The document provides information about upcoming events for the ASCE Richmond Branch, including a March webinar on creative problem solving, a summary of the 16th annual Popsicle Bridge Contest, and the schedule of upcoming events. The March webinar will feature Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E. and focus on taking a creative approach to challenges. Over 150 students participated in the Popsicle Bridge Contest where bridges were tested for strength. Upcoming events include an April joint meeting with ASHE and a May outing to a Flying Squirrels baseball game.
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Richmond Virginia Branch
The document provides information about upcoming events for the ASCE Richmond Branch, including a March webinar on creative problem solving, a summary of the 16th annual Popsicle Bridge Contest, and the schedule of upcoming events. The March webinar will feature Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E. and focus on taking a creative approach to challenges. Over 150 students participated in the Popsicle Bridge Contest where bridges were tested for strength. Upcoming events include an April joint meeting with ASHE and a May outing to a Flying Squirrels baseball game.
The document provides information about upcoming events for the ASCE Richmond Branch, including a March webinar on creative problem solving, a summary of the 16th annual Popsicle Bridge Contest, and the schedule of upcoming events. The March webinar will feature Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E. and focus on taking a creative approach to challenges. Over 150 students participated in the Popsicle Bridge Contest where bridges were tested for strength. Upcoming events include an April joint meeting with ASHE and a May outing to a Flying Squirrels baseball game.
Information 2 16 th Annual Popsicle Bridge Contest Summary 3 Schedule of Upcoming Events March, 2011 -Volume 3 Issue 12 Ri chmond Branch - ASCE http://www.ascevi rgi ni a.org Younger Member Chair: Education Outreach Chair: Membership Chair: Communications Chair: Government Relations Chair: Chris Miller Mark Yanik Chris Ray, P.E. Craig Ponte, P.E. Austin Clark, P.E. President: President Elect: Vice President: Secretary/Treasurer: Past President: Amanda Harmon, P.E. Mike Howell Amy Bird Tony Gaynord Paul Hinson, P.E. SOLVING PROBLEMS AND PURSUING OPPORTUNITIES: A MORE CREATIVE APPROACH AN ASCE LIVE WEBINAR
Contact Amy Bird to RSVP at abird@dewberry.comor 804-205-3338 by Monday March 21, 2011
Want to take a fresh look at where you and your organization are going, or could be going, in a rapidly changing world? Worried about difficult economic times and market challenges? If so, this webinar may be for you. The webinar leader has great confidence in the intelligence, knowledge, imagination, and good will of the kind of people mostly technical and scientific professionals -- who typically work within E/A/C firms, government entities, manufacturing firms, and universities. When brought together, given a challenge, and provided with whole brain collaboration tools, good things will happen. We know most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies, says Jack Welch, the former Chairman of GE, in the minds of those closest to the work. Participants receive a detailed handout on which the webinar will draw. The handout includes references to Our instructor will be Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E., Hon.M.ASCE. Dr. Walesh provides management, engineering, education /training, and marketing services. He draws on more than 40 years of engineering, education, and management experience in the government and private sectors to help individuals and organizations engineer their futures. Dr. Walesh has functioned as a project manager, department head, discipline manager, marketer, professor and dean of an engineering college.
These online courses use teleconferencing Microsoft Live Meeting Professional software to make the courses actual live, interactive learning experiences. You will be able to ask the instructor questions and get live real time answers. The instructor will be able to conduct polls to gage your interest in certain areas and ask you questions as well. You will receive course materials by e-mail prior to the seminar and will be able to view the instructor's Power Point slides during the seminar. These types of online courses have a much higher impact than simply reading material on the web. Live telephone/web seminars offer exceptional convenience and are very cost-effective.
Page 2 ASCE Richmond Branch - March Newsletter
On Sunday February 20th, over 150 Middle and High school students, along with their parents and teachers, joined ASCE at the Science Museum of Virginia for the Annual Popsicle Bridge Contest. This year marked the 16th consecutive year that the Richmond Branch has hosted the event. The contest took place during the Careers in Engineering Field Day sponsored by the Richmond Joint Engineers Council which brought together almost two dozen local engineering societies and college programs in an effort to educate students about the engineering profession.
As part of the bridge contest, students in each age group (Middle and High School) competed for a variety of awards including the Most Aesthetic Bridge and the Most Innovative Bridge. However, the highlight of the event was of course the testing the bridges to failure! The bridges were scored on an efficiency rating determined by the equation:
Load the Bridge Carried at Failure Weight of the bridge 2
The most efficient bridges carried well over 550 lbs before their maximum capacity was reached! As impressive as this was, what drew the most reaction from the crowd was one behemoth bridge which reached over 770 lbs before breaking the rigging that was used to test the bridges! Thats quite impressive considering that the students were limited to standard craft variety Popsicle sticks and Elmers Multi-Purpose glue in the construction of their bridges!
A highlight video of the event was put together on YouTube which can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4NqJu52aPU.
The ASCE Richmond Board would like to thank all of the volunteers who showed up to support the event and all of the effort that they put in planning the event over the past several weeks and months. Special thanks also goes out to the numerous local companies and groups which helped to sponsor the event this year.
Support your branch! Would you like to advertise your companys logo in next months issue? The cost is $10 (checks only, made payable to ASCE Richmond Branch).
Contact any board member for details.
Date Speaker Topic Location March 23 Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E. March Webinar Meeting Timmons (Boulders) April 14 Contech Joint Meeting with ASHE VDOT Central Office May TBD Monthly Branch Meeting TBD TBD - Flying Squirrels Baseball Game Outing The Diamond
There is more great information at ascevirginia.org