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The ASCE June Planning Meeting will be held on Wednesday June 16th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Tommy’s Pizza in Dublin. The Planning Meeting will help us generate topics of discussion throughout the year at the monthly lunch meetings.

Please send an email to Mike Mazzoli (mike.mazzoli@psiusa.com) by Thursday June 10th if you will be attending.

Topic: MOVE: The Vision for Civil Engineering

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Our special guest speaker is Kathy Caldwell, PE, who is the current ASCE National President-Elect. Ms. Caldwell is coming to us all the way from Florida, where she is president of Caldwell Cook and Associates and an adjunct professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Ms. Caldwell will begin her presidency in the fall of 2010.

Join us as President-Elect Caldwell presents her vision of the future of Civil Engineering.

ASCE members – The Central Ohio Section is partnering with the Columbus Metropolitan Club (CMC) on presentations by CMC that influence civil engineering work in Central Ohio. A great CMC program is coming up on April 14: Chester Jourdan, head of MORPC, the regional planning agency, will be speaking on the Growing Smart concept and how it fits with recent surveys of area residents. Mr. Jourdan has helped publicize the ASCE Ohio Report Card to promote infrastructure issues in the region.

Joint meeting with OSU and OU ASCE student chapters

Topic: OSU’s New Ohio Union Building

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Topic: OARS Tunneled Sewer Project

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Hosted by: ASHE, APWA, ASCE, Engineer's Club of Columbus, IEEE, ITE, OSPE, and WTS

When: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
- Registration: Begins at 11:30 a.m.
- Lunch & Program: Noon

Speaker: Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni, Director, OSU Center for Automotive Research
What changes are coming to your car and home? Come hear Dr. Rizzoni describe the latest innovations in energy storage, personal mobility, and personal eco-systems.

Topic: Engineers without Borders, Central Ohio Professionals’ Chapter
(Joint meeting with Engineer's Club of Columbus)

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The Central Ohio Professionals Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) was founded in 2007 by a group of local engineers and works in partnership with the Ohio State University student chapter. It is a non-profit organization located in Columbus, Ohio. The main mission of EWB is to partner with developing communities to improve their quality of life through environmentally sustainable engineering projects.