ASCE YMF Seattle Newsletter
Mid-FEBRUARY 2019
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Greetings!
See below for upcoming events with the Seattle ASCE YMF!
On behalf of all of the YMF Officers and Chairs,
Ann Albright
Seattle ASCE YMF Secretary
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Featured Events
Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition
YMF Tech Talk-Geotechnical
Engineering
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Where does bad light end up?
In Prism.
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Monthly Networking Events
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Make friends, eat food, have fun!
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Usher in the New Year and build your personal and professional network at one (or both!) of the YMF's monthly networking events. This is a low stress environment to meet fellow civil engineers and gain valuable connections in the industry.
Appetizers provided by the YMF.
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Thursday, February 28th
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Outlander Brewery and Pub
Look for the ASCE sign in the upstairs section! If you have questions, please email
Matt.
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Thursday, February 21st
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Tavern Hall
There may be shuffleboard. Look for the ASCE sign! If you have any questions, please email
Eamaan
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Popsicle Stick Bridge, RESCHEDULED for March 17
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POPSICLE STICK BRIDGE, fondly referred to as PSB, will be held at the
Museum of Flight
on the morning of March 11th. This is one of the YMF's largest events, and our largest K-12 outreach event all year. Plus all volunteers get access to the museum's exhibits.
The YMF is looking for volunteers to help plan the event as well as for the day of event.
If you would like to help, please plan to attend the volunteer meeting March 11th at KPFF from 5:30-7:00pm. We will discuss roles and expectations for the event.
If you have any additional questions regarding the volunteer positions, please email
seattle.asce.ymf@gmail.com
with subject line "PSB Volunteering."
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Saturday March 16th
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Join YMF and the Beacon Food Forest to celebrate the approach of Spring with some outdoor garden work! We will be meeting at the Beacon Food Forest (at the gathering plaza at the top of the hill near S Dakota St) to help at one of their monthly work parties on Saturday, March 16 from 10am - 1pm.
As we will be working on maintaining and expanding their public veggie garden and edible landscape as well as soil building and construction of walls, dress accordingly (closed-toed shoes, clothes to get dirty in, and rain jacket in case of rain!). Feel free to bring a change of clothes for food/drinks afterwards!
If you are interested or have further questions, please email
Shirley.
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Wednesday March 27th
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Federal Way High School
30611 16th Ave South
Federal Way, WA 98003
Come help inspire high school students about STEM and specifically Civil Engineering! We need at least 3 volunteers to table hands on engineering activities. Partial volunteer shifts are okay too. Carpooling options to be coordinated.
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UW Presenters Wanted for
Lunch and Learns
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The ASCE student chapter at the University of Washington is looking for representatives from local civil engineering firms to present on campus through their ongoing
Lunch and Learn
program.
For more information, please email
Peter
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Saturday March 2nd
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Come help inspire K-12 students about STEM and specifically Civil Engineering! We need at least 3 volunteers to table hands on engineering activities. Partial volunteer shifts are okay too. Carpooling options to be coordinated.l
Contact
Katarina with any questions or to sign up!
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Linked In Workshop - Seattle U
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Wednesday Feb 20th
Seattle University
Call for Volunteers:
Seattle U ASCE is hosting a networking event between students and professionals on February 20th. The event includes a workshop focusing on the importance of LinkedIn,
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Tuesday March 19th
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Edmonds Community College
20000 68th Ave. W
Lynnwood, WA 98036
Volunteer at this national conference to inspire girls grades 8-12 to pursue careers in STEM! We need at least 2 volunteers to table. Carpooling options to be coordinated.
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Geotechnical Engineering
It's SOIL not DIRT
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Tuesday, February 26th
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
SoundEarth Strategies
Please join the Seattle ASCE YMF for the February Tech Talk at SoundEarth Strategies. Romulos Ragudos, Jr, current President-Elect of the YMF will provide insight into the exciting world of Geotechnical Engineering. Romulos has six years of experience and currently works at PanGEO, Inc. Food will be provided!
Street parking is available at the SoundEarth office and the area is easily accessible by bus as well.
If you are interested in presenting or hosting/sponsoring a tech talk in the future, please contact
Elyssa Dixon. If you have questions for this event, please contact
Romulos Radugdos.
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Seattle Bouldering Project
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Wednesdays
5:00 PM - whenever we get tired
Seattle Bouldering Project
This is a casual, reoccurring meetup for all climbing skill levels on Wednesday nights at the Seattle Bouldering Project. Day passes and shoe rentals are available for those without memberships.
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ASCE Seattle Section, PO Box 1786
Seattle, WA 98111
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