September 2019In This IssueMeeting Minute

Upcoming Events

New Members & Birthdays

100th Year AnniversaryCommittee

Fundamentals ofEngineering Review

Sustaining Membership

Volunteers for BranchLeadership

Educational Outreach

Younger Member Group

Student Chapter Updates

Job Postings

Key Contacts

Branch OfficersPresident - Chris Gw altneyPast President - Clint CampPresident-Elect - SuzanneHerronVice President - KennethPerkinsTreasurer - DustinScruggsSecretary - Christian Reid

Board of DirectorsEric GardnerKevin McAlisterMonica SartainAshley SmithKate McBreen

PractitionerAdvisorsLipscomb - Jeff Hooper& Michael CochraneTennessee State - JohnBrew & Ron OniszczakVanderbilt - Ashley Smith& Kyle McLemoreTennessee Tech - PatrickLeap & Tyler Marshall

Committee ChairsAw ards - MonicaSartain & Philip Stuckert

Dear ,

As a Branch we made an amazing contribution to theSchool Supply Drive this year, collecting approximately$400 online and at our August luncheon meeting.Thanks to everyone that contributed. If you missed theopportunity to give, I'm sure that Janey Camp will stilltake your supplies or your $$. Congratulations to our new Branch officers: SuzanneHerron as President, Kenneth Perkins as President-Elect, Dustin Scruggs as Vice President, and CarolineDavis as Treasurer (and to Christian Reid who continuesas our Secretary). Your contributions to our Branch areinvaluable. I'd also like to thank the many NEWvolunteers who have stepped forward over the past fewmonths to either chair or serve on a Branch committee.And of course, I appreciate all those OLD volunteerswho continue to serve! Additional volunteers are alwayswelcome. You can volunteer by contacting any of theBoard members or committee chairs, or just reach outto Suzanne Herron at our next meeting. She will be theone smiling at the podium with the gavel in her hand. I look forward to seeing you atthe Tennessee Engineers'Conference on September 15-17. Yes you can still register!

Thanks for all you do to makeour Branch GREAT!

Chris A. Gwaltney, P.E.,M.ASCENashville Branch President

Meeting MinuteThe Tennessee Engineers' Conference will replace theSeptember meeting. The Tennessee Engineers'Conference is Sept. 15-17 at the Franklin Marriott CoolSprings. To view the schedule and register, click HERE.We hope to see you there!

Upcoming Events

Sunday-Tuesday, September 15th-17th -Tennessee Engineers' Conference: Franklin

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2019 SustainingMembers

Educational Outreach -Janey Camp & BrianReynoldsNew sletter - Ashley Smith Scholarships - Bill ForteSocial Media/Webmaster- Lily MoritzSports - Eric GardnerSustaining Membership -Mike KuschDiversity & Inclusion -Christian Reid

YMG OfficersChair - Kate McBreenPast Chair - KyleMcLemoreVice Chair - James EnsleySecretary - Lily MoritzTreasurer - Caroline DavisService Director - EmilyWaldonSocial Director - DavidLayhewStudent Liaison - KennethFryePE Review Director-Kenneth PerkinsTechnical Director- Vacant

Marriott Cool SpringsWednesday, September 25th - Monthly BranchBoard Meeting: TEC Board Room, 11:30 am -1:00 pm

New Members & Birthdays

Welcome to these new members:

Deandre Algee, Shima Alnasser,Hossin Alosaime, Salwa Badr,Jessica Bell, Jamal Cole, ClaireEvans, Chase Goodwin, George Hana,James Hatfield, Bishoy Kamel, ChaseKerr, Taylor Kidwell, Chloe Namias,

Mariam Salib, Chris Salmond, Elizabeth Sass, RichardShang, Angelica Smith, Garrett Smith, Ralph Smith, &Joseph Spillers

Happy birthday to these members:

