Engineering Department Makes Diversity a Priority
Beena Sukumaran, Ph.D., M.ASCE, the vice president for research, and the former department head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department, at Rowan University, along with a team of researchers,...
Make Space for Women Engineers and Leaders
Andrea DuMont, P.E., M.ASCE, was promoted to project manager I at Jacobs after she wrote a memo proving she was qualified for the job. She believes in advocating for yourself when you can, asking for help...
The Future of Civil Engineering Is Diverse
March is Women�s History Month. ASCE celebrates the strides it has made to bring diversity to the profession....
Women in Engineering
Pioneers and Trailblazers
Women in Engineering
Professional Life
Changing Our World
True Stories of Women Engineers
Differing Styles, Personalities and Cultures
It has been my privilege to assist many management groups that are highly multicultural and diverse in their membership. These groups have included minorities, women, and people of all...
Re-Creating the Rainbow Bridge
A team of American and Chinese experts constructed a pier-free arch bridge in China based only on a 12th century...
Meeting the Staffing Challenge
TEA-21: Something for Everyone
The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) is the largest public works legislation in U.S. history, providing significant funding increases for virtually every form of...
Partnerships for Diversity in Water Resources Education
Environmental industry partnerships for education offer excellent opportunities to leverage public investments and actions to attack three linked problems: underrepresentation of women...
Equity Measures for Selecting Sustainable Projects
Once implemented, a project may result in social, ecological, and economic impacts on both spatially and temporally distributed groups. Sustainable project selection requires that distributional...
Meeting the Challenge
Rebuilding Inner City Airports
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League of Women Voters Education Fund?Providing a Forum for Public Information and Participation
In March of 1992, the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) signed a five-year cooperative agreement with the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide American citizens with information...
People and Resources Within the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary
South Louisiana's geographic complex is a product of two discrete ingredients: one natural and the other cultural, or human. Relief, soils, landforms, rocks, vegetation, climate, and other...
Conservation and Management of Dry Coastal Vegetation
The present panorama of vegetation in dry coastal ecosystems (e.g. sage-succulent scrub, dune vegetation) of Mexico is presented. The paper includes the botanical diversity of these coasts...
Benthnic Foraminifera Diversity in the Bonny Estuary, Niger Delta, Nigeria
The Bonny estuary is the most exploited in the Niger Delta. Several Oil fields, production platforms and flow stations are located within the estuary. Apart from these industrial uses,...
Equitable Distribution of Water in a Rotation Irrigation System
'Volume-based Equity' is proposed as a means of improving the uniformity of water delivery in a rotation irrigation system. Management procedures are developed that can improve water delivery....
Infrastructure, IFC-Style
Interview with Everett J. Santos, head of the infrastructure department at the International Finance Corp.�the World Bank's private-sector arm. The department, created in...
Capturing Capital
Over the past few years, the environmental engineering and consulting business has become capital intensive. Between 1991 and 1993, firms' incremental capital needs will total...
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