Summer 2015 Volume 92 Issue 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Past-President’s Farewell ...... 1 New LVASCE President ...... 3 May Dinner Meeting ...... 4 June Dinner Meeting ...... 5 LV IronPigs Night ...... 6 Legislative Affairs ...... 7 Student Chapter News ...... 8 ASCE National News ...... 9 Award Winners ...... 10 SEILV News ...... 11 Younger Members Forum .... 12 Committees & Sponsors ...... 15 Lower Owl Creek Reservoir Dam Tamaqua, PA Hot Jobs & Website News .... 15 Future Events ...... 16 Farewell to Thee President’s Corner

This is my final president’s corner message, although it is technically more correct to refer to this as the Past Presidents Corner for this newsletter. The annual election of UPCOMING EVENTS: officers and directors was held in June and the new board members assumed their Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct th duties as of the August board meeting. The new section president is Dr. Muhannad 100 Anniversary Suleiman. Muhannad is a professor of geotechnical engineering and researcher at Sat. September 12, 2015 Lehigh University. His distinguished career and various accolades are summarized later in this newsletter. Congratulations to the rest of the new Board of Directors listed below. Structural Committee Dinner Meeting Thurs. October 8, 2015 Introducing the 2015-2016 Dinner Meeting ASCE Lehigh Valley Section Board of Directors November 2015 President: Muhannad Suleiman, Ph.D

President-Elect: John Caperilla, EIT email: Vice-President: Joe McFadden [email protected] Secretary: Dave Alban, EIT Secretary-Elect: Kyle John, EIT Website: Treasurer: Chas Snyder, P.E. www.lvasce.org Past-President: Dion Campbell, P.E. Member Director: Tom Christopher, P.E. Facebook: Member Director: Michael Derr, P.E. http://facebook.com/lvasce Associate Member Director/YMF President: Bethany Malusa, P.E.

Twitter: Associate Member Director: Chris Skrabak, EIT https://twitter.com/LVASCE Continued on next page LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/1MPx7kg

As the immediate past president I would like to thank the 2014-15 Board of Directors for their hard work and cooperation to make this past year a success. We hosted several sporting events for the first time that were well

attended so we will be keeping them on the schedule for 2015-16. These repeat events include a LV Phantoms hockey game in January or February and a LV IronPigs baseball game in July or August. This was the second consecutive year for the IronPigs game and we “upped the ante” by reserving a luxury box with a catered meal. We also attempted a joint event with the other three ASCE Pennsylvania Sections to attend a Penn State football game and tailgate. The group selected the Michigan State game in late November. Neither the weather nor the visiting team cooperated so the tailgate was canceled and the home team got routed. None the less it was a good time for those of us that did attend. The Sections are looking to organize another Penn State tailgate this fall and will select a game earlier in the season when the weather is more reliable. Before ending my term as president, the board worked very hard to get the preliminary calendar for 2015-16 set. They really “stepped up to the plate” and got a solid outline of events scheduled through May of 2016. Some speakers remain to be confirmed but the dates and locations have been determined so keep checking the

website for opportunities to attend the upcoming meetings. President’s Corner President’s The board has designated the milestone celebration of the Nicholson Viaduct as the September meeting for the

Section. 2015 marked the 100th Anniversary for this local landmark within our Section’s territory. The schedule of

events for the September 11th-13th weekend can be found on the official event website. I do encourage everyone, particularly our members in the Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Pocono areas to attend the festivities. For members from the Lehigh Valley that are considering attending, you may want to think about adding a stop at the Steamtown National Historic Site to make it a full day family trip or even a weekend outing. In closing, I would like to note that over the past two years the board has been infused with a wealth of younger and very enthusiastic members and officers. You will see the results of the renewed energy and fresh ideas that they have brought to the board in the years to come. I would like to personally thank Scott Stenroos, who recruited me to be President and then provided me with many resources and much needed guidance and support. Without that I would have been completely lost. Scott has shown exemplary dedication to the Section over the past few years and will be stepping into the background. I would also like to thank the following board members who have been instrumental in keeping the Lehigh Valley Section vibrant for several years. Thank you to Bethany Malusa for the dedication she has shown in growing the

