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1 Liquid Assetsat the Byrd2 Blaine Leonard at the

Jefferson3 ASCE Virginia Section

Scholarship Applicationsdue May 1,UpcomingEvents

April, 2010 -Volume 3 Issue 7

Richmond Branch - ASCEhttp://www.ascevirginia.org

Younger Member Chair: Education Outreach Chair: College Liaison:Denise Nelson , P.E. Mike Howell Chris Miller

President: President Elect: Vice President: Secretary/Treasurer:Paul Hinson, P.E. Amanda Harmon , P.E. Craig Ponte, P.E. Tony Gaynord

Liquid Assetsat the Byrd TheatreAn Earth Week Community Event

With this e mail, you will get a .pdf copy of thi

poster. E mail it to your friends and neighbors print it and post it at work. This is a great

opportunity to make people aware of part of wh

civil engineers do.

Date: April 20, 2010Place: Byrd Theatre, 2908 West Cary Street, CarytownTime: Informal reception starts at 5:30pmCosts: FREE. Professionals who wish to have their time noted

can paya $10processing fee for attendancedocumentation and receive an attendance certificate.All attendees are encouraged to RSVP for this event athttp://liquidassets.eventbrite.com to ensure thereception is adequate.

Liquid Assets, a ninety-minute documentary, tellsthe story of essential infrastructure systems:water, wastewater, and stormwater. Thesesystems some in the ground for more

than 100 years provide a critical public healthfunction and are essential for economicdevelopment and growth.

Largely out of sight and out of mind, these agingsystems have not been maintained, and someestimates suggest this is the single largest publicworks endeavor in our nations history.

The free community outreach event includes aninformational reception sponsored by local

professional and community groups, the LiquidAssets documentary, and a brief presentation onthe state of Virginias water, wastewater, andstormwater infrastructure.

In addition to our Branch and Section, we are grateful to thefollowing organizations that are supporting this event:

APWA VA/DC/MD Virginia Water Virginia Section Engineers ASLA

Chapter Environment AWWA Without Borders VirginiaAssociation Chapter

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ASCE National President Blaine Leonard to attend

Virginia Section event at the Jefferson

The Virginia Geo-Institute Chapterand the Virginia Sectionof ASCE will be hosting

ASCE National President Blaine Leonardat the Jefferson Hotelin Richmond onThursday April 29, 2010.

The Virginia Geo-Institute Chapterand the VirginiaSectionof ASCE will be hosting ASCE National PresidentBlaine Leonardat the Jefferson Hotelin Richmond onThursday April 29, 2010.

The topic for the evening will be "The Future of CivilEngineering Civil Engineering in 2025". Civilengineering leaders, assembled by ASCE (and chaired byMr. Leonard), have begun to develop a vision for the civil

engineer of 2025 and what roles the civil engineer will playin addressing future challenges. Some revisions to currentroles could be noticeable in the fields of education andcontinuing education, research and innovation, publicpolicy and responsibility, and leadership.Blaine Leonard P.E.,

D.GE, F.ASCE

ASCE for nearly 30 years and has served as Zone IV Vice President, Governor of theGeoInstitute and President of the Utah Section. In 2006, he was awarded the WilliamH. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award. In 2009, he was named the Utah Engineer ofthe Year. Mr. Leonard is currently the Research Program Manager for the Utah

Department of Transportation in Salt Lake City and is licensed in six states.

This is the third straight yearthat the National President has attended an eventhosted by the Virginia Section or Branch. In 2007, President Dave Mongan spoke at aRichmond Branch meeting. President Wayne Klotz attended the 2008 Region 4conference hosted by the Section in Williamsburg.

The event will start with a cash bar at 5:30 P.M. followed by dinner at 6:30 P.M. Theevent is$55 per person. Please RSVP to the Jefferson at 804-788-8000.

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Please keep an eye on ascevirginia.org for upcoming May events includinga monthly meeting tour and a YM Students Panel.

Date Speaker Topic Location

April 8-10 -

Virginias Conference(college studentcompetition and

conference)

CatholicUniversity,

Washington, D.C.

April 16 Virginia Chapter AmericanSociety of LandscapeArchitects (ASLA)

RenaissanceConferenceCenter

April 20 - Liquid Assets documentary(Branch meeting)

The Byrd Theatre

April 22 -

UVA Student ChapterSpring Banquet (contactchris.miller@timmons.com

For additionalinformation)

UVA

April 29ASCE National President

Blaine LeonardThe Future of Civil

Engineering CE in 2025

The Jefferson

HotelMay 1 Deadline for applications-

ASCE Section Scholarship

May 13Virginia Water

Environment AssocShockoe Retention BasinTour

Schedule of Upcoming Richmond Branch and other Events

There is more great information about the above and otherevents at

ascevirginia.org

ASCE Virginia Section ScholarshipApplications Due May 1

The Virginia Section ASCE Civil Engineering ScholarshipApplications are currently

being accepted for the 2010-2011 academic year. Deadline for the applications is May1, 2010.

The ASCE Virginia Section invites ASCE Virginia Student Members, OR children and

grandchildren of ASCE Virginia Section members or life members, attending an ABET

accredited civil engineering program, to apply for a $2,000scholarship. Two $2,000

awards will be made for the 2010-2011 school year.

A copy of the application can be obtained at:

http://www.ascevirginia.org/Lists/Announcements/Attachments/27/application.pdf