Upcoming CSCE Events in 2019:
October 22 - Dinner Meeting at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Meeting Co-Sponsors: CSCE Water Resources Committee and the ASCE Student Chapter at UConn
Speaker: Jeanette Brown, P.E., BCEE, F.ASCE, D.WRE, Adjunct Professor Environmental Engineering at Manhattan College, ASCE Distinguished Member Class of 2019
Topic: Resource Recovery from Wastewater
October/November 2019 - YM First Annual “Can-struction” Competition
- Firms will use engineering and creative skills to build the best can-structure
- Support local food pantries and compete against local firms
November 12 - Dinner Meeting at the University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Meeting Co-Sponsors: Geo-Institute - Connecticut River Valley and the ASCE Student Chapter at the University of Hartford
Speaker: Brock E. Barry, P.E., Ph.D., F.ASCE, United States Military Academy
Topic: The Role of Geotechnical Engineering in Military History
Dr. Barry will discuss how geotechnical engineering influenced military history in 4 different locations in the world, including in the Civil War Battle of the Crater (see related graphic below)
The CSCE of the present is the result of a merger of two organizations that occurred more than 35 years ago. The Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers was founded in 1884, while the Connecticut Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers was founded in 1919. In 1958, the Section had 523 members. In 1955 (the nearest comparable year for reliable numbers), the Society had 1,033 members. The two organizations met separately until they merged in 1981, by mutual vote of membership, to become the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers Section of American Society of Civil Engineers or CSCE.