Younger Member Forum over the years. Many of the new board members came into the organization through the LehighSection Valley

YMF and it was Bethany’s efforts that kept them interested and helped encourage them to take more active roles – in the Section. A special thanks to the website committee for their efforts in putting together our new website. The website was started under the presidency of Scott Stenroos with the finishing touches being completed under my tenure. Their efforts resulted in our website being recognized as the Outstanding Website for a Small Section & Branch. Two big thank you’s to Chas Snyder and Joe McFadden. Both Joe and Chas are remaining on the Board. Chas will be remaining as the Section’s Treasurer, a position he has held for several years and has proven to be a stalwart in our organization. Joe will be moving up to Vice-President from Secretary, a position he filled admirably producing the newsletter, as well as the monthly minutes and agendas for the board meetings, easily the most demanding position on the board. And finally thank you to the members for allowing me to serve as your Section President. It has been an honor and a great learning experience. █ Dion R. Campbell, P.E., M.ASCE

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LVASCE’s New President New LVASCE’s Meet LVASCE’s New President, Muhannad T. Suleiman, Ph.D, M.ASCE

Dr. Sulieman earned his undergraduate and graduate degree in Civil Engineering at Jordan University of Science and Technology in 1997 and 1999 respectively, before achieving his doctorate from Iowa State University in 2002.

Dr. Sulieman is an assistant professor of geotechnical engineering at Lehigh University. Muhannad joined the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department in August 2010. Since then, he has been teaching a wide range of undergraduate and graduate geotechnical engineering classes including those related to soil mechanics, foundation engineering, and ground improvement methods. During his tenure he has served as a member of different department committees, including search committees and on the graduate and undergraduate committees.

Dr. Sulieman was recently named vice-chair of ASCE Geo-Institute Deep

Foundations Committee. In addition to his ASCE posts, he is a member of the

International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety; the TRB AmericanEngineers Society Civil of Committee on Foundations of Bridges and Other Structures; and the Geo- Institute Soil Improvement Committee.

Dr. Suleiman also serves as a reviewer for several national and international journals in geotechnical and foundation engineering and has chaired or co-chaired several foundation engineering sessions at geotechnical engineering conferences. He is the recipient of the Shamsher Prakash 2014 Prize for Excellence in Teaching of Geotechnical Engineering.

Dr. Suleiman’s area of expertise is geotechnical and foundation engineering. His research focuses on soil-structure interaction, ground improvement, thermoactive geotechnical systems, and bio-modification of soils and soil-pile systems.

Dr. Suleiman is a developer of a patented new ground-improvement alternative technology. He also investigates the soil-structure interaction of vertically- and laterally-loaded deep foundations that support bridges, building, and other structures. In collaboration with his colleagues, Dr. Suleiman also explores the load and resistance factor design of vertically-loaded deep foundations supporting bridges. He also developed a new deep-foundation system that uses advanced concrete materials and a new wireless-sensing technology for subsurface applications. In addition, Dr. Suleiman researches the behavior of new geo-materials and issues related to underground pipes and trenchless technology.

Much of his laboratory work takes place at the soil-structure interaction facility located at the ATLSS Engineering Research Center. The facility includes large-scale soil boxes, advanced sensors and instrumentation, and control systems. Dr. Suleiman’s research has been funded through the National Science Foundation, the Qatar National

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Dr. Suleiman has published more than 65 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers in the field. He is the author LehighValley Section or co-author of papers published in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering; the International Journal of Geomechanics; the Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering; the Journal of Structural Engineering: the Transportation Research Record; Earthquake Spectra; Geotechnical Testing Journal; the Journal of ASTM International; and ASCE’s Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. In 2012, Dr. Suleiman was selected as a P.C. Rossin Assistant Professor by Lehigh’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. He was also named first runner-up by for the Best Young Professor Paper by the Deep Foundation Institute.

