Mark your calendar for an upcoming Bentley OpenFlows Workshop. This session will provide an overview of best practices, efficient workflows, and practical applications for designing drainage within OpenRoads Designer. Whether you're looking to build your skills or improve your current workflow, this training will offer valuable insights for transportation and civil engineering professionals. Day 1:...
Engineers at Ground Zero: A Screening & Conversation When the Twin Towers fell, the world watched first responders run toward danger. What most people never saw were the structural engineers working alongside them – assessing collapsed and compromised structures in real time, keeping rescue crews safe, and racing to stop the Hudson River from flooding...
Engineers Without Borders Fall Wine Tasting Fundraiser Chicagoland Professional Chapter Celebrating 21 Years of Impact You are invited to join Engineers Without Borders Chicagoland Professional Chapter for an evening of socializing and networking, learning about EWB's upcoming work, and a silent auction to help us raise funds for communities in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda!...
GI - September Dinner Meeting with Kelly Cabal – Director of ConeTec Making Waves: A Comparative Analysis of Shear Wave Velocity Measurements Shear wave velocity (Vs) is a key geotechnical parameter for foundation design, seismic site classification, and liquefaction assessment. This presentation compares Vs measurements from surface methods, borehole testing (downhole and PS suspension logging),...
The Illinois Section of ASCE cordially invites you and your guests to an evening of celebration, recognition, and connection at our Annual Awards Dinner. Join us for networking, dinner, and the presentation of the 2026 Individual and Project Award recipients. We will also honor our 2027 Life Members and install the 2026–2027 Board of Directors....
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The Illinois Section is hosting a Route 66 Centennial event at Navy Pier featuring the installation and dedication of a historic landmark plaque recognizing the route’s engineering significance and enduring legacy. A host of key speakers and stakeholders will also share remarks commemorating the occasion. Given Navy Pier’s newly recognized prominence in the Route 66 story, the event is expected to...
Michael McMurray serves as Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA), one of the world’s largest aviation systems, serving more than 100 million passengers per year across O’Hare and Midway International Airports. Appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson in 2025, Commissioner McMurray brings more than 25 years of experience, with a with a career-long focus...
Join us with Professor Renmin Pretell and Dr. Ozgun Numanoglu as their presentation will demonstrate a multi-tiered framework to assess earthquake-induced settlements, ranging from empirical liquefaction methods (Tiers 1-2) to advanced numerical simulations (Tiers 3-4). Applied to three sites affected by the 2023 M7.81 Pazarcık Earthquake, the framework shows that conventional free-field methods generally overestimate...
As infrastructure projects increasingly rely on precise subsurface data, standardizing how Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) deliverables transition from CADD to GIS is critical. This one-hour technical session details a standardized data pipeline designed to automate and streamline this transition. This session is recommended for SUE professionals, GIS specialists, CADD technicians, and project engineers involved in...
This one-day event will bring together water resources professionals and engineers from across Illinois to share their experiences, lessons learned, and perspectives on the future of the profession. Lunch will be served at the start of the event. A networking happy hour will follow. 4 PDHs will be offered. Speakers will include: Trent Ford -...
Save-the-date! SEI November Dinner Meeting will have the presenters JD Pozo, PhD, PE, SE and Pedro Marquez, MS, EIT to discuss Structural Design Considerations for Data Centers, From Building Structure to Site Conveyance. More information to come!