Wayne Abernathy, BaigAbdullah, Al Muhit, Nathaniel Bird, Kyle Blissard, Sam Bohannon, David Brewer,Christina Brown, KolbyBrowning, MarkBuchanan,James Butler, Madison Cade, Keanna Dakwa, CarolineDavis, Jerome Dempsey, David Doss, Deborah Fast,Michael Feeney, Steven Finley, Clayton Foster,Matthew Gamblin, Presley Gobbell, Katie Godwin,Theresa Green, Tom Hadzor, George Hana,William Heck, Sam Huddleston, Jaclyn Huitt, ThomasHumbert, Jamie James, Stephen Karpenko, GeraldKirksey, Trent Latta, Gabriela Martinez, Melvin Maxwell,John McAlister, Mark McDonald, Jonathan McGehee,Michael Mellons, Truesdell Miller, Charissa Mishu,Richard Morrison, Ali Naeimipour, Kate Naughton,Junaid Nazeer, Jacob Palmer, Michael Perkins, DonaldReid, Lexi Revis, Jeremy Robert Zech Rowley, JeremySalmon, Shane Shamanur, Gerald Shell, Ryan Shields,Daniel Shin, Jennifer Shupe, Cameron Snook, BillSpalding, Joseph Spillers, Garland Stone, TimThomson, Russell Tyree, Daniel Work, Garrett Wright,& Fred Yazdian

100th Year Anniversary Committee

Committee Planning

In anticipation of the100th YearAnniversary (2021) ofthe formation of theNashville Branch ofASCE, the Branch islooking to form acommittee dedicated to the planning of all the eventssurrounding this milestone. If you or anyone you mayknow would like to be a part of the planning committee,please reach out to Kenneth Perkins. We look forwardto hearing from you and most importantly celebratingthis milestone with you.

Fundamentals of Engineering Review

FE Review

A Civil FE Exam reviewcourse will be offered atLipscomb University in FieldsEngineering Center room 205(or 114), beginning TuesdaySeptember 17, 2019 throughJanuary 28, 2020 (no class

the week of Thanksgiving or in December). The courseis sponsored by Lipscomb University and TDOT and willalso be available via a videoconferencing link andrecording. The course will be taught by Lipscombprofessors and TDOT engineers and has beenexpanded to 3-hr sessions (14 sessions). Referencematerial includes The FE Civil Reference Manual, andPractice Problems for the Civil FE Exam (all byLindeburg).

Online Registration is now open for the 2019-20 course- FE-Online Registration Form. The cost will be $200 forfull-time students enrolled in an undergraduate program,and $350 for others. Contact Chris Gwaltney foradditional information on the course.

Sustaining Members

Become a Sustaining Member

Anyone interested in knowing more about the benefitsof Sustaining Membership, contact Michael Kusch.

Volunteers for Branch Leadership

Become a Volunteer

There are many opportunities for youto become involved in the NashvilleBranch leadership. We always needhelp in our many committees, frommembers to chairs. This is a greatway to serve your Society at theground roots level, learn how yourBranch is governed, and prepare foran officer's role in the future. Weneed help with meeting registration,sustaining membership, educationaloutreach, budget, younger members group, and more.Please speak with the current Committee Chair or aBoard member for more information.

Educational Outreach

Thanks to the Volunteers that Helped withthe Booth at National Conference of StateLegislatures

We had several volunteers fill time slots over August 6thand 7th at the ASCE booth when the NationalConference of State Legislatures (NCSL) was inNashville. Staff from ASCE Headquarters were hereand we had some great conversations with legislatorsand their staff about the importance of investing ininfrastructure and the Infrastructure Report Cards (boththe national and state report cards). School Supply Drive at July and AugustBranch Meetings - THANK YOU FOR YOUR

Thanks to all of oursustaining members! To join or renew yourmembership for2019, pleasecontact Mike Kusch.

CONTRIBUTIONS!