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Tappan Zee Bridge: Geotechnical Aspects of Design By: Philip Gauffreau, P.E., M.ASCE On May 19, 2015, the Geotechnical Group hosted the Section dinner meeting with Thomas L. Cooling, P.E., D.GE., Vice President of Geotechnical Services for AECOM in St. Louis, MO. Mr. Cooling impressed the crowded room with a presentation entitled, “The New NY Bridge: Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing, Geotechnical Aspects of Design.” While with URS, Mr. Cooling served as the Lead Foundation Designer for the Tappan Zee project. He has served on four Transportation Research Board Committees and is a Diplomate of Geotechnical Engineering in ASCE’s Academy of

May Dinner Meeting Dinner May Geo-Professionals. The $3.2 billion New NY Bridge will replace the existing Tappan Zee Bridge that carries traffic over the Hudson River 25 miles north of New York City. Foundation design and construction for the 3.1 mile crossing was complex due to the high structural demands and difficult foundation conditions. Foundations for a portion of the new bridge will consist of 4-foot diameter steel friction piles up to 330 feet long that derive their support in a thick deposit of varved silt and clay. Other portions of the bridge will be supported on high capacity end-bearing pipe piles up to 6 feet in diameter and 280 feet long. An extensive load testing program involving 20 over-water load tests was completed during construction to verify the original tender design. Mr. Cooling discussed the design, construction, and load testing program, along with lessons learned. The significant effort spent during the design phase to understand the subsurface conditions and their response to the design loads provided valuable insight and efficiencies for the foundation design. Site-specific models were developed for analyses that enabled the designers to eliminate much of the conservatism built into industry standard models. The sheer size of the foundation elements being installed and tested at the site were unprecedented for the eastern United States, which justified this approach. All in attendance will never take the foundations for the

LehighSection Valley new Tappan Zee Bridge for granted. Special thanks to GTA for sponsoring this informative event!

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Owl Creek Dam Rehabilitation Project June By: Aaron Frantz, P.E., M.ASCE In June LVASCE members traveled to Tamaqua to visit the Upper and Lower Owl Creek Reservoirs and tour Meeting Dinner the recently completed dam rehabilitation projects. Jennifer Kowalonek of Alfred Benesch & Co. gave a brief description about the projects prior to the tour. The dams are owned and operated by the Borough of Tamaqua and is located along Owl Creek. Upper Owl Creek Dam, which was originally constructed in 1921, is a 1300 ft long earth fill embankment with a core wall located at the center line of the dam. The Lower Owl Creek Dam was originally constructed in 1883 and is an 850 ft long earth fill embankment dam. Both dams are categorized as a Hazard Category 1 (High), Size Class

B structures and were included on PADEP's list of AmericanEngineers Society Civil of Unsafe High Hazard Dams prior to the project. At the Upper Dam, a new two-stage labyrinth spillway was constructed in conjunction with raising the embankment and flattening the slope. Additional embankment drainage, removal of the valve tower and gate house, installation of a new sluice gates, and a pedestrian bridge were also included in the project.

The improvements at the Lower Dam included construction of a new drop box spillway, 175 ft of Roller Upper Owl Creek Dam Compacted Concrete (RCC) armoring along the embankment and flattening of the downstream slope, and the installation of a drainage system and modifying low level outlet works. Thank you to Alfred Benesch & Co. for sponsoring this event!

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LVASCE’s Night with the IronPigs By: Chas Snyder, P.E., M.ASCE On Friday, July 31st LVASCE members, families and friends attended the Lehigh Valley IronPigs vs. Norfolk Tides baseball game at Coca-Cola Park. We were part of a sell out crowd of 10,100 on a great weather night. Event coordinator, Joe McFadden, was able to get the section a significant upgrade to the VI“Pig” Suites in the upper deck. Our night included a buffet in the climate controlled suite with plenty of room both inside and outside to watch the Pigs play ball. The

evening started with LVASCE member Greg Kuklinski LV IronPigs Game IronPigs LV throwing out a first pitch along with his 2 year old son, Braydon. During the game, our members, young and old, were thrilled with a visit by Pigs mascot FeFe. The

game was a see-saw battle with the Iron Pigs leading 6

to 5 after six innings. The Tide’s offense; however, The “Suite” view from above came alive in the final innings for a 10-6 victory. The evening still had a great ending with the traditional Friday night fireworks.

