President's Message - Summer Time - Fun Time

By Penny Lew, P.E.

How are you spending your Summer?  Whether you are travelling this year, visiting places…

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Branch News - Golf Tournament

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Eighty players were on hand for the Annual ASCE OC Golf Tournament held this…

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ASCE Awards - Daniel W. Mead Prize

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ASCE OC YMF's Daniela Malott  has been awarded the Daniel W. Mead Prize for…

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President's Message - Summer Time - Fun Time

By Penny Lew, P.E.

How are you spending your Summer?  Whether you are travelling this year, visiting places you’ve never visited, or staying home to enjoy the local sites, the season definitely encourages us to rest, relax, reflect and recharge.

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Branch News - Golf Tournament

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Eighty players were on hand for the Annual ASCE OC Golf Tournament held this past June 27th at Oak Creek Golf Club in Irvine, CA for an early morning tee time.

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ASCE Awards - Daniel W. Mead Prize

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ASCE OC YMF's Daniela Malott  has been awarded the Daniel W. Mead Prize for Younger Members.

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New Members - June 2014

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Please join the Board of Directors in welcoming the newest members to ASCE OC! We look forward to getting to know you and hope to see you at an upcoming meeting.

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Law and CE News - Truth or Dare

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Qualification Based Selection (“QBS”) is supposed to be a process used by public agencies in California and all federal agencies for the hiring of design professionals. The idea behind QBS is to choose design professionals based on an evaluation of their unique skills, experience, and operating procedures, as opposed to selection based simply and solely on the cheapest price. But, as this article discusses, there may be some cracks in the system.

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Disaster Preparedness Committee - Sudi Shoja, P.E.

By Penny Lew, P.E.

Introducing the Disaster Preparedness Committee's new Chair - Sudi Shoja, P.E. Please join the ASCE OC Board in welcoming Ms. Shoja to the position. 

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ASCE OC - Safety Assessment Program Training

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ASCE Orange County is providing Safety Assessment Program Evaluator training on Friday, August 22, 2014 at Irvine Ranch Water District, located at 15600 Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

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12th International Symposium on Geo-disaster Reduction

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College of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Fullerton in collaboration with Geo-Institute Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers are going to organize the 12th International Symposium on Geo-Disaster Reduction in Fullerton, California, USA on September 5th and 6th, 2014.

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2015 Structures Congress

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Save the Date for the 2015 Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Congress in Portland, Oregon.

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ASCE OC YMF - K-12 Outreach

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As the morning school bell rang, CSULB joined together with OC YMF in a collaborating presentation at the Santiago Charter Middle School’s 4th Annual 8th Grade Career Day.

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ASCE OC YMF - Workshop

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ASCE OC Younger Member Forum (YMF) hosted a Real Estate and Investment Finance Workshop on June 26th, 2014. The workshop was presented by Mr. Vibhu Sinha, Management Consultant for the Financial Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory (PwC).

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ASCE OC YMF June General Meeting

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June’s General Meeting took a bit of a different turn.  It was held on Saturday June 21st at Sgt. Pepper’s Dueling Pianos in Long Beach.

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Board

President
Penny Lew, P.E.
President@asceoc.org

Vice President
Gary Gilbert, P.E., G.E., ENV SP
VicePresident@asceoc.org

Treasurer
Cindy Miller, P.E.
Treasurer@asceoc.org

Secretary
Steven King
Secretary@asceoc.org

Past President
Tapas Dutta, P.E.
PastPresident@asceoc.org

Committee Chairs

YMF
Gidti Ludesirishoti, P.E.
President@ymf-oc.org

Membership
Anh Ly, P.E.
Anh.Ly@parsons.com

Marketing
John Merrill, P.E., T.E. 
jcmerrill@gmail.com

Environmental & Water Resources Institute
Mujahid Chandoo, P.E.
mchandoo@rbf.com

Geo-Institute Chair
Clint Isa, P.E.
clint@diazyourman.com

Public Infrastructure Coalition of OC-PICOC
Yazdan Emrani, P.E.
YEmrani@hfinc.com

Structural Engineering Institute
Doug Moon, P.E.
DougMoon@rbf.com

Engineers Without Borders Liaison
Kofi Baryeh
kbaryeh@jlpatterson.com

OCEC Liaison
C.T. Bathala, P.E.
CT_Bathala@dot.ca.gov

International Committee
C.T. Bathala, P.E.
CT_Bathala@dot.ca.gov

Continuing Education
Wei Zhu, P.E., T.E., P.M.P
Wei.Zhu@ocpw.ocgov.com

Transportation Technical Group
Shafi Sharifan,Ph.D., P.E.
ssharifan@idcengineers.com

Students Activities
Eric Walker, E.I.T.
Eric.Walker@Stantec.com

Government Affairs
Clay Tanaka, P.E.
Clay.Tanaka@ndlf.com

K-12 Outreach, Co-Chair
VACANT

K-12 Outreach, Co-Chair
Brianna Arth
Brianna.Arth@stantec.com

Awards/Nominations
Joshua Nelson, P.E.
jnelson@cc-eng.com 

Public Relations
Lisa Hadley, E.I.T.
Lisa.Hadley@parsons.com

Programs
Josue Vaglienty, P.E.
jvaglienty@rbf.com

Newsletter and Website
VACANT

Sustainability
Sam Ali, P.E. 
sam.ali@ocpw.ocgov.com

Life Member Forum
VACANT

History and Heritage
William Lawson, P.E.
wlawson.asceoc.hhc@gmail.com

Professional Development
VACANT

Social
VACANT

Community Service
VACANT

Disaster Preparedness
VACANT

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