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ASCE Newsletter July 2015
JULY LUNCH MEETING July Luncheon Info
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UNR ASCE President’s Message
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Lunch Presentation
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ASCE YMF Social
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ASCE YMF Technical Tour
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ASCE Jackets and Polos
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Job Postings
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July Lunch Sponsor
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Supporters of ASCE
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Lunch Info/ Board of Directors
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“Mitigating Earthquake Damage in Highway Structures” Presented by: David H. Sanders, MS., Ph.D, ACI, ASCE
Peppermill Casino Naples 7 Room Tuesday, July 7th from 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Please make a reservation if you plan to attend RSVP before 12:00 pm on Friday, July 3rd
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UNR ASCE President’s Message
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A Note on Concrete Canoe This past month from June 19-22, 2015, the University of Nevada, Reno participated in its 10th Nationals competition and, as always, was as fun yet unexpected as ever. The most unexpected part of this competition was undoubtedly the final result for the team: an almost unheard of 6th place finish. It would be easy to say that the 6th place finish for the team was a step-down from 2014’s national title, but it would certainly not be fair, let alone the truth of the situation. The 2015 canoe team worked tirelessly to get the results that they achieved. A second place in final product is the finest the team has done since their national title in 2008, as well as in 2013, creating one of the smoothest and aesthetically pleasing canoes in not only our school history but in the history of the competition. In races, the team won every single one except one, which was a second place finish. This first place in overall races was no accident; those who would paddle the canoe on race day have been doing so every week since the end of August, not even counting the amount of times they used the gym weekly. The design paper was the result of a month of what was essentially sleepless nights and caffeine. As always, the paper was the most in-depth and hardest task faced by the project managers. The paper was one of the best in appearance in formatting Reno has ever come up with, but due to several unforeseen deductions no one can ever see it publically. If there is anything that this latest competition has taught it is that hard work is not always rewarded justly, however much is applied. While it may seem that the results of this year has disheartened the team and delineated us from our path of success, the effect is quite the opposite. The team is committed to further perfecting the canoe more than ever before. The tenacity and hunger of UNR’s engineering students continues to show no boundaries, and our commitment to our school, community, and sponsors will be continue to show in our future work. An added note for the project managers Wesley Munson and Devin Larson: the both of you created one of the most organized teams in this school’s history, your passion and effort for this competition was not necessarily received as it should have from the judges, and to those who worked under the both of you it was an incredible, unforgettable experience that none of them will forget. In its retrospect, we all had a lot of fun, much more than if we were not to do it, and the both of you have nothing to be ashamed of because you both did much more than build a canoe, and the best part is that points don’t matter for that, only the friendships and memories that were created. A special thanks to all the volunteers, friends, family members, and sponsors; whether your contribution was monetary, spiritual, or both, your effort was not wasted, and nothing that we hoped to accomplish this year would have been possible. Thank you all so much for your faith in us as engineers; we will make you proud once again. Evan Jordan 2015 UNR ASCE Co-President 2015-2016 Concrete Canoe Co-Project Manager
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Lunch Presentation Mitigating Earthquake Damage in Highway Structures Presenter: David H. Sanders, MS., Ph.D, ACI, ASCE Presentation Summary: For many years, the focus of bridge engineering has been on life safety, how do we get bridges to not collapse during earthquakes. Recently the focus as turned to keeping structures in service after an earthquake and improve system resilience. Another focus is on accelerated bridge construction. How do we building high quality bridges faster. A new bridge bent system is being developed to provide 1) reduced on-site construction time, 2) minimal residual displacements after even a large earthquake and 3) reduced seismic damage, all compared with the performance of a conventionally constructed bridge. These characteristic are achieved respectively by using precast concrete components with site connections that are simple to make and offer generous tolerances, by pre-tensioning the column with strands that are bonded only at the ends and are debonded over the free height of the column and by designing special confinement details to protect the plastic hinge region. Shake table tests were conducted on a complete bridge built on the University of Nevada Shake Table Array at 25% scale. The bridge has two spans and three bents, and is subjected primarily to transverse ground motions. Testing the system under extreme events results in essentially zero residual displacements due to the active prestressing but did longitudinal conventional reinforcement did fracture. This is a joint project with the University of Washington that is funded by the National Science Foundation.
LIVE WEBINAR SUMMER SPECIAL FOR ASCE MEMBERS Individual members who register for any live webinar taking place in June, July or August 2015 will receive a reduced rate of $99! For webinar schedule and registration information visit: http://www.asce.org/continuing-education/live-webinars/
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YMF Technical Tour July 22, 2015
RSVP at https://www.ascetruckeemeadows.org/asce-events/ymftour.html For more information contact ASCE YMF at asce.truckeee.ymf@gmail.com www.ascetruckeemeadows.org
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ASCE Truckee Meadows Branch Polos and Jackets for Sale! Jackets — $60
Both Men’s and Women’s Sizes Avaliable: S—XL (XS and XXL available at an additional cost)
Polos — $40
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Job Posting
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Job Posting—cont’d
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Job Posting
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July Gold Lunch Sponsor
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GOLD SPONSORS OF ASCE
SILVER SPONSORS OF ASCE
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BRONZE SPONSORS OF ASCE
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ASCE Truckee Meadows Branch Board of Directors
Kelly Doyle, President kellydoyle.asce@gmail.com 775.784.4223
JULY LUNCH MEETING Tuesday July 7th at 11:45 am Peppermill Casino Naples 7 room “Mitigating Earthquake Damage in Highway Structures” Presented by: David H. Sanders, MS., Ph.D, ACI, ASCE
John Bonnett, President-Elect john.bonnett@stantec.com 775.850.0777 Amber Sosa, Treasurer amber.sosa@atkinsglobal.com 775.828.1622 Richard Guevarra, Secretary rguevarra@lumosengineering.com 775.233.9199 Dan Stucky, Director at Large daniel.stucky@atkinsglobal.com 775.789.9860
NATIONAL ASCE’S 2016 PRESIDENT ELECT
Randall Rice, Director at Large randall_rice@golder.com 775.828.9604
NORMA JEAN MATTEI, PH.D, P.E., F.SEI. M.CORPI, M.ASCE
Randi Reed, Director at Large rreed@lumosengineering.com 775.827.6111 Robert Coomes, Webmaster coomesr@gmail.com 775.721.2714
Do you have a groundbreaking or ribbon cutting ceremony coming up for your project? Send the details to Randi Reed at rreed@lumosengineering.com and a representative from ASCE will be there to cheer you on and obtain information for our newsletter!!
Evan Jordan, UNR Student Chapter Co-President ejjordan983@gmail.com 775.722.6602 Clair Shcreckenberger, UNR Student Chapter Co-President cschreckenberger@nevada.unr.edu 831.917.1072 Jon Lau, YMF President jlau@cfareno.com ASCE.Truckee.YMF@Gmail.com 775.856.1150
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