The NCSEA Diversity in Structural Engineering Scholarship was established by the NCSEA Foundation to award students who have been traditionally underrepresented in structural engineering (including but not limited to Black/African Americans, Native/Indigenous Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and other people of color). In 2021, four amazing students with bright futures in structural engineering received scholarships, and yet, there were many more deserving students that did not receive support.

With 42% of bridges in the United States being over 50 years old and 7.5% of them labeled structurally deficient, it is time that scholars and practitioners take stock of the most recent developments in the fields of bridge asset management and maintenance, as a first step to improving America’s bridges. ASCE’s Special Collection brings together recent research on a number of key issues in these fields – such as bridge testing and inspection, climate change, and life cycle management – to help engineers and decision-makers make bridges safer. This collection is curated by Dan M. Frangopol, Dist.M.ASCE, Lehigh University, and Sriram Narasimhan, Ph.D., P.Eng (Ontario), M.ASCE, University of California, Los Angeles. Access at https://ascelibrary.org/bridge_asset_management.

The bipartisan bill seeks to preserve development of codes and standards that promote community resilience, advance sustainability and protect public safety