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President’s Message - November 2011

Posted by jen on 11/07/2011 12:00 am  /   President's Message

I am very excited about the upcoming year for our Branch. There have been over 30 members who have already committed to serve in everything from helping with educational outreach to planning for our 100 year anniversary coming up in 2013. We held a Branch planning meeting late last month and the ide...

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November Main Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel Jim Cline

Posted by jen on 11/07/2011 12:00 am  /   Keynote Session

The November ASCE Meeting will be held jointly withSociety of American Military Engineers (SAME)on Monday, November 14, 2011. The guest speaker will be Lieutenant Colonel Jim Cline, P.E. Jim will discuss his experiences while serving in Afghanistan. LTC Cline, who returned from deployment in July, w...

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Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) Seminar

Posted by jen on 11/07/2011 12:00 am  /   Technical Session

The Dallas Branch Transportation & Development Group Committee will hold a seminar following the November 14, 2011 meeting/luncheon. The seminar is titled “Fort Worth’s Trinity River Bridges” and will highlight five new bridges crossing the Trinity River in Fort Worth. The Cl...

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ASCE President Herrmann Visits Dallas

Posted by jen on 11/07/2011 12:00 am  /   Announcement

Andrew Herrmann, 2011-2012 ASCE National President was the main speaker at the October Meeting of the Dallas Branch. He provided us an update on the National Infrastructure Report Card and inducted our new officers for next year. He had a busy couple of days during his stay in Dallas. In addition t...

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Volunteer Opportunities

Posted by jen on 11/07/2011 12:00 am  /   Volunteering

ASCE will be participating in the Julian T. Saldivar Elementary Career Day on November 11th and we still need several volunteers. We will be giving a presentation and participating in an activity with students in 4th through 6thgrade. This is a great opportunity to inspire today’s youth to pur...

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ASCE Younger Member Events

Posted by jen on 11/07/2011 12:00 am  /   Younger Members

Howdy! The ASCE Younger Members committee has a few upcoming events that we would love for you to take part in. For November’s Younger Member Happy Hour, we will be heading to Top Golf on Park Lane. We’ll be there next Thursday, Nov. 17th from 5:30 to 7:30, and ASCE will be providing ...

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ASCE Texas Section Report

Posted by jen on 11/07/2011 12:00 am  /   ASCE Texas Section

By Angela Matthews, P.E., Texas Section Director 1. “Roping the Wind & Water in the Wide, Wide, West” Fall Meeting in Amarillo (September 28-October 1, 2011) was held at the Ambassador Hotel and had 130 registrants, over 30 technical papers, exhibitors and a tour of an operational w...

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Trivia Question

Posted by jen on 11/07/2011 12:00 am  

Amarillo’s main airport was recently re-opened and named Rick Husband International Airport. Who is he? (Find the answer near the end of this newsletter)

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National Engineers Week Future City Competition

Posted by jen on 11/07/2011 12:00 am  /   Volunteering

URGENT: Volunteers NeededFUTURE CITY JUDGING AND COORDINATOR OPPORTUNITIES The Future City Competition – sponsored by National Engineers Week – is designed to inspire 6-8th grade students about engineering by challenging them to solve the real-world problems associated with building a...

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Trivia Answer

Posted by jen on 11/07/2011 12:00 am  

Q: Amarillo’s main airport was recently reopened and named Rick Husband International Airport. Who is he? A: Rick Husband was the space shuttle commander of STS-107 (Columbia). He was killed along with six other astronauts when Columbia disintegrated after reentry into the Earth’s atmos...

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