We collected nearly $400 in donations for the LP PencilBox at the July and August Branch Lunch Meetings. This money will go straight to the LP Pencil Box topurchase supplies for teachers to pick up for free fortheir classrooms. Some teachers get supplies forstudents that just don't have the necessary suppliesand tools for the academic year when they visit the LPPencil Box. Your donations are making a difference inthe lives of local students. Thank you! You can learn more about the LP PENCIL BOX HERE.

ACE Mentors - Nashville is Looking forEngineers to get Involved

ACE (Architecture, Construction, and Engineering)Mentors is an after school program for high schoolstudents focused on developing skills and introducingstudents to careers in ACE fields through projects. TheNashville Affiliate serves Davidson, Williamson, andRutherford Counties. This year we had approximately130 students registered to participate in the Nashvillearea ACE Mentor program. The annual award banquetwas held in April with each team presenting their projectand ACE awarding 28 scholarships to students towardpursuing degrees in related fields in college. Moststudent teams meet once every two weeks to work on aproject throughout the school year. It can be arewarding experience and if you don't have time tocommit to the entire academic year, there areopportunities to get involved for only a session or a few.Now would be a great time to start thinking aboutgetting involved for the next school year. You can learnmore about ACE through this link HERE. If you'd like toget involved and participate as a volunteer mentor,please contact Janey Camp or Jack Tipton.

Younger Member Group

Back to School Cookout

The YMG would like to invite you to the Student Backto School Cookout! On Tuesday September 10, from 6-8PM, we'll be having food and games at CentennialPark in midtown Nashville. This will be a greatopportunity to meet civil engineering students from Nashville area schools(Lipscomb, Tennessee State,Tennessee Tech, Vanderbilt,and Western Kentucky) as wellas talk to some ASCE youngermembers and branch members.There might even be someprizes! Student Members,Younger Members, and BranchMembers are welcome and areencouraged to attend. If you are interested in attendingplease reach out to ChristianReid.

Younger Member Group Board

The ASCE Nashville Branch Younger Member Group islooking for volunteers to join the board for the October

2019-October 2020 year! If you are interested in hearingmore about the open positions, please email theincoming chair James Ensley.

Student Chapter Updates

Tennessee State University

TSU student chaptermember, and seniorcivil engineeringmajor, SamuelColeman, has beenreported by USACE for his summer intern at SouthKorea. Coleman is currently working as an intern at theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District, as apart of the Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineeringprogram. Click HERE for his interview and his photo.

TSU student chapter is kicking off their concrete canoeactivities from this Month. The president Matthew Burnsis putting a team together.

Vanderbilt University

We've had an excellent start toour year! We skillfullytransported one of our steelbridges across campus for theactivities fair, where we got tochat with first years, civil andnon-civil alike. Our first meetingincluded upperclassmenpresenting an overview of theirsummer internship and researchexperiences, giving

underclassmen a taste of what's to come. Finally, we'rehosting a lunch and learn on September 6th with AaronSchwartz of DPR Construction, a Vandy graduatevisiting from California. Looking forward to a greatsemester!

Job Postings

Sumner County, TN

County Engineer

The County Engineer is responsiblefor providing highly skilledengineering services to the Countyon a wide variety of projects. Thisposition reports directly to theDirector of Development Servicesand is expected to work with a highdegree of independence andprofessional discretion. The County Engineer isresponsible for ensuring new developments, whetherresidential, commercial, or industrial comply withCounty standards and with commonly accepted civilengineering practices. The County Engineer serves as atechnical liaison to the Sumner County RegionalPlanning Commission during the review and approvalprocess for rezonings, site plans, subdivisions, andother public and private projects. Duties andresponsibilities include ensuring that plans submittedcomply with the County Subdivision Regulations andZoning Code with regard to areas such as site gradingfloodplain management, roadway design, and sitedrainage. The County Engineer interacts daily withelected officials, internal staff, engineers, builders,developers, residents and other stakeholders. ClickHERE for more information.

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