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Rene Bermudez Receives ASCE Student Leadership Award

The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering is pleased to note that one of our undergraduate students, Rene Bermudez, has been awarded the ASCE Region 8 Student Leadership Award. This is well-deserved recognition for Rene, who is a past-president of the ASU ASCE student chapter and was captain of this year’s concrete canoe team. It is the enthusiasm and positive role-modeling of student leaders like Rene that inspire others and advance the development of strong, active student organizations. Please join us in congratulating Rene on this honor.


CEE student accepted as a 2008 IRF Executive Leadership Fellow

Jordan Reed has been accepted by the International Road Educational Foundation's (IREF) Executive Committee for the 2008 International Road Federation (IRF) Fellowship Orientation and Executive Leadership Program. The 2008 Executive Leadership Program will be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in Washington, DC. Selection of the Fellowship awardees is based primarily on their potential as "transportation leaders and decision-makers" in their home countries in the future.

Congratulations Jordan, on being named a member of the International Road Federation Executive Leadership Program for 2008!!!

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From the Engineering Newsroom

On Video: Nanoparticles in socks and other nano-safety concerns

A description of research by Troy Benn, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is included in this video by the science news organization ScienCentral.com Benn discusses what happens to silver nanoparticles used in clothes, specifically the use of the particles as odor-fighting elements embedded in socks. There is concern about the environmental impact of the nanoparticles when they get washed out of the socks and find their way into water systems. The report has been distributed to ABC network stations across the country. Click on the arrow to start the video. Read more »

New Biodesign Institute environmental expert will play role in engineering school’s research mission

Rolf Halden, who recently joined Arizona State University as an associate professor and researcher in the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Environmental Biotechnology, will also coordinate the specialty areas of Environmental Engineering and Water Resources in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering. Halden plans to further his already extensive research on the environmental fate of mass-produced chemicals, associated health effects in humans, and biotechnologies helpful in reclaiming contaminated drinking water and agricultural soils. “Our goal is to uncover environmental health problems and deliver solutions to our society,” says Halden. Halden’s research mission is to... Read more »

Concrete canoe competitions give students solid foundation in construction experience

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Engineering students’ design and construction skills have been tested for more than two decades by concrete canoe competitions sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The best result ever for an Arizona State University Concrete Canoe Team was posted in 2008, as the squad placed fourth among teams from 16 leading universities. Twenty-five students participated in building the canoe entered in the ASCE’s Pacific Southwest Regional Conference. Team member Rene Bermudez is pictured here with the gray canoe Passion, a smaller model of the 20-foot versions built for the... Read more »

In the news: Westerhoff advises consumers on protection from toxins in water

Paul Westerhoff, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was sought out by ABC Channel 15 news in Phoenix, for his expertise on water qualty and treatment. Westerhoff was interviewed on air for the news show's report on how consumers can protect themselves from toxins that may be present in some water supplies. To see a video and some text from the report, click here: Protection against high toxin levels in water... Read more »

E-waste expertise: Helping Congress figure out what the nation can do about electronic waste

Eric Williams, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and ASU’s School of Sustainability, testified on April 30 in the nation’s capital before the U.S. House Science and Technology Committee about the environmental and economic challenges of dealing with increasing amounts of electronic equipment waste, called e-waste, in the United States. Williams and other experts gave congressional representatives their perspectives on options for recycling, refurbishment, resale and safe disposal of the growing volume of old computers, televisions, cell phones, printers, video players and other popular consumer electronic products being rapidly added to the country’s waste... Read more »