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Branch Meeting
Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Awards
Custom House
Thursday June 18
This month’s meeting is the Branch’s 2009 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Awards program. This year, awards will honor local people and projects that best illustrate superior civil engineering skills and represent a significant contribution to civil engineering progress and society in a number of categories. There were seven nominations, representing seven award categories, including:
• Outstanding Government Civil Engineering Project
• Outstanding Private Sector Civil Engineering Project
• Outstanding Sustainability Project
• Outstanding Architectural Engineering Project
• Outstanding Civil Engineer in Government
• Outstanding Younger Civil Engineer
• Outstanding Practitioner Advisor
The luncheon will start with opening remarks and introduction of the judges, followed by short presentations on each of the entries, and commence with the award presentations. Finally, an overall project winner will be announced and receive the 2009 OCEA bronze plaque for the project site. Make sure to mark your calendar and join us at the Custom House in Avila Beach to see which project will be awarded the 2009 OCEA Award! :
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information and to sign up.
K-12 YOUNGER MEMBER FORUM CORNER
How does a day at the beach sound? The ASCE Orange County YMF Group is
hosting a 2nd Annual Beach Day and if you are under 35 years old, you are invited!
Where and When? Huntington Beach (1st Street/Huntington Street, south of the
pier) Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.
Or maybe an afternoon strolling through Santa Ynez’s vineyards catches your
interest? The ASCE MLAB (Metropolitan L.A.) YMF Group is hosting a trip to Santa
Ynez for $45, which includes transport (presumably from the L.A. area), tasting
fees, and lunch! Spots are limited, so act fast.
Where and When? Santa Ynez, Los Olivos, and Solvang , June 13, 2009 at 8:00 a.m.
These events are a great way to network with folks from all reaches of southern
California and a chance to unwind after a long week at work. For more information
on these events or YMF, please contact Carolyn Berg at (949) 422- 3616 or
ckberg2@gmail.com.
K-12 K-12: CURIOUS GEORGE BRINGS CIVIL ENGINEERING TO GROVER HEIGHTS
Curious George joined three local professionals and two Cal
Poly civil engineering students at Grover Heights
Elementary Boys and Girls Club. The afternoon consisted of
roughly 100 kids (K-6), hundreds of toothpicks, gumdrops
galore, marshmallows, crayons, straws, and newspapers. The
kids rotated through several activity stations: the newspaper
tower competition, the construction zone (built any
engineering structure out of toothpicks, gumdrops, and
marshmallows), the hoop gliders, and the drawing station.
Overall, everyone involved enjoyed the event and the kids
expressed a great enthusiasm for math, science, and
engineering!
We are always looking for more enthusiastic civil engineers
to join us while we urge kids to consider a future in civil
engineering.
If you have any ideas for future events, want to get involved,
or simply would like more information, please contact
Carolyn Berg at (949) 422- 3616 or ckberg2@gmail.com.
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