July 2026 Newsletter 
Welcome
Welcome to the July 2026 Newsletter. Our next meeting will be a joint event with the Fort Worth Branch on Friday, July 10th, 2026 at DFW Aiport Marriott.
Articles
July 2026 President's Message
Happy post Fourth of July Holiday! Hopefully you all have celebrated the 250th Anniversary of our great nation, coming together with friends, family, a little baseball… and of course, the great soccer craze sweeping over our area!I cannot start a July Newsletter without mentioning the im...
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July 2026 Title Sponsor
Zurn Wilkins We are pleased to recognize Zurn Wilkins as the title sponsor of our July joint meeting with the ASCE Dallas and Fort Worth branches. Zurn, part of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions, is a trusted leader in engineered water solutions for commercial, municipal, healthcare, industrial, education...
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July 2026 Meeting Sponsors
A big thanks to our Breakfast Sponsor - American Structurepoint and all the other sponsors for making this event possible.
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July 2026 CI/UESI Technical Session
THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS Dr. Sana Syed, PhD Co-Founder The Marilla Group Dr. Syed is an executive with with nearly 25 years of experience in public relations, public affairs and strategic communication across the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Her expertise spans organizational deve...
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July 2026 EWRI Technical Session
OVERVIEW OF THE 2026 REGION C WATER PLAN Christina Gildea, PE Courtney Corso, PE...
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July 2026 G-I Technical Session
CASE STUDY FOR STREAM BANK STABILIZATION / ANCHOR SYSTEMS Dr. Xinbao Yu, PhD, PE ProfessorUniversity of Texas at Arlington Dr. Xinbao (Paul) Yu is a professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington and a registered PE in Texas. Dr. Yu received his Ph.D. in Civil Eng...
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July 2026 SEI/AEI Technical Session
URBAN DECK PARKS: DESIGN CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED – INSIGHTS FROM THE DALLAS HALPERIN PARK Dr. Mofid Nakhaei, PhD, PE Vice President/Structural Engineer WSP Dr. Nakhaei is a Vice President and Bridge Project Manager at WSP USA with over 17 years of engineering experience, primarily i...
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July 2026 T&DI Technical Session
MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT COMMERCIAL SERVICE UPDATE Barry Shelton Assistant City Manager City of Arlington Mr. Shelton has served as Assistant City Manager for the City of McKinney since 2014, providing executive oversight for a wide range of departments, including McKinn...
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Girl Scouts Update
A BIG thank you to everyone who supported Girl Scout Troop 541 by buying cookies and making donations during the February 2026 cookie sales at the ASCE monthly meeting. The Member’s generosity made the trip to Savannah, GA, possible. From May 31 through June 5, our Girl Scout Troop 541 had an ...
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G-I LiveStream: Energy Geotechnology
Join J. Carlos Santamarina for the second livestream lecture of the 2025-2026 Cross-USA Lecture Tour, presented by the Geo-Institute of ASCE. Since 2010, Cross-USA Lecturers have traveled across the country sharing knowledge with local G-I Chapters and GSOs. Since 2020, the program has a...
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