Join us for the Civil Engineering Career Fair!

The ASCE Buffalo Section is hosting a career fair for local Civil Engineering firms on February 29 th from 4- 7pm. The fair will be held on the 1st and 2nd floors of the Davis Hall atrium on the University at Buffalo North Campus. The purpose of the event is to introduce the CSEE students at UB to the civil engineering firms that have a presence in western New York as well as allowing local firms to have interaction with the current UB undergraduates and graduates.

If your firm is interested in hosting a table please fill out the following Google Form: Career Fair Registration (google.com) by Friday February 16th . More information and details will be provided upon registration. There is no charge to attend this event, however, we ask that your firm continues to support the ASCE Buffalo Section.

See you on February 29th!

Student Scholarship Announcement

The ASCE Buffalo Section is pleased to announce the scholarship committee is now accepting applications for the 2024 UB ASCE Distinguished Student Member Award. The award is in the amount of $1,500 to a current ASCE student member in good standing.

Those who wish to apply should check the eligibility requirements and submit an application (both linked below) no later than 12:00pm (noon) on Friday, February 16th, 2024.

Questions may be directed to: Kristin Seel at kseel@popligroup.com

Call for Volunteers: Resume Review

Every year the ASCE Buffalo Section collaborates with the University at Buffalo Student Chapter to review the students resumes to help them prepare for applying for jobs and internships. The students submit their resumes, which will then be distributed to members of ASCE Buffalo Section. The students will meet with their reviewer to further develop their resume and network with a working professional.

Important Dates:

Monday, 10/16 - Resumes will be distributed to professionals.
Monday, 10/30 - Resumes should be reviewed and returned to allow the students to make revisions before the in-person event.
Monday, 11/6 at 7:00pm - An in-person meeting will be held with students at UB to review their resumes in-person and answer questions (more details to follow).

Please complete the form linked below by Sunday, 10/15 if you are interested in reviewing the students' resumes and meeting with them on campus.

ASCE Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge Competitions at UB

University at Buffalo North Campus
Friday April 21st and Saturday April 22nd 2023

This year, the Upstate New York - Canada ASCE Student Symposium will be hosted by the University at Buffalo Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering. Come out and watch the steel bridge and concrete canoe competitions!

All events will take place on the University at Buffalo North Campus and no registration is required for observers!

Visit the links below for more information or visit: https://studentsymposium.asce.org/upstate-newyork-canada/

PE Review Course 2022 - ESB, NYSSPE, UB SEAS

Review Course for the Principles and Practice of Engineering Exam

Thursday evenings, 7 P.M. - 10 P.M.
Classes Begin January 13th (10 Sessions)
UB North Campus, Room TBD

Course fee is $600.00 - includes all instructors’ notes

To Register: The course fee and completed application must be received before January 6, 2022

  • The review course follows the NCEES syllabus, including sessions on water resources, structural, geotechnical, transportation and construction engineering.

  • PE Civil Reference Manual by Michael Lindeburg, P.E. and other study materials can be purchased directly from Professional Publications (https://ppi2pass.com).

  • Questions? Contact Donald R. McMahon, P.E. dmcmahon@mmce.net

  • Organized and Coordinated by the Engineering Society of Buffalo, Erie-Niagara Chapter NY State Society of Professional Engineers & University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

FE Review Course - ESB, NYSSPE, UB SEAS

Review Course for the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam

Tuesday evenings, 7 P.M. - 10 P.M.
Starts September 14th (12 Sessions)
Natural Science Complex Room 205, UB North Campus

Registration fee is $250.00 - includes all instructors’ notes

  • The review course will cover topics common to the civil, environmental, and mechanical engineering FE exams.

  • Questions? Contact Professor James Jensen jjensen@buffalo.edu

  • Organized and Coordinated by the Engineering Society of Buffalo, Erie-Niagara Chapter NY State Society of Professional Engineers & University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

To Register: Email fe.committee@yahoo.com and an electronic application will be returned for registration.

