News from the Student Chapter...

Despite the recent flooding on campus, the fall semester is officially underway at the University of Louisville. The student chapter's first meeting for the 2009-2010 academic year was held on Monday, 31 August with a packed classroom!! Presentations were made by the Executive Board of Officers with topics discussed including upcoming
meetings and events, site tours, social activities, and membership.

On Tuesday, 15 September, members volunteered their time assisting with the SAME Golf Scramble by holding mulligan sales and holding a putting contest enabling the Chapter to raise $764.

On Saturday, 19 September, 21 students and one faculty member traveled to Pittsboro, Indiana to tour the Steel Dynamics Inc., Engineered Bar Products Division. After the tour, members of the chapter enjoyed lunch with SDI employees; who took time out of their busy schedules for 4 hours on a weekend. In the afternoon the group traveled to downtown Indianapolis for dinner and sightseeing.

The student chapter hosted Mr. Barry Thacker, a geotechnical engineer, on Wednesday, 23 September. Mr. Thacker, a Speed School grad and 2003 Hoover Medal winner, discussed ethics and ethical dilemmas engineers will face during their career. Over 70 students and faculty members attended the noon meeting.

On Wednesday, 23 September, the student chapter hosted a social hour and guest presentation for KGEG and SAME. Mr. Thacker spoke about the recent Kingston, Tennessee ash pond failure in December 2008. Several members of KGEG, SAME, and the U of L Student Chapter were in attendance.

The next student chapter meeting will be held on Wednesday, 14 October from 12:00 to 1:00 in WS 108. Dr. JP Mohsen will be speaking on the upcoming ABET-U of L visit.

As always, updated information about the chapter will be posted to our website: http://louisville.edu/speed/asce
 

M. Brandon Shelley
ASCE/SAME Student Chapter

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