Welcome to ASCE Inland Empire Section's website.  Please find information for upcoming meetings, classes, events, contacts, newsletters, and resources.

We do many exciting activities such as:

  • Lunch and Learn Meetings and Field Visits, typically monthly from September to May (break during summertime) 
  • Annual Banquet, typically held in January each year.
  • Section and Technical Committees sponsored workshops where the revenue is used to award scholarships to college engineering students.
  • WSDOT Adopt-A-Highway program. We have adopted two miles of Interstate 90 just West of Spokane where we do litter pick up service about three times a year. Volunteers are always welcome.

Constitution and Bylaws are available to view under the "Newsletter" section (updated 1/30/2023).

Feel free to explore our site, and if you would like to contact us please do so by utilizing the Contact Us form in the ABOUT tab above.  Please contact us for corrections needed to the website content, your feedback is appreciated.  Thank you.

Information about ASCE Region 8 can be found on their website: https://regions.asce.org/region8/

Announcements

Engineer of Merit Nominations Due 11/20/2024

Dear ASCE Inland Empire Section Members,

We hope that this message finds you well.

Each year, a deserving member from our section is selected as the Engineer of Merit. Since the success of our section depends on the countless contributions of so many dedicated individuals, we’re asking for your help with this year’s nomination process.

The Engineer of Merit Award is bestowed on a civil engineer who meets many or all of these criteria:

  1. A distinguished career in any branch of civil engineering
  2. Distinguished service to the Inland Empire Section
  3. Exemplary professional conduct in a specific outstanding instance
  4. An established reputation for professional service
  5. Objective and lasting achievement in improving conditions under which professional engineers serve in public and private practice
  6. Significant contribution toward improvement of employment conditions among civil engineers
  7. Significant contributions toward improving the professional aspects of civil engineering education
  8. Professional guidance of qualified young persons who would seek civil engineering as a career
  9. Other evidence of merit which, in the judgment of the Award Committee, shall have advanced the Society’s professional objectives
  10. Who is a current ASCE member in good standing

Please support the Inland Empire Section by nominating a deserving member for this year’s award. A short paragraph describing the specific contributions of the proposed member is requested.

Send your nomination to Bill Meeks, [email protected]  before Wednesday November 20, 2024.

Sincerely,

Bill Meeks, Duane Studer, and Jeanne Finger

2025 Engineer of Merit Award Committee

Gonzaga Concrete Canoe - Need for Materials and Donors (4/2025 Competition)

Gonzaga Concrete Canoe - Need for Materials and Donors (April 2025 Competition)

The Gonzaga University American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) Student Chapter is hard at work at designing and building their concrete canoe for the Pacific Northwest Student Symposium on April 3-5, 2025 at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. The canoe is in its early design stages. We have begun test mixes and mold modifications. To participate in this year’s competition, funds ($5000) are needed to order materials, test mix designs, make modifications to the mold and canoe transportation system, build the canoe for competition, and for 20 students to travel to and from the competition (lodging, transportation, conference registration, etc.). Specifically, the team is working on receiving funding to order more glass beads to incorporate into their mix, needing to cover both material cost and shipping cost. This will ensure that the team has sufficient materials going into build day. Gonzaga ASCE is looking for donations to help cover these costs. Your assistance will continue to create a community where civil engineering students at Gonzaga can be exposed to educational and professional activities that will advance them in their careers. These events will not be possible without your help, and we hope that you will support us in achieving our goals! We are very excited for this years upcoming symposium, and hope to keep up the momentum from last year’s 3rd place standing.

To donate to Gonzaga ASCE, please go to the following link for Gifts to Student Clubs: https://www.gonzaga.edu/give/giving/student-clubs

Expand the Academics Category and check the box next to the American Society of Civil Engineering and fill out the rest of the form. If you would like to sponsor Gonzaga’s Concrete Canoe team and have your company logo placed on our team T-shirts, please email [email protected] after your donation has been made. In return of your generous donation, your company will be promoted and receive updates on how your donation is helping the team reach their goals.

If you are interested in material donation, please reach out to [email protected], our Vice President of Professional Events, to begin this process.

Section Election Voting (closes 9/30/2024)

Please submit your vote by 9/30/2024

https://forms.gle/JSxMgSTJqBqGr8sH6