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Younger Member Forum
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 On a cold and windy Saturday morning in April, ten dedicated and motivated members of the ASCE Met Section Younger Member Forum helped revitalize a Community Garden in the East New York section of Brooklyn. This effort came together through the annual Hands on New York Day that is organized by New York Cares, a non-profit organization, to help revitalize New York City's public spaces.
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Geotechnical Group
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Prof. Richard Finno (left) receiving a golden apple from Geotechnical Group Chair Robert Talby at the end of the lecture.
Professor Richard J. Finno delivered the 2nd Annual GZA Technical Lecture titled "Designing Excavation Support Systems to Protect Adjacent Structures" at the CUNY Graduate Center on March 15, 2011. Dr. Finno is Professor of Civil Engineering at Northwestern University.
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International Group
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When ownership of the Panama Canal was transferred from the United States to Panama in 1999, Panamanians inherited a lot of national pride, but assumed the responsibility of maintaining a canal that was expected to reach its capacity between 2009 and 2012. Expanding the canal to serve for another hundred years would have entailed a massive civil engineering project carrying initial estimates of more than $20 billion in costs (exceeding the country's Gross Domestic Product).
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Met Section
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 ASCE's Committee on Younger Members (CYM) is currently seeking nominations for the 2011 Younger Member Employer Recognition Award. The Employer Recognition Award was created to recognize employers who support young engineers and assist with their personal development. CYM also awards two Superior Employer Recognition Awards (one public, one private) to the nominees who best display exemplary support of young engineers in their organizations.
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Met Section
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ASCE Met Section member Sam (Gridlock Sam) Schwartz has proposed "freedom fees" as a way to support world class transportation systems through the United States. Freedom fees are funding methods that could be used to maintain and upgrade our transportation infrastructure. Such methods include more expansive road tolling, an increase in the gas tax, congestion pricing and so forth. For more information and to support freedom fees, visit www.freedomfees.org.
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Met Section
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 This year ASCE Region 1 has two candidates running for Society Director: Len Cilli from the New Jersey Section and Mark Rusnica from the Mohawk-Hudson Section. To learn more about each candidate, you can read their vision statements and biographies on the Region 1 website. Each ASCE member in good standing on May 15, 2011 shall be receiving an election ballot no later than June 15, 2011. The election ballots will be due on August 15, 2011.
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