Younger Member Group/Outreach & Volunteerism
VOLUME 46 | ISSUE 8| April 2022

Upcoming Events

Free webinar sponsored by the Construction Institute Boston Chapter
Monday, May 9, 2022

Sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute Boston Chapter
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Sponsored by the Transportation & Development Institute Boston Chapter
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Fourth Charles C. Ladd Memorial Lecture
Sponsored by the Geo-Institute Boston Chapter
Thursday, May 19, 2022

Sponsored by the Program Committee
June 14-17, 2022
Lead Article: AECOM's BSCES Outreach
By Kristina Hanes, AECOM
AECOM’s promise to deliver a better world refers to more than the delivery of infrastructure projects to our clients, it also encompasses our employee’s personal drive to give back to the communities where we live and work. ... Read more

President's Report
An update from Shallan Fitzgerald
The underlying theme of this month's newsletter is Outreach & Volunteerism. Read on to learn about this issue's featured articles. ... Read more

Featured Group: Younger Member Group
By Valerie Chia, Civil Designer, Howard Stein Hudson and Younger Member Group Chair
Read about the exciting events the Younger Member Group has planned! ... Read more

Celebrating 100 Years of Civil Engineering at WPI
By Leafy Chen, EIT, Highway Design Engineer, Gannett Fleming and WPI Student Chapter Liaison
This year, the Younger Member Group is pleased to celebrate 100 years of civil engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). WPI's Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering (CEAE) is recognizing its 100th anniversary with special activities to honor its past and celebrate its future. ... Read more

BSCES Member Spotlight: Annahid Dastgheib-Beheshti, ASCE's 2022 New Faces of Civil Engineering Award Winner
By Michael Sullivan, PE, Senior Project Manager, Bridge, CHA, BSCES Newsletter Editorial Board Chair
In keeping with this month’s theme of Outreach and Volunteerism, we’d like to shine the spotlight on one of the members of the BSCES Newsletter Editorial Board, Annahid Dastgheib-Beheshti, who was recently awarded as one of the prestigious 2022 New Faces of Civil Engineering by ASCE. ... Read more
Save the Date
173rd BSCES Annual Awards Celebration

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Royal Sonesta Boston

Join us for dinner and a night of celebrating of this year's BSCES Award winners and Honorary Members! Look to future broadcast emails for more information.
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If you have not renewed your ASCE/ BSCES membership now is the time! Also don't forget to click on BSCES as your section/branch. Please help us to continue to provide quality programs and services to our local civil engineering community. Click on the arrow next to Membership on the ASCE.org homepage, and click Renew.
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Get Involved
BSCES Civil Engineering Practice Journal Needs Your Help
Still working from home? You can use the time you're saving by not commuting to go clean out the garage or better yet, write an article for the reborn BSCES Civil Engineering Practice journal. ... Read More
Suggest a Seminar Topic
If you have a topic that you would like BSCES to feature in an upcoming seminar, send your suggestion to BSCES Program Committee Chair Chris Hersey at prog.comm@bsces.org.

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Would you like to contribute to the newsletter of the oldest civil engineering society in the country? The BSCES Newsletter Editorial Board is seeking members who are willing to write articles for publication in BSCESNews or to join the Editorial Board. BSCESNews articles can be related to an issue’s theme or on any topic of interest to civil engineers. Please see the BSCESNews Article Submission Form containing article submission requirements. Click here to email the Newsletter Editorial Board for more information.
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Help us build the BSCES community by sharing your achievements. Have you or your company recently been recognized for a professional accomplishment, passed the Professional Engineer Exam, received a promotion, or changed employers? Send your news to BSCES Executive Director Rich Keenan rkeenan@engineers.org.

2021 - 2022 Society Sponsors

BSCES Newsletter Editorial Board
Chair: Michael Sullivan, PE
Michael R. Cunningham, PE
Annahid Dastgheib-Beheshti, PE
Susannah Davis, EIT
Shallan C. Fitzgerald, PE
Richard F. Keenan
David M. Manugian, PE
Richard A. Matson, PE
Angus J. O’Leary, PE
Kathryn Swanson, PE

President: Shallan C. Fitzgerald, PE
President-Elect: Ronald K. Burns, PE, LSP, LEED AP
Secretary: Richard A. Matson, PE
Treasurer: Gregory L. Mirliss, STS
Assistant Treasurer: Vacant
Senior Vice Presidents: Michael R. Cunningham, PE, Christopher P. Hersey
Vice Presidents: ; Kathryn Swanson, PE, Todd M. Clark, PE
Past President: Bruce L. Jacobs, PhD, PE
Western MA Branch Vice President: Vacant
Institute Chapter & Technical Group Chairs
Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute Boston Chapter: Daniel W. O'Connor, PE
Construction Institute Boston Chapter: Elizabeth (Betsy) Kirtland, EIT
Engineering Management Group: Lee M. Koska, EIT
Environmental & Water Resources Institute Boston Chapter: Rishabh V. Iyer, PE
Geo-Institute Boston Chapter: Matthew G. Chartier, PE
Structural Engineering Institute Boston Chapter: Shanta B. Keller, PE, ENV SP
Transportation & Development Institute Boston Chapter: Tyler de Ruiter, PE
Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute Boston Chapter: Peter D. Nardini, PE
Younger Member Group: Valerie P. Chia
2021–2022 BSCES Program Sponsors
Alfred Benesch & Company | BETA Group | BSC Group | CDM Smith
Collins Engineers, Inc. | Dewberry | Green International Affiliates, Inc.
GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. | Haley & Aldrich, Inc. | Horsley Witten Group, Inc. | Howard Stein Hudson
Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. | HNTB | Kleinfelder | Nitsch Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University | Patrick Engineering, Inc. Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc. | Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. | Skanska USA Civil | Tighe & Bond TranSystems | TREVIICOS | Tufts University - Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
VHB | Weston & Sampson | WSP USA, Inc.
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