The Vicksburg Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers will be screening Dream Big: Engineering our World, to inspire Vicksburg youth to consider STEM careers.   Dream Big is described as "the first giant-screen film to answer the call of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) initiative, which aims to inspire kids of diverse backgrounds to become the innovators who will improve the lives of people across our entire planet as we head into the 21st Century and beyond. "

Please join us for our monthly branch meeting luncheon.  The subject matter this month will be "Design Methodologies for using Geogrids in Roadways."  1.0 PDH will be awarded to attendees and lunch is provided.

Please join us for our monthly branch meeting luncheon. 

This month's speaker:

Barry Foster
Design Precast & Pipe

Subject matter will be:

Liability of Lifting Holes in Reinforced Concrete Pipe

1.0 PDH Available and Lunch will be provided.

The next ASCE Vicksburg Branch meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 4th.  Lunch starts at 11:30 AM and will be the Shoney's Buffet, at a cost of $10.

The ASCE Mississippi Gulf Coast Branch will have its monthly meeting on January 18, 2016. 

The fall conference for the American Public Works Association will take place on October 19th - 21st, 2016.  Follow this link to view all the pertinent details on the event, download registration and sponsorship forms, and obtain contact info in case there are questions.

The 2016 Annual Meeting for the Mississippi Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will be held October 17-19 in Biloxi, MS.  This is your invitation to join us for great technical presentations and networking opportunities with peers from across the state. We anticipate that 11 professional development hours (including 1 ethics hour) will be available to provide you the opportunity to obtain needed continuing education credits at a very affordable price.

There is an upcoming mini-Webinar is scheduled from 2 to 3 pm ET, Thursday, December 10, 2015.  Below is the key information:

Title: Cloud/Distributed/Parallel Computing in Microscopic Traffic Simulation

Speaker: Prof. Li Zhang, Mississippi State University

For additional information, please see the flier.

How to join:

Geographic Services is proud to announce the Continuing Education schedule of seminars and workshops for fall/winter scheduled in Region 5. These seminars and workshops have been produced by ASCE’s Continuing Education Department: