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Subsidiary Groups
Younger Member Forum (YMF)
Assunta Daprano, EIT (she/her)
AECOM
Ms. Daprano is a Deputy Project Manager in AECOM's Philadelphia office. She currently serves as the project lead for the CSXT Public Projects GEC, reviewing public improvement projects to assess and mitigate impacts on CSXT facilities in Virginia and the District of Columbia. She also has experience in community engagement, planning, design, and construction of railways, yards, transit facilities, and site inspection for wide-ranging projects, including railroad structures, transit stations, and utility relocations. Assunta graduated from Drexel University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a concentration in Construction Management. She also holds a Graduate Certification in Railroad Engineering from the University of Delaware. Assunta is an active member of the America Society of Civil Engineers, serving as a Director of the Philadelphia Section, the Secretary of the Philadelphia YMF Section, and a Practitioner Advisor for the Drexel ASCE Chapter. Assunta is also a member of the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS), Engineer's Club of Philadelphia, American Public Transportation Association (APTA), and American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA). Assunta enjoys collecting model trains in her spare time, gardening, spending time with family, friends, and her cats, and baking. She is also an avid railroad enthusiast and hopes to learn how to operate a diesel locomotive one day.
Technical Group Chairs
Delaware Valley Geo-Institute (DVGI) Chair
James (Jim) Beideman, P.E.
Kleinfelder, Inc. – Program Manager
Jim is a Program Manager for the Geotechnical Engineering Team of Kleinfelder’s Exton, Pennsylvania office. He have over 20 years of experience in geotechnical engineering and project management on various types of energy, commercial and infrastructure related projects. Jim earned a BS in Geological Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and a MS in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering from Northeastern University. Jim resides in the Pottstown area with wife and 2 children. When he is not working as an engineer, Jim enjoys coaching youth sports, fishing, skiing, and home improvement projects.
Construction Chair
McMahon Associates
Bob Wright is a Project Manager with McMahon Associates at its offices in Center City. He joined McMahon in May 2017 after previous positions at two consulting firms and the City of Philadelphia Department of Streets.
Bob graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Urban Engineering. He is a registered professional engineer in four states. In addition to his activity in ASCE, where he served as Section President in 1993-94, he is an active member of the American Public Works Association, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the American Society of Highway Engineers, the Women’s Transportation Seminar, the Engineers’ Club of Philadelphia, and the Delaware Valley Engineers Week Committee. He serves as the Vice Chair of the University of Pennsylvania Transportation Systems Engineering Alumni Club and Chair of the Construction Tech Group.
Bob was born and raised in Philadelphia. When he is not working or editing newsletters, he enjoys exploring the history of the city and its transportation network (mostly through reading), gardening, minor home improvements, walking, bowling, attempting to golf, and following the City’s major sports teams. He remains a fan of Big Five college basketball, something he has closely followed since he was a young child.
Utility Engineering and Survey (UES) Chair
Nha Truong, P.E.
American Water
Nha Truong has over 12 years of experience working in the water, gas, and electric utility sectors. He is currently a Corporate Strategy Program Manager for American Water, the largest water utility in the US. He is responsible for managing workstreams to define and develop successful strategies to enhance business, drive the corporate vision, and meet other high priority corporate objectives.
Prior to joining American Water, he started his career working at the Philadelphia Water Department as a Project Engineer and Project Manager. His work focused on capital projects from feasibility studies to design. Additionally, he performed technical and scenario-based analysis which were integrated with the organization strategic decision-making process.
Later, he joined Ernst & Young as a Senior Consultant in the Advisory Practice. His responsibilities included executing complex, large scale system integration and business transformation programs for utility and energy clients. These programs required leading teams of client personnel, vendors, and internal teams to successfully meet program objectives.
Nha holds B.S./M.S. in Civil Engineering and Master of Business Administration degrees from Villanova University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and a certified Project Management Professional.
Engineering Management Chair
The Engineering Management Group is currently looking for a chairperson. Please contact ASCE at [email protected] if you are interested or would like more information.
Environmental & Water Resources Chair
Michael Thomas
Michael Baker International
Transportation & Development
William Thomsen, P.E.
Urban Engineers
A career veteran of Urban, throughout Mr. Thomsen’s career he has had increasingly responsible positions now overseeing all the firm’s offices and regions nationally, additionally serving on the firm’s executive committee and corporate board. He has a BS in Civil and Environmental from Clarkson University and a MS in Engineering Management from Drexel. He leads the oversight of Mega projects in NYC on Eastside Access, the Second Ave Subway and the LACMTA subway expansion program as well as other major national program initiatives. When Mr. Thomsen is not traveling nationally for Urban, he enjoys not taking himself ‘too seriously’ and spending time with his wife Kim at the beach, running family marathons, playing golf and playing pond hockey with his son and friends.