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Fellow of the American Society of Engineers (ASCE)

Pizhong Qiao was named as a Fellow of the American Society of Engineers, April 2007. The Fellow designation is considered one of the most esteemed honors that Civil Engineers can receive from their peers. Fewer than 6% of ASCE members hold the title of Fellow. Pizhong was recognized for his significant contriutions to civil engineering research, application, and teaching that have advanced the state-of-the-art in theory and practice in the composites area.

Qiao Receives National Civil Engineering Award

Pizhong Qiao, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received the Outstanding Technical Contribution award from the Aerospace Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Qiao is only the second recipient of the award, which was established in 1999. He will be presented with the award at the ASCE’s Earth & Space division conference in Long Beach, California next spring.

The award recognizes a member's distinguished achievements in aerospace engineering that also impact other areas of civil engineering. Qiao was cited for his contributions in the area of fracture mechanics of layered structures.

Qiao Receives Outstanding Technical Contribution Award

Pizhong Qiao has received the Outstanding Technical Contribution Award from the Aerospace Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE.) More at: http://www.cea.wsu.edu/default.asp?PageTextID=428

2007 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service

J. Daniel Dolan, professor of structural engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of codes and standards for the Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory, earned the Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service for leading WSU’s efforts to improve building codes and design standards to make low-rise buildings safer to the public. He helped to write the U.S. residential building code and has been one of nine voting members of the technical update committee for this code since 2000. This code sets the performance standards for all single-family houses, duplexes, and townhouses in the United States. The extensive scope and excellence of his program is enhanced by his active work with Engineers Without Borders, where he advised student teams as they designed replacements for two school buildings destroyed by the tsunami in Sri Lanka, a water supply system in a remote area of the Yakama Nation, and a hospital building in Sudan.

Shane Brown - Pacific NW Section of the American Society for Engineering Education. Outstanding Teaching Award

Dr. Shane Brown received the Pacific Northwest Section Outstanding Teaching Award for 2007 from The American Society for Engineering Education. The Pacific Northwest Section includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Canada (Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan). The purpose of this Section is the promotion of high standards and ideals in the conduct of engineering and engineering technology education with respect to administration, curricula, teaching, research and maintenance of high professional standards among its members.

George Mount - Outstanding Mentor of the Year Award

Dr. George Mount was one of five WSU employees to receive a WSU Outstanding Mentor of the Year award from the Women and Leadership Alliance on April 5, 2007. The awards began in 2005 in conjunction with the 10th Annual Women & Leadership Forum. The program recognizes both formal and informal mentoring accomplishments at WSU.

George Mount - Named director of Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach (CEREO)

The system is working to foster WSU - system wide, high quality environmental research, collaborative grant proposals and outreach through seminars, workshops and visiting scholars, interaction with Washington primary and secondary schools, and to provide an environmental roadmap for prospective students interested in environmental studies within the WSU system. http://www.wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=6635

Brian Lamb Bose Award Recipient

Lamb, Regents’ professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been named 2007 Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher for the Washington State University College of Engineering and Architecture.

Drew Polley, CEE undergraduate has been accepted into NCAR’s Undergraduate Leadership Workshop to be held in Boulder, Colorado, June 16–20, 2008.

Ying Xie, CEE environmental graduate student, won a best oral presentation award at the recent annual Atmospheric Conference held with the annual American Meteorological Society meeting in New Orleans in January 2008.

Civil Engineering Students Win ASCE Regional Concrete Canoe Competition 2007
A group of civil engineering students from the WSU Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) won the Regional ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition held at the University of Washington. Of the eight aspects of the competition, the team won three, took 2nd in one, and 3rd in four. The team won first in the design report and the men’s and co-ed sprint events. They expect to be very competitive at the National Concrete Canoe Competition was held on June 14-16, 2007 in Seattle, WA. More Information

Civil Engineering Students Learn Valuable Lessons at ASCE Regional Steel Bridge Competition 2007
The ASCE Steel Bridge Competition was held in Fairbanks Alaska in April 2007, along with a surveying and concrete snowshoe competition. The team placed second in the concrete snowshoe competition, fifth in the surveying competition, and was disqualified from the steel bridge competition. The steel bridge was disqualified during the vertical deflection part of the competition, due to unsafe horizontal deflection during the vertical loading of the bridge. They were very disappointed because they had the second fastest build time in the competition and had done very well in other aspects of the competition. The team has already considered the reasons for the disqualification and made adjustments for next year’s regional competition.