If you would like to become an ASCE Officer for the 2009-2010 school year, now is the time to take a look and see what position you would like to run for. Elections are held at the end of April. For a list of positions, please see the officers page. The only catch is that in order to be President or Vice President you have to have held office for at least a year in the previous administration. All the other positions are open!

I have posted the positions that will be available for the Pacific Southwest Regional Conference Planning Committee in the Forum, in the “PSWRC” topic area. Check it out!

UNLV ASCE is hosting the PSWRC 2010 in fabulous Las Vegas! We will be co-hosting with Northern Arizona University (NAU). More info can be found as it becomes available by clicking on the link to the right!

UNLV ASCE is the hosting body for the first technical training seminar for drainage studies. Students/professionals who attend this seminar will learn how to create a drainage study in compliance with the standards set forth by CCRFCD. The early registration cost of this session will be $200 ($250 after the early registration deadline) for professionals or $100 for students (with valid UNLV ID, $150 after the early registration deadline) which will cover registration fees, laboratory fees, educational material fees, and a lunch buffet at the UNLV Dining Commons. Early registrations must be postmarked or emailed by December 5th. After December , you will have to RSVP via email and pay at the door prior to the commencement of class. Payment must be received prior to the start of the seminar. For additional questions please contact Noe Santos at Noe.Santos87@gmail.com This seminar is ideal for engineers with 0-4 years of experience. This seminar is bound to be most helpful to new engineers and motivated students. Seating is limited to 40 students and professionals!!!

The UNLV ASCE Career Fair will be on November 5th, 2008 from 10 am to 4pm! If you have any questions please contact Nicole Melton at nmelton13@gmail.com

UNLV ASCE is the hosting body for the first of three engineering seminars. Professionals who attend this seminar will earn 1 professional development hour per hour of attendance. This session will cover the Civil 3D aspects of Autodesk as well as map guide. We will also be hosting two other sessions which will cover ESRI software and Google Earth at a later time. The cost per session will be $400 for professionals or $100 for students (with valid UNLV ID) which will cover parking permits, registration fees, laboratory fees, educational material fees, and a lunch buffet at the UNLV Dining Commons. Additional information may be found in this PDF flyer: UNLV ASCE AutoDesk Professional Training Seminar

We are looking for ASCE student members to enter the Daniel W. Mead Technical Paper competition. We will be holding our own competition for our members. The prize will be $100 cash, and your registration and trip fees paid for the PSWRC 2008 conference (a $100 value)!! Please send submissions to Trevor Ross. The deadline for submissions is March 14th 2008. The rules can be found here: http://content.asce.org/student/mead.html.

The ASCE hoodies and "10 Reasons to Date an Engineer" t-shirts are now available to purchase. We also have the ASCE Student Chapter Polos. Hoodies $20 Polo's $18 T-shirts $10 See any of the ASCE officers to purchase yours today!!

Are you are interested in being an UNLV ASCE Officer next year? If yes, You have the chance to go to the Workshop for Student Chapter Leaders.(WSCL) If you are interested please submit a one page summary on how you would improve the UNLV ASCE chapter to Vik Sehdev(sehdevv@unlv.nevada.edu) This is a requirment. You must submit the essay to be eligible to go to this workshop!!!!!!!!!!