unfortunately for the profession, a love of aviation and the Naval Academy’s curriculum...
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Summer Reading List
The oft-cited death of print media does not seem to have dampened people’s desire to write books. About 750 new titles are published in the US each day!...
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Experience History in Memphis: MLK
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a champion for civil rights, a great motivator, and an exceptional leader. My awareness of Dr. King’s contribution to the country had always been limited to a brief...
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By regular guest blogger: Rafael Gomes de Oliveira Two months ago, I had a conversation with some peers about why I decided to study structural engineering and how I went about finding a job....
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By regular contributor Rafael Gomes de Oliveira: No single person on the planet knows how to make a pencil. That is the idea behind economist Leonard Read’s humbling essay “I, Pencil.” Each of the...
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Opportunity to improve your leadership skills: Emerging Leaders Alliance
ASCE, in conjunction with sister societies (AIME, AIST, SME, SEG, MRS, and SPE), will offer an Emerging Leaders Alliance training workshop in 2012 to provide rising leaders with tools to more...
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The Technology of Human Accomplishment
Lead by Greatness by David Lapin, 2012 This year’s ASCE Annual Conference keynote speaker was David Lapin, founder of Lapin International and author of Lead by Greatness. From the start of his...
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