Greetings!
Happy April, fellow Engineers.
I want to start off by congratulating our ASCE Student Chapters on their participation and successes at the Southeast Regional Student Conference. Please be sure to congratulate our student members on their awards when you see them next.
Looking forward… As it is nearing time for ASCE Elections, and it is a Florida Election Year, please join us for a special free Branch Webinar! Presented by Society’s Grassroots Program and State Advocacy Manager Lizzie Dorman, “ASCE Government Relations University” Register Now
Do you want to help shape ASCE’s future? Active ASCE members will be able to vote for Society’s President-Elect Candidate from May 1, 2022, through June 1, 2022 Elections | ASCE.
Also in May is our hugely successful Icebreaker event, raising funds for ASCE ECB Scholarships! Please consider sponsorship opportunities and I hope to see you there.
Finally, Do you know any individuals that go above and beyond to further the profession? Be sure to see the details below to nominate them for our Annual Branch Awards. Winners at the Branch level are also nominated for Florida Section awards. I encourage you each to nominate one individual whom you know makes a difference!
A complete listing of upcoming events can be found in the newsletter below, I hope you find something that meets your interests and are able to participate!
Cheers,
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Melissa Burns, PE
ASCE East Central Branch President
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This issue
- Annual Branch Award
- Icebreaker
- History & Heritage Committee
- Environmental & Water Resources Institute
- Transportation & Development Institute
- Sustainability Committee
- Structural Engineering Institute
- Education Committee
- Younger Member Forum
- Student Chapter Activities
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ANNUAL BRANCH AWARD NOMINATIONS
Know a fellow ASCE Member in Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter, or Volusia County that is consistently going above and beyond, or an impressive project everyone needs to know about? Great! Because ECB is currently accepting nominations for the Annual Branch Awards as listed below.
- Engineer of the Year Award
- Young Engineer of the Year Award
- Government Engineer of the Year Award
- Project of the Year Award
All nominations need to be received by April 15th, 2022.
After April 15th, ECB’s official nominations will be selected, and the formal application process will be initiated with the selected nominees.
All Branch award winners will be submitted as nominees to the Florida Section’s Annual Awards to be presented at the Florida Sections ASCE’s Annual Conference in July 2022, as well as recognized at the East Central Branch Officer Installation Luncheon in September 2022.
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Hanford Carl Dann House
By Rocio Rodriguez
History & Heritage Committee Chair
The Hanford Carl Dann House built in 1935, is a unique Frame Vernacular beautiful private residence with rustic influences (see Fig.1). It was designed by artist-builder Sam Stoltz and it is located near the Historic Dubsdread Golf Course, which the original owner, H. Carl Dann opened in 1924.
The one-story home features an irregular plan. A wood frame structural system sheathed in wood shake clapboard rests on a continuous coquina stone foundation which was rarely seen in local residential houses from this period. The front façade features double French doors and a coquina stone chimney. A second coquina stone fireplace is located on the west elevation.
Other exterior ornaments include wood corner boards, attic vents, and wood casement windows with pent hood moldings. There is a side entry on the E side of the house, with a gable hood and original wood door which leads to a cellar below (see Fig.2).
On the interior, the living room features a massive Sam Stoltz designed coquina fireplace with a wide hearth and polished wood beam above, as well as high ceilings with exposed truss work (see Fig.3). A short flight of steps in the living room leads to the bedrooms. The staircase railing features wrought iron design depicting a leaping deer. The master bedroom has the second coquina stone fireplace and the master bathroom features more of the Sam Stoltz hand-painted artwork depicting fish on the glass backboard above the lavatory counter.
In 1940, an area on the South East corner of the house was added, built of similar materials and displaying corner casement windows. A second addition was done in 1963, this time a large 2-story section on the South West corner of the property, built with similar materials as the main house and featuring a large gable dormer on the east side. A coquina stone wall and mature hedge delineate the backyard and patio area, which also has a coquina stone foundation and swimming pool. The garage is located on the SE of the house.
The interior features many pieces of wildlife-inspired Sam Stoltz artwork.
Local date added: February 27, 2017[1]
[1] https://www.orlando.gov/Our-Government/History/Find-Historic-Landmarks/H.-Carl-Dann-House/H.-Carl-Dann-House
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Figure 1: Historic photo of the Hanford Carl Dann House[2].
