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Penn State ASCE chapter receives numerous awards
The Penn State student chapter of of the American Society of of Civil Engineers (ASCE) received numerous awards
in in in in the the 2021-22 academic year including the the the 2022 ASCE ASCE Distinguished Chapter Award by the the ASCE ASCE Committee on Student Members The award is given annually to the most outstanding student chapters in in each of ASCE’s ten regions Penn State received the the award in in region region region 2 which covers schools in in the the mid-Atlantic region region Additionally the organization received recognition for an an ethics paper submission at the 2022 ASCE Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge Competitions The secretary of the student chapter undergraduate Jodi Patterson was named a a a a a a a a a a a top five finalist for ASCE’s National Mead Paper Competition fin in in in which students write essays on on on civil engineering professional professional ethics furthering their professional professional development “This is is is very exciting news ” said Assistant Teaching Professor Thomas Skibinski the chapter’s practitioner adviser “There has never been anyone who went so far in the National Mead Paper Competition since I have been at at the University Jodi should be be very proud!”
Penn State’s student chapter is is also advised by Associate Professor Aleksandra Radlinska Professor Skibinski Pies ASCE President Tyler Barry for THON Fundraiser
Penn State named “outstanding university” by American Concrete Institute
The American Concrete Institute
(ACI) recognized Penn State as as a a a a a a a a 2021 ACI ACI Outstanding University Universities receive receive distinctions of outstanding or or excellent status based on on on on points received for their participation in in in in in select ACI-related student activities and and and programs Penn State one of thirty-three universities named outstanding was recognized at at at at the the ACI ACI Concrete Convention in in Orlando Florida from
March 27-31 Founded in in in 1904 ACI has has a a a a a a a a a a a mission to develop disseminate and and advance the adoption of its its consensus-based knowledge on on on on on concrete and and and its its uses The institute has has more more than than 15 000 student student members and and more more than 260 student student chapters around the globe 38 CEE NEWSLETTER • VOLUME 38 2022