PE Review Course - ESB, NYSSPE, UB SEAS

Review Course for the Principles and Practice of Engineering Exam

Thursday evenings, 7 P.M. - 10 P.M.
February 4th - April 8th (10 Sessions)
Natural Science Complex Room 201, UB North Campus

Course fee is $600.00 - includes all instructors’ notes

To Register: The course fee and completed application must be received before February 1, 2021

  • The review course follows the NCEES syllabus, including sessions on water resources, structural, geotechnical, transportation and construction engineering.

  • PE Civil Reference Manual by Michael Lindeburg, P.E. and other study materials can be purchased directly from Professional Publications (https://ppi2pass.com).

  • Questions? Contact Donald R. McMahon, P.E. dmcmahon@mmce.net

  • Organized and Coordinated by the Engineering Society of Buffalo, Erie-Niagara Chapter NY State Society of Professional Engineers & University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

12th Annual ASCE/SAME Golf Tournament

Thank you to all of our golf tournament participants, sponsors, and volunteers!

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See you all again next year!

Buffalo SAME Industry Day

Presented By ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT, INC.

Agenda

Wednesday, June 12th - Welcome Networking Reception

4:00PM - Tour of the Buffalo Naval Park

  • Meet at the Naval Park
  • Tour is $12 please purchase a ticket on this Eventbrite site
  • Questions contact – Kaitlin @ KMcCormick@trccompanies.com

5:30PM – Networking Happy Hour at Pearl Street Brewery

  • We will be on 2nd Floor of Pearl Street. Appetizers will be provided by the Buffalo SAME Post and it will be a Cash Bar.
  • No Tickets Necessary
  • Questions contact - Nick @ Ntomkins@sevenson.com

Thursday, June 13th - Industry Day

9:30AM – Noon - Buffalo District's Business Opportunities Open House Networking Event

Central Meeting Room, 2nd Floor

1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY 14203

(across the street from The Hotel at Lafayette)

Questions contact
Sherrie Plonski, Deputy for Small Business
sherrie.plonski@usace.army.mil
Phone: 412-395-7127

1:30PM – 3:30PM - Industry Day Presentations

Hotel Lafayette - 391 Washington Street Buffalo, NY 14203

Various Speakers (More information to follow)

Overview of 2020 USACE Buffalo’s Work Program

3:30PM – 5:30PM – Networking Reception (Cash Bar)

10th Annual ASCE/SAME Golf Tournament Announcement

Save the date of Friday, August 25th for the 10th Annual ASCE/SAME Golf Tournament. The tournament is under new leadership and promises to be the best tournament to date so plan on joining us for this milestone event! More details to be released in the near future so stay tuned!

2016 Holiday Social Cancelled due to Weather

The owner of Rusty Nickel Brewing Company has just called and informed me that they are unable to open for our event this evening due to the lake effect snow currently hitting the Buffalo area. We sincerely apologize for the late notice and wish everyone safety travelling. Everyone who prepaid for the event will be reimbursed. Again we apologize for any inconvenience.

Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act Summary →

President Obama recently signed the FAST (Fixing America's Surface Transportation) Act. Peter Nonis of the ASCE infrastructure blog will be taking a look on the contents of the newly passed five year federal surface transportation authorization law in a series of blog posts. We have included links to the articles below. Updates and other articles by Nonis can be found by clicking Peter Nonis above.

Part One

Part Two

Report Card for New York’s Infrastructure

http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/newyork/

To raise awareness about New York State’s infrastructure needs, ASCE will be releasing the inaugural Report Card for New York’s Infrastructure, following the methodology of ASCE National’s Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.  Using a simple A to F school report card format, the Report Card provides a comprehensive assessment of current infrastructure conditions and needs, both assigning grades and making recommendations for how to raise the grades. The categories that will be reported in this inaugural NYS Report Card are: aviation, bridges, dams, drinking water, roads, solid waste, transit, and wastewater. 

The results of this Report Card are scheduled to be revealed at simultaneous news conferences on September 29th in Rochester, Albany, Syracuse, and New York City as well as presented at the ASCE Convention in New York City in early October.  This Report Card will also be available online at www.infrastructurereportcard.org/newyork.