[2] http://www.cityoforlando.net/greenworks/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2016/08/3206-Greens-HPB2016-00146-1.pdf
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Figure 2: Original door which leads to the cellar. |
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Figure 3: Coquina fireplace in the living room and exposed truss work. |
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Figure 4: The H. Carl Dann house nowadays (including additions). |
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ENVIRONMENTAL & WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE
EWRI Annual Extended Doubleheader Webinar
Friday, May 13th, and Friday, May 20th
Each day is pending approval for 2.0 PDH credits per ASCE Florida Section. Registration cost is $40 per day and contributes towards the ASCE ECB EWRI College Scholarship fund. An in-person networking happy hour is being planned to follow the May 13th session. More details to follow.
May 13, 2022 from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM
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Remote Sensing of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Indian River Lagoon and Connected Waterways in Brevard County - Virginia Barker, Director of Natural Resources (Brevard County), Claudia Listopad, Ph.D., GISP, and Andrew Kamerosky, MS, MA, (Applied Ecology)
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FDOT District 1 Planning for Resiliency - Brent Setchell, PE, District 1 Drainage Design Engineer (Florida Department of Transportation)
May 20, 2022 from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM
- Integrating MODFLOW and ICPR to assess groundwater and surface water impacts for adaptive management planning - David Chrisian, PE, Senior Engineer (SRWMD), and Bud Davis, Ph.D., PG Senior Geologist, (Drummond Carpenter)
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Florida Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant Needs Analysis - by Victoria Hoge, Environmental Scientist (SJRWMD)
- Engineering Guidance for ERP Applications in the SFWMD - Patty Therrien, PE, CFM, Lead Engineer (SFWMD)
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Development of a Hydrologic and Nutrient Budget for an Urban Lake in Central Florida - by Nick Hartshorn, PE, Water Resources Engineer, and Mike Hardin, Ph.D., PE, CFM, Senior Engineer (Geosyntec)
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TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE |
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SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
The Sustainability Committee’s core mission and function are to organize and facilitate outreach opportunities allowing the members of the East Central Branch to stay informed and promote sustainable engineering practices. Below are some upcoming events and interesting reads recommended by the committee.
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If you would like to join the ECB Sustainability Committee, please reach out to our Committee Chair Steve Sommerfeldt. The committee typically meets (virtually) on the last Tuesday of the month during lunch to plan out future activities and ideas related to sustainability. We welcome any new and/or seasoned individuals interested.
Want to hear more? Join the Sustainability Committee mailing list today!
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STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE |
Novel Technologies and Applications for Smart Cities and Civil Infrastructure Systems Webinar
When
April 19, 2022
1 PDH (pending approval)
Fee
$5 to support SEI scholarships
Presenter
F. Necati Catbas, Ph.D., PE, F.ASCE, F.SEI
Lockheed Martin St. Laurent Professor
Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering (CECE) Department
Founding Director
Civil Infrastructure Technologies for Resilience and Safety (CITRS)
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract
There is major urbanization globally. A majority of Americans reside in urban regions - according to the 2010 census 80% of Americans reside in urban areas. Given a large number of urban citizens in the world (and the US), it is imperative that we identify new engineering solutions to improve the quality of life for urban residents and the economic vitality of our cities. Studies to address and fulfill the needs of envisioned future smart city infrastructure should successfully integrate a range of engineering, humanities, and sociological fields such as emerging communication technologies, Internet of Things (IoT), cyber security, cloud computing, intelligent transportation, infrastructure monitoring, analyzing tourism, theorizing structures of government and bureaucracy, project financing, public policy development, and implementation. In this talk, we will first present three overarching themes: (1) technologically advanced infrastructure with sensing and communication capability, (2) urban operations and services improved with better decisions using multilayered “big data”, and (3) utilization of technology for social, public policy, planning and governance to improve urban quality of life. Finally, we will present our recent work at UCF CITRS in the area of structural health monitoring where novel technologies such as computer vision, and deep learning have been developed for our existing and next generation of smart city infrastructure.
