ALUMNI REGISTRATION Volume 8 • Fall Issue • December 2008 The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is always interested in how our alumni are doing. We hope you will take time to complete the Alumni Update information below. Please include information on your recent professional and personal developments, along with a high-quality photo if available. Please email your information to [email protected] or mail submissions to Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, 3418 Patrick Taylor Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6405. Name: _____________________________________________ Graduation Year(s): _______________ Home Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Home Telephone: ___________________________________ Email: ___________________________ Volume 8 • Fall Issue December 2008 Company: _________________________________________ Title: ____________________________ A Foundation Of Excellence Program Business Address: ____________________________________________________________________ Message from the Chair _____________________________________________________________________________________ I would like first to congratulate all of our 2008 tects of our departments’ Environmental Engi- students who will be graduating at the end of neering program. Also, we recently saw the passing of Dr. Gordon Boutwell after a long Business Telephone: _______________________________ this Fall semester. I wish them success and prosperity in their future careers. It is also battle with cancer. Dr. Boutwell was President of Soil Testing Engineers here in Baton News: _____________________________________________________________________________ important to note that our undergraduate and graduate enrollments have increased. In par- Rouge, Louisiana and was a long time mem- ber of the CEE External Advisory Board. Our ___________________________________________________________________________________ ticular our undergraduate enrollment in- creased by 33%. This is great news for the thoughts and prayers go out to the families of department and we hope to see our enroll- these outstanding gentlemen. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ment numbers continue to rise. Dr. George Z. Voyiadjis As usual, this newsletter contains a summary of the events and achievements of our de- Boyd Professor, Chairman Provost Astrid Merget and Vice Chancellor and Bingham C. Stewart Chuck Wilson visited our Department in No- partment for the Fall Semester 2008. Also, Distinguished Professor vember to address our External Advisory some technical articles will be appearing in Board. This board meets annually and is the newsletter on a regular basis. Check this Non-Profit Org comprised primarily of executive directors of newsletter for two exciting articles – one by U.S. Postage civil and environmental firms as well as engi- Dr. Mohammed and one by Dr. Levitan. I PAID neering practitioners. This year’s meeting ad- hope that including such articles will help the Civil and Environmental Engineering Permit No. 733 dressed not only the traditional action items of readers get an idea about the current re- Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, the board, but also included discussions on search directions of our faculty members. 3418 Patrick Taylor Hall LA the new Coastal and Ecological Engineering Finally, at the end of this semester and the Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6405 PhD and MS programs. coming holiday season, I take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED I would also like to take the time to acknowl- edge the passing of two individuals who have Happy New Year in 2009. made significant contributions to our depart- ment. Dr. Dipak Roy, former CEE faculty Best Regards, member and member of the CEE Hall of Dis- Dr. George Z. Voyiadjis tinction, passed away after a long illness. Dr. Roy joined was one of the initiators and archi INSIDE THIS ISSUE A Successful First AAM Conference 5 Environmental Engineering Meeting 2 Dr. Dipak Roy Passes Away 5 Summer Commencement 2 EAB Annual Meeting 6 Student Highlights 3 2008 Hurricane Season 6 Carol Friedland Receives Award 3 Research Highlight 8 ASCE Student Chapter 4 Kazmann Center 10 Hurricane Seminar 4 Dr. Gordon Boutwell Passes Away 10 Faculty Highlights 5 Alumni Corner 10 STUDENT NEWS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Volume 8 • Fall Issue • December 2008 YES, count me in! I want to donate to the: □ Raphael G. Kazmann Center for Graduate Studies □ Civil and Environmental Engineering Siess Endowment Fund Environmental Engineering Holds □ Other (please designate) _____________________________________ Fall Undergraduate Meeting Here’s my contribution of: □ $10,000 □ $5,000 □ $2,000 □ $1,000 □ $500 □ $250 □ $___________ Payment: □ Check enclosed Please make check payable to: One major goal of the department is to increase the number of students LSU Foundation/Civil & Environmental Engineering who pursue and complete an LSU environmental engineering undergradu- ate degree. Recent feedback from EVEG undergraduates revealed that frequently they didn’t even know any other students majoring in environ- □ Credit card (Circle one): Visa MasterCard Discover AmEx mental engineering until their sophomore or junior year. To help the 70 students make connections, the department held its first Fall 2008 Meeting Account number: __/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/ for Environmental Engineering Undergraduates on October 23, 2008, in (Top) Environmental engineering ma- the North Courtyard of Patrick Taylor Hall. This was a casual event that Expires: __/__/ - __/__/ - __/__/ jors enjoy pizza and time with friends included pizza and time to meet the faculty and fellow students. at the Fall 2008 EVEG student meeting. Name as it appears on card: ________________________ (Bottom) Dr. John Pardue discusses This gathering was an opportunity to disseminate important information to environmental engineering course students. Lisa Fontenot, Counselor with the College of Engineering, pro- Signature: _______________________ paths with students attending the vided students with current degree audits. Dr. John Pardue introduced pro- event. posed changes to the EVEG curriculum that will include new concentration □ I enclose a matching gift form for my company Please send this completed form to: tracks and courses tailored to the needs of EVEG majors. Note: If your/your spouse’s employer has a Corporate Gift Matching Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, you may be able to double or even quadruple your gift! Louisiana State University Also, students were encouraged to get involved with organizations that will build their professional links and serve the Please contact the employer’s human resource office for more infor- 3418 Patrick Taylor Hall community. Kevin Chenier, graduating May ’09, fellow students to become active in the student affiliate of the Louisiana mation. Your gift is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6405 Water Environmental Association (LWEA).LWEA regularly brings in guest speakers from the professional community and organizes the LSU lakes clean-up each semester. Sarah Jones, Research Associate in the department, provided Please fill out the information on the back of this form also. information about peer mentoring opportunities through the College of Engineering NSF funded Engineering Engage- ment Program. If you would like to participate in the spring 2009 meeting that will feature recent graduates and professional topics Happy Holidays from CEE! please contact Sarah Jones at [email protected] . The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering has the privilege of being once of the most ethnically diverse de- partments at LSU. With that brings an array of different cultures and belief systems. The holidays are as perfect a time as any to celebrate our department’s wonderful diversity! Our department would like to wish you and your family a safe CEE Summer 2008 Commencement CONGRATULATIONS! and happy holiday season. Joey Krefft The Department would like to congratulate all of our 2008 Summer graduates who, along with family CEE 2003 graduate Joey Krefft (pictured left) received his P.E. in June 2008. Krefft, a structural engi- and friends, attended the commencement ceremonies. neer for Aillet, Fenner, Jolly & McClelland, Inc., was a structural design engineer for LSU’s new Alex Box Stadium. In late March 2008, he led two tours of Dr. Levitan’s steel design class at the stadium Master of Science in Civil Engineering job site and presented at the LSU ASCE chapter meeting. Krefft is also serving as the 2008-2009 Cherian Cherian-Korah Jesse Gerard Rauser President of the Shreveport Chapter of the La. Engineering Society. Yan Qi Cheng-Fend Tsai Donald J. Anderson Jr. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering Donald Anderson, Jr., P.E., LEED AP, of Fugro Consultants Inc., was recently named 2008 Young Engineer of the Year. Anderson is a 1998 MCE graduate from the CEE department. The Houston Yilmaz Bingol Branch of American Society of Civil Engineers selected Anderson based on his service to the ad- “Development of an Ultrasonic NDE&T Tool for Yield Detection in Steel Structures” (Assistant Professor vancement of the profession; significant technical contributions to the profession; and significant ser- Ayman M. Okeil) vice to the community. Anderson received his bachelor's