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Congress leaves for summer vacation without a plan to fix our roads Affairs Legislative By: John Caperilla, EIT, A.M.ASCE This op-ed was published in the August 11th, 2015 Edition of the Morning Call With the highest number of structurally deficient bridges in the country, Pennsylvania won't be getting much help from the federal government, based on the latest congressional inaction. It's absolutely frustrating that our elected leaders continue to kick the can down the road with short-term extensions and see no urgent need to address this issue. For many metropolitan planning organizations, such as the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, the lack of certainty on federal funding leaves leaders from both PennDOT and local governments in limbo and unable to make any long-term plans with any certainty. Many transportation

projects here in Pennsylvania have approximately 80 percent of the funding provided by the Federal Highway Administration with the state and/or local municipality contributing the remaining portion of the funds for the design and construction phases. For the record, the Senate did its part to help address our federal transportation program in July when it approved

the DRIVE Act, a six-year surface transportation authorization, which would provide increased funding. AmericanEngineers Society Civil of The bill gives six years of policy reform and contract authority for highway and transit programs, providing much- needed stability to states as they plan large projects. It increases investment into highway, transit and passenger rail programs so that we can start addressing the nation's maintenance and construction backlog. Through the bill, the first three years are paid for, using the money generated through the federal gas tax that goes into the Highway Trust Fund and a series of other infusions. To start us on a better long-term funding solution for the future, it creates a pilot program to generate revenue via a vehicle miles traveled system. However, the House was not there to take up the bill, having already left for August recess. Instead the House passed a three-month extension for the Highway Trust Fund, the third such extension in a year. With a deadline looming, the Senate was left with no choice but to accept the House's proposal and try to bring this debate back up when legislators return to Washington in September. The reason for the frequent punts is that our federal leaders do not have a long-term funding solution. Just as you make investments into your house, we must be willing as a nation to make investments into our roads, bridges and transit. We can pay now, or pay more even later if Congress continues to kick the can down the road. Pennsylvania had its own fiscal crisis with transportation funding until the passing of Act 89 in November 2013. In the almost two years since the bill was signed into law, Pennsylvania has been able to address many of its infrastructure issues as well as put contractors and design engineers to work. For example, PennDOT put together a public-private partnership to replace hundreds of structurally deficient bridges in quick succession, saving money and minimizing disruption for motorists. More innovations like this are only possible if Pennsylvania continues to make the investment and has a trusted partner in the federal government. If the House does not act by the end of October, then our poor transportation infrastructure will continue to be a drag on our economy, as well as our credit rating, according to an April 2, 2012, report by Standard & Poor's. Poor

road conditions and time wasted sitting in traffic are costing each of us money. The American Society of Civil –

Engineers' Failure to Act economic study finds that each year we allow our transportation infrastructure to languish, every American household loses $1,060 in disposable income. LehighValley Section The time is now to address our aging infrastructure. The 2014 Report Card for Pennsylvania's Infrastructure gave Pennsylvania's roads a D-minus and bridges a D- plus. Act 89 is helping to address those low grades, but can only do so much without a strong partner in the federal government. America's safety and welfare are at stake. Pennsylvania's Rep. Bill Shuster must lead the discussion as chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Join me in telling our elected leaders in Washington that it's time to address this issue at FixTheTrustFund.org.

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B2P Goes Back to Panama By: Tara Hofferth, S.M.ASCE The Lehigh Student chapter of Bridges to Prosperity sent four CEE students and one professor to the remote area of Penenome to survey potential bridge sites. Just past the Lura River is a school. Some 400 Panamanian children and their families must cross the river to go to and from school each day. Currently, there is a small, wobbly cable bridge providing access for these children. However, the lack of safety posed by the bridge is clear, and it would take just one big storm to wipe it out completely. Lura and three other villages that neighbor the town of Penenome, Panama, welcomed four Lehigh students – Maria