About the Presenter
Dr. F. Necati Catbas is a Lockheed Martin St. Laurent Professor at the Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Department of the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the Founding Director of CITRS. Dr. Catbas’ research interests span theoretical, experimental, and applied aspects of structural identification, structural health monitoring, non-destructive evaluation, condition assessment of structural systems, and earthquake engineering with applications on structures such as bridges, buildings, and aerospace structures and components, stadium structures. He is on the editorial board of several journals including, Associate Editor for the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Handling Editor for Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR), and the Structure and Infrastructure Engineering Journal. He served in the Executive Board of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), and served as the Chair of the ASCE Structural Identification Technical Committee, among others. Dr. Catbas received several awards and honors for his research, teaching, and service activities, such as the Aftab Mufti Medal from the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure, the Kikuchi-Karlaftis Award from the Transportation Research Board. Dr. Catbas is a registered professional engineer in the State of Florida, and he is an elected Fellow of the ASCE and Fellow of the SEI. Dr. Catbas is also co-Chair of the 8th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (8WCSCM) to be held during the period 5-9 June 2022 in Orlando, Florida (https://8wcscm.org).
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The SEI Standards Series debuted in 2021 as a 6-part sequence of educational, virtual sessions designed to showcase the six, unique, about-to-be-published SEI Standards that govern several niche markets. Now in 2022, the SEI Standards Series will preview ASCE 7-22 as a 5-part series that reviews the changes from ASCE 7-16. This unique program includes a dialogue between the leaders and experts who develop ASCE 7 and includes a detailed technical presentation on the specific changes and three main hazards - Seismic, Wind & Tornado, and Snow/Rain. In addition, information will be provided on the ASCE 7 Digital Products/Hazard Tool. Attendees will be encouraged to join the discussion for the extensive live Q&A portion of the session.
Schedule-At-A-Glance
- May 12, 2022: ASCE 7-22 Seismic
- June 9, 2022: ASCE 7-22 Wind & Tornado
- July 14, 2022: ASCE 7-22 Snow/Rain
- September 8, 2022: How & Why to Use ASCE 7-22 in Your Practice
PDH:
1.5 PDHs available per session
Join ASCE/SEI now to receive member rate and all SEI benefits
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SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION AND SUBSTATION STRUCTURES CONFERENCE
Deadline: April 25, 2022
The goal of this scholarship is to assist 15-20 full-time ASCE/SEI Civil Engineering Student Members (all levels B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) to develop and expand their professional opportunities and careers through the ETS Conference. The scholarship is made possible by the SEI Futures Fund.
The scholarship provides complimentary registration and travel assistance for selected student members to attend and actively participate at the ETS in-person conference.
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CALL FOR PROJECTS
The Structural Engineering Institute is seeking submissions from fellow structural engineers about their past or present projects. The submission is to quickly discuss the project's highlights, uniqueness, and/or challenges the structural engineer encountered during the project. This will provide ASCE-ECB members and aspiring student engineers with insight into the current structural engineering practices, and provide an opportunity for local or regional structural engineers to showcase their work. The submittals must include the following:
- At least one photograph of the project location.
- A summary of the project setting and background, such as location, new construction/restoration, private/government, etc.
- A summary of the challenges and/or unique aspects of the project, such as new design technology or use of new construction material not typically used in similar designs.
The submittals shall be sent to Rocio Rodriguez at rocio_rodriguez2@hotmail.com in which we will review and prepare for presentation in a future ECB newsletter.
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CALL FOR OFFICER
SEI is looking for members who would like to serve as an Institute Officer beginning in September 2022. Interested members should send a message to Rocio Rodriguez at rocio_rodriguez2@hotmail.com.
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EDUCATION COMMITTEE
(K-12 OUTREACH)
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FIRST Robotics
FTC 7477 Super 7
Freight Frenzy - Season Update
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Super 7 is a motivated community-based team made of 8 members from 4 different schools. We range from 6th to 11th grade. This is our 12th year participating in the FIRST Robotics Program and we are very grateful for all the help and support that ASCE has provided us. Despite the many challenges we have faced this year, we continue to persevere and follow our team motto: “Make it happen!”
This season we set 3 goals for our team:
- Spread FIRST and STEM to our community.
- Follow our seven keys to success in all aspects of robotics.
- Learn as much as possible and have fun while doing it!
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We are proud to share that we have reached our goals and have become one of the best teams in our league in order to advance to State Championships.
Here are some of our most notable accomplishments in our State and League Championship tournaments that we are excited to share with you:
- 1st place design award
- 5th robot placement in Space Coast League Championships
- 3rd Seeded Alliance Captain in Florida State Championships
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One of Super 7’s core values include always giving back to our community, this has motivated us to participate in a variety of outreach events. For example, we have helped conduct a middle school summer math camp at Jones High School, mentored and collaborated with fellow FTC teams Uplift and Z.I.P TIES, exhibited our robot to our community at Orlando Science Center’s Otronicon, presented & interacted with professionals at Florida Turnpike, promoted FIRST to leading companies in the defense industry at the ITSEC Engineer’s Week conference, piqued school interest in starting an FTC team at Jones High School, and mentor younger children in our community who want to learn about robotics, but are not old enough to join an FTC team.
