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Met Section
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ASCE has announced that the following individuals, shown in alphabetical order, have submitted a letter of intent to seek the nomination for the office of President-elect as defined in the Society's Bylaws:
- Kathy J. Caldwell, P.E., M.ASCE
- Moustafa A. Gouda, P.E., F.ASCE
- Garland P. Rose, Jr., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE
Individual members are encouraged to become knowledgeable on the qualifications, visions, and plans of the candidates. You can review the nominees' approved  biographical and vision statements.
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History & Heritage Committee
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In October 2008, the Met Section submitted nominations for the Manhattan Bridge, Queensboro Bridge, and Williamsburg Bridge to ASCE's History and Heritage Committee (HHC) for National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (NHCEL) status. The nomination packages included published papers, articles, and reports about the bridges and their designers. The HHC has voted to recommend each of the bridges for designation as a NHCEL. The nominations, along with the committee's recommendations will be forwarded to the Board of Direction for consideration at its meeting in April 2009. The Queensboro Bridge and Manhattan Bridge will each celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2009.
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Geotechnical Group
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Paul B. Pizzimenti presenting the Golden Apple to Prof. J.K. Mitchell after the presentation (Photo by Walter J. Papp, Jr.)
Prof. James K. Mitchell, Dist. M.ASCE presented the "Seismic Ground Improvement of Earth Dams" for the 18th Annual Mueser Rutledge Technical Lecture on December 11, 2008. A summary of this lecture is coming soon.
Presentation Slides:
Part I
Part II
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Younger Member Forum
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 On December 5, 2008, ASCE members helped to brighten the faces of more than 50 children at the Community Lunch Holiday Party at the Broadway Presbyterian Church in Morningside Heights. Community Lunch is a soup kitchen run by the students of Columbia University serving disadvantaged people living in the area. Volunteers helped to decorate the room with balloons, streamers, lights, and snowflakes and prepared activity tables for children to decorate cupcakes and create arts and crafts such as snowmen, the Star of David, Three Kings crowns, and jewelry. Dinner was also provided for the kids and their parents. See the Met Section photo gallery for more pictures from this event.
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Geotechnical Group
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 Tim Lynch, P.E., Chief Engineer of the New York City Department of Buildings Excavation and Major Renovations Unit, delivered a lecture to the Met Section's Geotechnical Group on October 23, 2008. As part of the community outreach portion of his position at the Department of Buildings, Mr. Lynch helps to educate the design and construction community about the dangers involved with performing excavation with insufficient research, engineering, and excavation support.
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International Group
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 If you watched Michael Phelps rewrite history during the 2008 Summer Olympics, you definitely couldn't miss the impressive design of the Water Cube, the venue for the swimming and diving events where Phelps won an unprecedented eight gold medals. Inspired by Kelvin's "Foam Theory," the National Aquatics Center—commonly known as the Water Cube—was another star of the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Designed to resemble soap bubbles, the rectangular shape of the Water Cube was intended to coordinate with the circular design and philosophy of the neighboring National Stadium (Bird's Nest).
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