Student Chapter News Chapter Student Cuenca, Sam Hau, Tara Hofferth, and Jason Sadler – this summer as part of a surveying trip with Lehigh University’s Bridges to Prosperity organization. They were accompanied by Dr. Clay Naito, associate professor of structural engineering and the club’s advisor. The team visited four potential footbridge site locations and had the opportunity to speak with leaders and other members of each community. They gathered information and made measurements at each site as a preliminary step in the B2P project process. B2P members fording the Lura River To perform a survey for a B2P suspended footbridge, the team first investigated the area. Students asked locals about foot and car traffic, private property lines, and removing vegetation. They also identified two relatively flat raised areas across from each other that could potentially serve as tower locations. The Lehigh team brought an auto level and complimentary measurement stick all the way from Fritz Lab to Penenome. Using the level and stick, various angles and heights were measured, and horizontal distances were then calculated. From these measurements, the team was able to get an outline of the river and the banks on either

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– All four students agreed that the experience was incredibly inspiring and humbling, as each community had a unique need and an enthusiastic determination. At each location, the team was greeted by curious children heading home after school or by families heading into town. The students realized the immense need for improved transportation in the rural areas outside of Penenome. They had a hand in initiating four potential B2P footbridge projects and thus began a process that will positively impact thousands of lives. Additionally, the students returned to Lehigh’s campus having had real surveying experience, having run calculations in their heads on site, having taken measurements and planned out a layout for a suspended footbridge, having cut away branches to make a clear view for the level, and having communicated with each other in a real-life working situation. The students returned Panamanian children crossing the cable bridge better engineers and better global citizens.

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Region 2 Director Summer Update ASCENational News By: Chris J. Menna, P.E., F.ASCE I hope that all Region 2 ASCE members are having a nice summer. I just got back from the quarterly Board of Direction meeting. Many good things are happening. The Society budget was passed. A new Institute focusing on surveying and utilities has been started up and has been given funding and provisional status to prove itself. This looks to fulfill a great need and has potential for lots of growth. The Board voted to not implement a dues increase as well. You should be updated on many of these initiatives via the Society’s email broadcasts. For our Region, I am pleased to say that we have appointed Carol Martsolf, P.E. of Philadelphia to join our Board of Governors this October. She brings a wealth of experience to the table, as a long time member and volunteer within ASCE. She has earned many ASCE and other professional society accolades over the years as well, and is very active professionally within the Delaware Valley. She will complement our Board’s capabilities nicely. Over the next few weeks, we will work to appoint a second new Governor, thus ensuring a full slate of officers for the 2015-16 year. This fall, Section dues assessment for the Region will begin. These funds will help supplement our excellent programs which are

only partially funded through the annual Region allotment received from the Society. This assessment will come from the respective Section’s budget and does not come from individual members. In the meantime, our Finance Committee is still looking for ways to further boost revenue such that we can provide the best value to our membership. Planning is

ongoing for the upcoming Region Assembly, to be held on November 14th at Bucknell University. All ASCE geographic AmericanEngineers Society Civil of entities (Section, Branch, YMG, and Student Chapters) are strongly encouraged to send current or emerging leaders. We also are updating our portion of the Society’s website and learning how to use a new web based communication system. Once set up, we will use this like our own website to communicate better with our Region membership. As an additional plug, the 2015 ASCE Convention will be in New York City this October and will be very accessible for many of us. Registration for this convention has already begun and this venue will have a new and exciting format. I strongly encourage you to attend if possible. If for no other reason, many of our groups have been recognized with Society level awards and will be recognized. It would be great to come and support them. In the fall, we will say thank you to two Governors going off our Region Board and welcoming two new ones. For me, I will enter my last year as Director this October. I will join the ExCom Committee of the Society’s Board as well. This is a one-time gig as Director. Our Region will be preparing for a more extensive election next time, selecting Governors and a Director. I have enjoyed my tenure so far and have learned much. I have also gotten to meet and work with some great people. I will serve on the Society’s Audit Committee again this year, as well as serving on the Committee for Advancing the Profession (CAP). None of this is possible without the help, enthusiasm, and interest from your Governors. I thank them for what they have done and what they will do over the coming year. When you come across one of them, please go up to them and say thanks. Until the next time.