We are very grateful to ASCE for its continued support and guidance through the last few years, without which we would not be able to accomplish our goals. We look forward to continuing our relationship with ASCE in our next season and beyond.
Thank You!
FTC Team 7477 Super 7
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FLORIDA BRIDGE COMPETITION
Deadline: June 15, 2022
The Florida Bridge Competition is underway. This competition utilizes the software formally known as West Point Bridge. The competition is open to Elementary through High School students within the East Central Branch area (Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter, and Volusia Counties). Please reach out to Michael Olka if you have any questions.
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2022 ASCE ECB STEM Teacher Award
Deadline: August 31, 2022
The ASCE ECB Education Committee is seeking nominations of local teachers of Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM). The award is open to Pre-K through high schools teachers working in public, private, or charter schools within Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter, and Volusia Counties. This award is to recognize teachers who teach, or support STEM in their classrooms. The nomination should include the name of the teacher, their school, and a brief description of their efforts in teaching and/or supporting STEM in the classroom. Please email Michael Olka a completed nomination form by August 31, 2022.
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If you have any questions, or comments about K-12 Outreach or would like to join the committee, please contact Michael Olka molka@lakecountyfl.gov
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March Activities
This month was very exciting as we finally got to go to both of our big events of the year, the Southeast ASCE Student Symposium and the Steel Bridge Southeast Regional Competition, most of the month was focused on getting ready and finishing our competitions but we still held events throughout. This month we held three general body meetings, we were joined by Wharton Smith, RS&H, and Volkert. Our members go to learn about what each company does, learn about the internships programs they offer, ask questions, and have their resumes reviewed by them.
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Our steel bridge was also able to finish the fabrication of their bridge and take it to the Florida Institute of Technology for the Southeast Regional Competition, and while the bridge was unfortunately disqualified, our members still had a good time and it was a great learning experience to improve for next year.
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For our other members, most of the month was spent finishing their work on the competitions. Many competitions required some work to be submitted before the conference so many of our members were either at our workshop building it or in the lab working on it. Our concrete canoe team was also busy finishing the work on the canoe, they got to demold it, sand it and add any small details to make sure it will work properly and look good. |
And finally after waiting the whole year for it, the 2022 Southeast ASCE Student Symposium finally arrived. It was a very exciting moment for all of our members, all but one had never been to the conference so it was a new experience for most of them but had always heard how much of a great experience it was. We spent the three days at the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida and went through all our competitions, having an amazing time and creating some great memories. Our members had a blast and were happy to show what they had been working on. We are very proud of our members for all their hard work and time put into each competition, we are very happy to have received:
- 1st place in City Spirit,
- 1st place in Muddy Waters,
- 2nd place in T-Shirt Design,
- 3rd place in Construction Competition, and
- 3rd place in Sustainable Solutions.
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We are very happy to see many of our members already excited for next year and planning what they want to do. And while the conference is over, we still have many events and opportunities for our members planned for the rest of the semester. We also plan on holding elections soon and introducing our new officers for next year. |
March 2022 Newsletter and Update |
ERAU ASCE had Kimley-Horn visit on March 8th to talk about project highlights as well as explain how the consulting industry works. This meeting was special because we had ERAU alumni and Kimley-Horn employee, Chance White, share his experience transitioning from college to full-time. |
Also, on March 8th, our ASCE chapter celebrated International Women's Day and our 100% female executive board. This is a huge milestone on campus due to the student population being male-dominated. We are very thankful to have professors in our department and abroad to encourage women to stay in STEM-related fields.
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Our chapter visited Tallahassee, Florida on March 24-26 to compete at the ASCE Southeast Student Symposium. Our chapter competed in the following competitions:
- Concrete Canoe
- Muddy Waters
- Innovation Contest
- Two Towers
- Table Tennis
- Toil in the Soil
- Rush to Crush
- Best Laid Plans
- Professional paper
- T-shirt
- Skee Ball
- Mystery
We had fun meeting and networking with other chapters in the Southeast and look forward to future conferences!
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Sincerely,
Khanh Olka
Communications Chair
ASCE East Central Branch
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