BRANCH MEETING: MAY 15, 2014

ANNUAL COMBINED BRANCH/SCE MEETING
SAN LUIS OBISPO BRANCH & CAL POLY SCE

Have you ever seen concrete float? Have you ever witnessed the Steel Bridge, Concrete Canoe or GeoWall competitions? Wouldn’t it be fascinating to understand what innovative techniques and designs were used to create award winning products? Well look no further. Attend this month’s Branch meeting and hear about designing “outside of the box” from our students.

Our local Student Chapter continues to make waves with their excellence and dedication to ASCE and to the Civil Engineering industry. In fact, the chapter was awarded the Robert Ridgway Award Finalist award, recognizing them as one of the most outstanding student chapters in ASCE. This month we are very proud to highlight some of the students’ recent accomplishments and projects. Fresh off their victory at the Pacific Southwest conference, their project teams are getting ready for national competitions in June 2014. We have the great honor of hearing from the students’ Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge and GeoWall teams at this month’s Branch meeting.

I am sure you have noticed the unwavering student attendance at our meetings this year. This is a great opportunity to show our support for the students and be amazed by their accomplishments. This month some of our participating SCE student members will be sharing their experiences on the project teams.

We will also take time to highlight our Annual SCE Student Scholarship recipient.

We look forward to seeing you there!

CONCRETE CANOE TEAM - CAL POLY 2014

Location:
Pappy McGregor's
1865 Monterey Street
San Luis Obispo, CA

Date & Time: 
Thursday, May 15, 2014
12:00 PM

Cost: 
Members and Guests $20 by RSVP ($25 at the door)
Students $10
ASCE Life Members, complimentary lunch.

Menu: 
Select from the following options:
• Chopped Salad – Chicken, Avocado, Tomato, Onion, Almond, Bleu Cheese Crumble, Creamy Balsamic
• Baja Style Fried Shrimp Pub Tacos – Onion, Cilantro, Cabbage, Cheese, Salsa Verde, 3 tacos
• ABC Burger – Avocado, Applewood Bacon, Irish Chedder, 1000 Island, Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Local Brioche Bun
• Original Fish & Chips – Beer Battered Arctic cod, Garlic Fries, house made cocktail and dill tartar sauce.

Please RSVP by 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 9th, at the Branch web site (www.asceslo.org). Please attend the luncheon if you sign-up – some venues will charge the Branch for every seat we reserve, regardless of the actual attendance. If you have specific dietary restrictions or have questions, please contact Ryan Hayes, ASCE Secretary at rhayes@rickengineering.com or (805) 544-0707.

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Interested in sponsoring a future meeting?
A $200 donation to our scholarship fund will also bring you recognition at the meeting and in our newsletter following the meeting. Please contact Liz Moody at lizm@cannoncorp.us for more information.

ASCE Student Chapter 
Cal Poly SCE meets twice a month on Wednesday evenings. All members of ASCE are invited and encouraged to attend. Please see the SCE website for information regarding special events and ongoing activities.