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ASCE Texas Section Updates

1. CECON 2024: Registration & Supporter Opportunities

The Texas Civil Engineering Conference (CECON™) offers a snapshot of the best in Texas civil engineering, while providing unique opportunities to learn and build relationships across the state and beyond, contributing to the industry’s technical diversity as never before. With the upcoming 2025 ASCE Infrastructure Report Card, it is only fitting that for this year’s CECON program we showcase, celebrate, and highlight the engineering communities’ work and accomplishments over the last four years within most infrastructure foundations that has contributed to continual improvement and betterment of our state’s infrastructure, covering including transit, aviation, water, energy, and many others.

TOP 4 REASONS TO ATTEND CECON:

• Build Relationships with Texas Civil Engineers & Suppliers
• Explore Legislative & Industry Panels
• Learn from Innovative Technical Presentations
• Earn Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

REGISTER ONLINE for CECON 2024 

Looking to grow your company’s brand? Exhibit at or sponsor CECON to make a big impression on hundreds of top civil engineers and the profession’s leaders from across Texas and beyond! Your CECON support not only puts your brand front and center at our flagship annual conference, it also helps support the ASCE Texas community’s other important programs, such as the Texas Infrastructure Report Card and the Student Symposium. For questions regarding sponsor packages, please reach out to [email protected]. Contact [email protected] for details on the exhibit space options. Don’t see an opportunity that fits your needs? Contact us to see how we can help CECON work for you.

2. Poster Presentations at CECON 2024

The Poster Session is part of the annual ASCE Texas Civil Engineering Conference (CECON) happening September 18-20, 2024, in Frisco, Texas. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and Younger Members are invited to showcase their technical work through visual displays and present their research & answer questions from attendees. Conference registration is required to participate in the Poster Session. Student registration is discounted through August 31. Posters should be submitted in PDF format to Mark Mann at [email protected] no later than August 30, 2024. Notification of acceptance will be sent no later than August 26, 2024.

 Session Details:

• You may begin putting up posters at 8:00 AM on Thursday, September 19. Posters will be displayed in the main hallway or in a breakout session room of the conference center. Please look for the number marked with your name and set up on half of that stand.
• The Poster Session Q&A time will be communicated with your acceptance notification. Presenters should stand by their poster and expect to talk with attendees as they view their poster.
• Posters should remain on display until the conference ends on Friday at 1:45 PM.
• Stands will be provided. Please bring push pins and brochures or flyers (sometimes abstracts or mini version of the poster) if you wish to offer takeaways for attendees. Don’t forget to put your contact information on this takeaway so attendees can contact you later with questions.
• Please dress professionally and appropriately for a professional conference.

3. 2025 Texas Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Award Nominations

The Texas OCEA Award may be given on an annual basis to a completed project, built and/or designed in Texas, that demonstrates the greatest contribution to civil engineering progress and to society. Please send all Texas OCEA nominations to [email protected] by October 31.

 Entry Format:

All entries must be in English and should include the following in this order:

• • • • Completed Entry Form
      • Brief description of the project, not to exceed 250 words
      • Summary describing how the project meets judging criteria, not to exceed 1,000 words.
      • Brief description of how the project is sustainable, not to exceed 250 words.
      • Attachments such as articles from newspapers, magazines, or journals, if available. If non-English articles are presented, their translation must be provided.
      • No more than six (6) color images of the project.

4. ASCE Distinguished Member Nominations

Do you know someone who is deserving of being recognized as a Distinguished Member of the association? The Texas Section is currently soliciting ideas for nominations. Once received, all nominations will be reviewed, and the honoree will be notified if the council decides to move forward with a formal nomination to ASCE. Please email all nominations to [email protected] by October 1.

ASCE Texas Section plans to continue recognizing all new Distinguished Members in Texas during the CECON Gala in September of each year.

Best,
Mike Sosa
Operations Specialist
ASCE Texas Section
(512) 472-8905

www.texasce.org

5511 Parkcrest Dr, Ste 207
Austin, TX-78731