ASCE Buffalo and ASCE Rochester Section will be jointly presenting the Report Card results in Western New York, at 10am at the Blue Cross Arena in Riverview Terrace Room. As an ASCE Buffalo section member you can attend this Report Card media release. For more information see the attached flyer or check ascebuffalo.org/events.

If you’d like further information or to volunteer to participate in any of the planned upcoming activities for this statewide leadership effort, email us at President@ascebuffalo.org.

Marco Scofidio, BSCE, MBA, PE, M.ASCE

ASCE Buffalo Section President

Thank You, Golf Tournament Supporters

The Buffalo Section ASCE and SAME would like to thank all who participated in making our ASCE / SAME scholarship Golf Tournament a tremendous success. Please mark Friday August 26, 2016 in your calenders for next year's event at the Rothland Golf Course.

We would especially like to thank our sponsors.

Hole-in-One Sponsors

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Eagle Sponsor

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Birdie Sponsor

Hole Sponsors

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Tolman Engineering, Architecture & Surveying, PLLC

Tolman Engineering, Architecture & Surveying, PLLC
 

Breakfast Sponsor

Past President Rick Kotecki, P.E., M. ASCE 

Past President Rick Kotecki, P.E., M. ASCE

 

Refreshment Sponsor

1970 ASCE Buffalo Section President Passes

On July 30, 2015, the Buffalo Section lost its oldest serving Past President, S. Jerome (Jerry) Hawkins. He served many years as an engineer with the Erie County Department of Public Works and in the private sector after his retirement. He served as President of the Buffalo Section in 1970.

President's Message - June 2015

It’s hard to believe my term is almost up. It seemed like only yesterday that the Board asked me to serve as President for a second time. We have had an exciting time this year.

Our Student Chapter, University at Buffalo, received the NYS Council 2014 Student Chapter Award and the ASCE Region 1 Student Chapter Award. The Steel Bridge Team placed 2nd in the Regional Competition at West Point and 4th overall at the National Competition in Kansas City. The list of activities they participated and volunteered in this year was extensive. I would like to extend a special thanks to Student Section President Anna Kelting and her officers for doing a fine job. I have been at many functions over the year and have heard the praises of our student group.

We have reached out this year and ran many successful events with our sister organizations: BAPG, ASCE Rochester Section, ASIC, APWA, ITE, ACEC, ABCD OF WNY, and NYSSPE – Erie – Niagara Branch. I hope you participated in a least one of them.

We have been fortunate to have a number of our section members recognized statewide and nationally.

  • George Cotroneo received the NYS Council 2014 Government Engineer of the Year Award

  • Dr. Michael C. Constantinou, Ph.D., M. ASCE of SUNY at Buffalo received the 2015 Nathan M. Newmark Medal for his work on seismic dampers

  • Apostolos A., Sarlis, S.M. ASCE, Dr. Andrei M. Reinhorn Ph.D., P.E. F.ASCE, Satish Nagarajaiah Ph.D., F.SEI, Dr. Michael C. Constantinou, Ph.D., M. ASCE and Douglas P. Taylor A.M. ASCE received the 2015 Moisseiff Award for their report on Dampers

We also created a new section website. This was a long time coming and we appreciate your patience as we continue to update the new site with relevant information. We hope that the material is presented in a clear and precise manner, and that registering for events has become easier. If you see something we may have missed or have any comments please fill out a contact form. A special thanks to Robert Leipler and Brendon Reyell for all their work on our new website.

In spite of all our successes this year, we are still looking for volunteers to serve on our Board of Directors and Committees for the upcoming year. We are experiencing the same shortage of volunteers as other sections in the state. We are looking for an individual to serve as Vice President and Jason Havens has agreed to serve as President again in 2016. Please contact our President-Elect, Marco Scofidio, or myself if you are interested in serving.

Finally, I would like to thank the members of my Board for their patience and help in making this year a success.

Rick Kotecki
ASCE Buffalo Section - President