Articles for ASCE - Houston Branch

Fellow Younger Members, Below is a recap of last month’s events and information regarding upcoming events. Recap 9th Annual Golf Tournament: On Friday, May 14th the Younger Members hosted the 9th Annual ASCE Golf Tournament to benefit our scholarship fund for our local universities. The scramble-style tourney was held at the Cypresswood Golf Course. There were 53 players in attendance, each helping raise $3,300 for our scholarship fund. The winning team, consisting of ...

Fellow Younger Members, Below is a recap of last month’s events and information regarding upcoming events. Recap Graduation Picnic: On Saturday, May 1st we met at Memorial park for our annual Graduation Picnic for students at our local universities. There were around 12 attendees, which included students from both University of Houston and Rice. We enjoyed the nice weather along with more than enough barbeque to go around. The students gladly took with ...

Fellow Younger Members, Thank you to those who attended our events last month, especially our events held during Engineering week. We had very successful turnouts at both Mathcounts and the Design Squad Celebration. We received a very nice letter of thanks from the Children’s Museum for our volunteering efforts. We recently created a Facebook fan page. We plan to utilize the page as a tool to update Younger Members on news and upcoming events by posting short status updates along with ...

Fellow Younger Members, Thank you to those who attended our bowling social this past month! We had about 12 attendees, none of which were shy about showing off their bowling skills (or lack there of!). The high game went to Matt Adams with a very impressive score of 192! Also last month, Gareth Young, Clay Forister, and I went to the Central Region Younger Member Conference in Cleveland. We each took away a lot from the conference that we hope will help us improve upon our Younger Member ...

Fellow Younger Members: I hope you all had a good Holiday and wish you a great start to the New Year. I am looking forward to starting the year fresh and continuing the successes that we’ve had in previous years. To start things off it is my pleasure to announce the following 2009 Houston Branch Younger Member Award recipients: Young Engineer of the Year - Paul Voiles Young Government Engineer of the Year - Julio Salinas Mead Prize - Paul Voiles Congratulations to the ...

Fellow Younger Members, Thank you all for attending last month’s events. We had some great turnouts! Below is a recap of last month’s events and a look into what’s ahead for this month. If you have any ideas, questions or comments about future events don’t hesitate to contact me. Recap Monthly Social: On Thursday, November 19th the Younger Members met up at Sherlock’s Pub for our monthly social. The 12 members in attendance seemed to have a great time. ...

Fellow Younger Members, Hopefully by now those who took the PE exam have fully recovered and ready to take on a new month. I hope the test went well and that all of your hard work will pay off. For those who did not have the pleasure to take the exam, as discussed below we will be holding another PE Luncheon this month. It is never too early to start preparing for the PE application and exam. This past weekend, Clay Forister, Anthony Luce and I represented the Houston YMF up in Kansas ...

Fellow Younger Members, Wow, September just flew by! We held three events last month, all of them having quite successful turnouts. Thanks to those who attended. October looks to be an even busier month. Many of the Younger Members will be taking the PE exam and I would like to wish the best of luck to those that are. Your hard work and effort put into studying will surely pay off. Don’t forget everything you learned from our PE Luncheon! Also upcoming is the Texas Section conference held ...

Fellow Younger Members, Welcome back everyone! I trust that you all had a great summer. Last year was a good one and this year I am excited to pick up where we left off. We look to continue and build upon the successful events held last year. This year one of our focuses is on conjoining with other engineering societies in the Greater Houston area. We plan to have several social events throughout the year with other local societies, such as ASIE, TSPE, SAME and WTA along with ...

Fellow Younger Members, With the summer over it’s now time to select our new Younger Member Forum Chairs for the 2008-2009 year. Thanks to last year’s board including Jared Bowlin, Amy Stonaker, Charlie Stevens, and Kate Fath for all the work they did to plan social, technical, community service, and educational events. Special thanks go to the 2007-2008 Younger Member Forum Chair Regina Lemons, for her commitment that went above and beyond to ensure that the committee was successful. ...

Fellow Younger Members, The YMF Graduation Party was a huge success! The event took place on Saturday, May 10th at Hermann Park Conservancy and festivities began at 11 am. We had about 20 people show up to the park, half of which were students! We BBQ’d a ridiculous amount of food, played some football, and hung out with each other. We would like to thank everyone who helped either with the fundraising or with participation. We can’t wait until next year! PAST EVENTS:  ...

Fellow Younger Members, A special thanks goes out to everyone who participated in our 2008 NCAA March Madness Bracket Fundraiser! YMF was able to raise enough funds to throw our local student chapters a fantastic graduation party this May. Congratulations to Sean Merrell and Jared Bowlin for winning 1st and 2nd place, respectively, in the tournament! The YMF Graduation Party is open to all YMF members and all civil engineering majors within the University of Houston, Rice University, and ...

Fellow Younger Members, I would like to thank everyone for coming to the past few events. We have had really good turnouts, loads of success and endless amounts of fun! Spring is a busy time for us Younger Members. We have multiple events, countless activities, and exciting volunteer opportunities. Make sure to check out what is new for the upcoming months! We are making new efforts to support our local college chapters and get them more involved with the Houston Branch Younger ...

Fellow Younger Members, Thanks to everyone who has come out, volunteered, and/or supported all of our younger member events. So far, everyone is having fun and enjoying the company of other younger engineers. The YMF committee invites you and your co-workers to attend our upcoming events! PAST EVENTS: On Thursday, November 29th, over 10 Younger Members met at the AMF Lanes at Bunker Hill for some bowling fun. We met some new faces and everyone had a blast bowling although about ...