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LVASCE Members Win 2015 Alfred Noble Prize Mohamed Soliman and his thesis adviser, Dan M. Frangopol, won the 2015 Alfred Noble Prize from a consortium of professional societies for an article they published on life-cycle engineering. The winning paper titled “Life-Cycle Management of Fatigue-Sensitive Structures Integrating Inspection Information,” was published in ASCE’s Journal of

Award Winners Award Infrastructure Systems in June 2014. In it, Soliman and Frangopol described a computational model they developed that allows structural engineers to update Left to Right: Dan M. Frangopol and Mohamed Soliman both short- and long-term inspection plans with the most current information available on the quality of a structure. The model developed by Soliman and Frangopol is designed to help quantify uncertainty, which will give engineers a much better and more precise idea of how long a structure (or part of it) will withstand the effects of time and the environment. It’s meant to be applicable to a wide variety of structures, including buildings, bridges and marine infrastructure. Alfred Noble Prize is particularly notable because it’s cross-disciplinary. The prize is awarded by a committee with members representing five professional U.S. societies—ASCE; the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers Inc. (AIME); the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); and the Western Society of Engineers (WSE). The Noble Prize will be presented at ASCE’s Annual Convention in New York City on October 13, 2015.

Mark Sarkisian Receives Lifetime Achievement Award By: J. Scott Stenroos, P.E., M.ASCE

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On June 2, 2015, SOM Structural and Seismic

– Engineering Partner Mark Sarkisian will receive the 2015 H.J. Brunnier Lifetime Achievement Award from the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC). The honor recognizes Sarkisian’s outstanding achievement in structural engineering over 33 years. His career has focused on innovative structural engineering solutions, highlights of which include eight U.S. patents for high-performance seismic structural mechanisms, as well as the design of more than 100 recognized buildings such as the U.S. Embassy complex Left to Right: Mark Sarkisian and Pete Lee in Beijing, Chicago’s NBC Tower, Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California, Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, and the Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait City. Mark Sarkisian is a Lehigh University graduate and has been a distinguished speaker for both the Section and the Lehigh Valley Engineering Council. Mark travels all over the world speaking about innovative structural engineering solutions, is currently working on an update to his book, “Designing Tall Buildings - Structure as Architecture” and recognizes the need for creativity and

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Structural Engineering Institute – Lehigh News Chapter LV SEI Valley Elects New Officers On June 18, 2015, SEILV elected their new leadership at their monthly lunch meeting. Matt Kawczenski will now serve as Chairman. Congrats to the newly elected officers and special thanks to the outgoing officers, Cheryl Rishcoff and Joseph Sirignano! Your service and commitment was instrumental in the formalization of the SEI LV Chapter. SEI Lehigh Valley Chapter Officers

Chair: Matt Kawczenski, P.E., S.E.

Vice-Chair: Sougata Roy, Ph.D Secretary: Christopher Blechschmidt, P.E.

AmericanEngineers Society Civil of SEILV hosted Half-day Seminar By: Matt Kawczenski, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE SEILV Upcoming Events:

The 3rd Annual SEI Half-Day Structural Engineering Seminar on August 12, 2015 was well attended. We had Stucutural Committee the best turnout since the very first seminar with over 60 Dinner Meeting professionals attending and a handful of students! In Thurs. October 8, 2015 honor of Dr. Ben T. Yen of Lehigh University, and his commitment to the SEI committee, the seminar has been ASCE Webinar dedicated in his honor. Fall 2015

Look for another chance to earn PDH’s when SEILV sponsors an ASCE webinar before the year’s end. Details will be sent in the coming months.

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Landsdale Interchange Site Visit Younger Members Forum Members Younger

By: Erin Feichtner, EIT, A.M.ASCE On June 30th, 2015, the Lehigh Valley section along with Philadelphia YMF section hosted a construction tour of the I-476 Lansdale Interchange. Work at the Lansdale Interchange is part of the Northeastern Extension Reconstruction and Widening Project and includes construction of three new auxiliary ramps, two of which will be E-ZPass only ramps. The General Contractor for this section of the work is Allan A. Myers, with McTish, Kunkel & Associates working as the Construction Manager. The contactor began by discussing how they use several fleets of trucks that stay on site daily to handle the large amount of cut and

LehighSection Valley fill along the project. The group then walked along one

– of the new ramps and a widened section exiting the Lansdale toll plaza. Topics discussed included; concrete pavement type, sound barriers, earth stabilization, bridge types along the project, and limited construction staging access issues. The tour was followed by a happy hour that allowed all to network with fellow members from the LV and Philly section and the contractor. YMF Upcoming Events:

Covered Bridge Bike Tour Sat. September 26, 2015

Vynecrest Vineyard & Winery Tour Happy Hour By: Bethany Malusa, P.E., M.ASCE Copperhead (Allentown, PA) While most people would enjoy the 100 degree weather Wed. October 14, 2015 by the pool, the YMF spent a hot July Sunday afternoon

cooling off in the wine cellar of Vynecrest Vineyards. Happy Hour The owner, John Landis, took us on a quick tour of the The Social Still (Bethlehem, PA) vineyard before the tastings began. One of the favorites Wed. November 4, 2015 was the Cherry DiVyne, which was paired with a rich

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Forum Members Younger LVASCE Mini Golf Open By: Bethany Malusa, P.E., M.ASCE The 2nd Annual LVASCE Mini Golf Tournament was held on August 5th at Putt U in Coopersburg, PA, host of the 2016 US Mini Golf Open. Engineers and families from across the Lehigh Valley played the Red Course, which happens to include the longest miniature golf hole in Pennsylvania. Bill Eibach from PennDOT District 5-0 won the tournament with a 54 (4 under par for the course). There was a great turnout for the mini golf and the ice cream happy hour. Multiple people finished under par and Owen Derr won a free game on the 19th Hole! The 2016 LVASCE Tournament will be held next August at Putt U so mark

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ASCE Lehigh Valley Section Committee Chairs Sponsors: Officers

Program – John Caperilla ([email protected]) Alfred Benesch & Company Membership – Joe McFadden ([email protected]) Hanover Engineering Associates Inc. Nominating & Awards – Dion Campbell ([email protected]) Keystone Consulting Engineers Engineer’s Week – Mike Derr ([email protected]) Newton Engineering

Younger Member Forum – Bethany Malusa ([email protected]) RETTEW Sponsors & Student Chapter – Chris Skrabak ([email protected]) Lehigh Valley Technical Associates Continuing Education – Jim Hendricks ([email protected]) Traffic Planning and Design, Inc. Legislative Affairs – John Caperilla ([email protected]) Pennoni Associates Inc. Hospitality – Chas Snyder ([email protected]) The Pidcock Company History & Heritage – Tom Christopher ([email protected]) Maser Consulting Geotechnical – Phil Gauffreau ([email protected]) Michael Baker International

Structures – Matthew Kawczenski ([email protected]) BASE Engineers Inc.

Transportation – Ben Guthrie ([email protected]) Benchmark Civil Engineering Services Environmental/Water Resources – Aaron Frantz Cherry, Weber & Associates, P.C. ([email protected]) Monarch Precast Concrete Corp.

Newsletter – Kyle John ([email protected]) Terraform Engineering, LLC AmericanEngineers Society Civil of Newsletter Editor – Dave Alban McMahon Associates Inc. ([email protected]) RKR Hess Website – Ben Guthrie ([email protected]) DiGioia Gray & Associates Ott Consulting Inc. Job Postings: McTish, Kunkel & Associates UTRS – Civil Engineer Minuteman Press

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LVASCE October Dinner Meeting

Beyond Material Efficiency in Bridge Design: New Paradigms By: Theodore P. Zoli, III

When: Thursday, October 8, 2015

Time: 5:30 pm – Social Hour 6:30 pm – Dinner Upcoming Events Upcoming 7:30 pm - Presentation

Cost: $40 for members & future members $20 for students

Where: Best Western Hotel & Conference Center 300 Gateway Drive Bethlehem, PA 18017

Contact: Matt Kawczenski at [email protected] Click HERE to Register Now!

LehighSection Valley

– Lehigh Valley Covered Bridge Bike Tour

Bring your own bike and helmet to ride along with fellow ASCE members, family and friends on a 13 mile ride through 5 covered bridges!

When: Saturday, September 26, 2015

Time: 9:30 am – 11:00 am

Cost: Free to ride High visibility LVASCE t-shirts are $10

Where: Manassas Guth Covered Bridge 2400 Lapp Road Allentown, PA 18104

Contact: Joe McFadden at [email protected]

American Society of Civil Engineers Civil of Society American Engineers Click HERE to Register Now!

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