Civil Engineering Organizations
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
| Office: ECJ B.108 | Phone: (512) 471-5778 |
| Email: Marco Guzman | URL: http://www.ut-asce.org |
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at The University of Texas at Austin was founded in 1921 and is an active student organization most famous for its participation in the Steel Bridge Competition. The goal of the competition is to design and fabricate a 1:10 scale model bridge that can be erected quickly and hold the required load. ASCE also participates in the annual Concrete Canoe Race. ASCE builds state of the art canoes with high strength, low weight concrete, and races it at the spring ASCE convention. In addition, society members organize meetings with guest speakers, socials, intramural sports teams, and community service projects. Finally, every semester ASCE sponsors a model span contest for elementary school children and college students.
Chi Epsilon (XE)
| Office: ECJ B.108 | Phone: none |
| Email: Brigit Afshar | URL: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/org/xe/ |
Chi Epsilon is the civil engineering honor society at The University of Texas at Austin. Chi Epsilon’s official object and purpose is to foster the development and exercise of sound traits of character and technical ability among civil engineers toward an even higher standard of professional service.
Earthquake Engineering Research
Institute (EERI)
| Office: PRC #24 | Phone: (512) 471-5783 |
| E-mail: Albert Kottke | URL: http://www.engr.utexas.edu/eeri |
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) at the University of Texas at Austin is a national non-profit organization concerned about earthquakes and their effects. Membership is multi-disciplinary including engineers, geoscientists, architects, planners, public officials, and social scientists. The main objectives of the organization are (1) the advancement of the science and practice of earthquake engineering and (2) the solution of multi-disciplinary problems in order to protect people and property from the hazardous effects of earthquakes.