2013-2014 Annual Report for

ASCE Student Organizations

Calendar Year: March 12, 2013 April 1, 2014

Brigham Young University-Idaho

PART I. STUDENT ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

School Name:

Brigham Young University

ASCE Student Organization Mailing Address:

ASCE Student Organization E-mail Address:

asce.byui@gmail.com

ASCE Student Organization web site:

byuidahoasce.blogspot.com

ASCE Student Organization other online site(s):

Facebook.com/ascebyui

Month(s) of Officer Elections:

Feb (2013), December (2013),

April (2014) ( At the end the schools Winter Semester

(Please print & sign names)

Report submitted by:

Contents approved by:

Telisha Fivas

No H. Morales

(Insert Name Here)

Secretary of ASCE Student Organization

(Insert Name Here)

President of ASCE Student Organization

No H. Morales

Jim Lawrence

(Insert Name Here)

President of ASCE Student Organization

(Insert Name Here)

Faculty Advisor

May 19, 2014

Steven E. Benzley

Date

(Insert Name Here)

Practitioner Advisor #1
Nathan Harris
(Insert Name Here)
Practitioner Advisor #2

1.1

ADVISOR INFORMATION

Faculty Advisor Name:

Jim Lawrence

Faculty Advisor ASCE Member Number:

We need Bro. Lawrence ASCE membership ID

Faculty Advisor E-mail Address:

lawrenceja@byui.edu

Faculty Advisor Phone Number:

208-496-7646

Faculty Advisor Fax Number:

N/A

Practitioner Advisor #1 Name:

Steven E. Benzley

Practitioner Advisor #2 Name:

Nathan Harris

1.2

ASCE STUDENT ORGANIZATION OFFICERS

From (date): May 1, 2013

To: January 1, 2014

President

Corey Anderson

Vice President

Alex Flores (F/W), Tari Machanzi (W/S), No H.

Morales (S/F)

Secretary

Kelsey Stuhltrager

Treasurer

Jashua Leatham

Other (Specify)

From (date): January 1, 2014

Publications
PNW Conference Chair
Southern ID Section liaison
Activities officer
Service projects officer
Field trip officer

Paul Cordova
Cory Hafen
Chad Merrell
Shawn Strasser
Jeremy Chiu
Preston Merrell

To: March 27, 2014

President

No H Morales

Vice President

Preston Merrell (Internal), Wesley King (External)

Secretary

Telisha Fivas

Treasurer

Jashua Leatham

Other (Specify)

Historian
PNW Conference Chair
Southern ID Section liaison
Activities officer
Service projects officer

From (date): March 27, 2014

Jacob Grandy
Cory Hafen
Chad Merrell
Shawn Strasser
Jeremy Chiu

To: Present

President

Wesley King

Vice President

Preston Merrell (Internal), Telisha Fivas (External)

Secretary

Christian Oliverson

Treasurer

Selu Tupou

Other (Specify)

1.3

Historian
PNW Conference Chair
Southern Idaho Section Liaison
Activities
Service
Social Media

Kenneth Kopelson
Cory Hafen
Curtis Calderwood
Jacob Grandy
Bradley Cornell
Giovanni Romero

FINANCES

Local Membership dues:

$ 15

per

Year

Society-level Membership dues:

$ 0

per

Calendar year

Please refer to Appendix F for a Summary Financial Statement

Summary since Feb 28, 2013:
Total Income

$ 612

Total Expenditures

$ 326

Financial position as of May 19, 2014:

Cash Balance:

$ 286

Accounts Receivable:

$ 406

Accounts Payable:

$0

ASCE STUDENT ORGANIZATION GOALS

Vision Statement:

The purpose of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter is to increase
participation and interest in the civil engineering discipline through involvement with practicing
engineers, the national organization, and community service. The student chapter brings in
practicing engineers to inform students about the civil engineering field. Social events are also
held so that students can get to know each other outside of class. There are also opportunities for
students to participate in national student competitions.
Goals and Assessment:
Goal #1: Establish ASCE as an official Student Chapter
Action Plan: Hold activities or meetings every 2 weeks
Assessment of Goal #1: Started out a little slow but have successfully met this goal during the Winter 2014 semester
Follow-up Plan for Goal #1: Will attempt to pre plan this again for Spring and Fall 2014 semesters

Goal #2: Promote the new program to potential members

Action Plan: Waive the fee for freshmen, present to ME 101 class (engineering introduction course), have frequent
activities, create ways for member participation, encourage chapter participation through leadership
opportunities.
Assessment of Goal #2: Waived fee, have had many activities, had a T-shirt design competition.
Follow-up Plan for Goal #2: Presented to ME 101 Class. Selected a final t-shirt design and distributed to members.
Plan to get more involved with competitions, such as Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge Design, as soon as we
are an official chapter.

3.1

STUDENT ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP AND MEETINGS

MEMBERSHIP

Total number of Juniors & Seniors eligible to join ASCE

(number of Jr. & Sr. with CE declared major; average over the year)
Total number of Juniors & Seniors in your ASCE Student Organization:
(average over the year)
Number of members of your ASCE Student Organization:
(average over the year)
Number of Potential ASCE Members:
Note: Membership lists available in Attachment A.

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ASCE STUDENT ORGANIZATION MEETINGS

Other

Practitioner Advisor(s)

AdvisorFaculty

Faculty

Activity Type

Students

Attendance

Activity
Date

(Use
abbreviations
below; list all
that apply.)

02/28/2013

OP/OM

First organization meeting. First

officers elected.

55

03/7/2013

OP

Planned and set goals for Field

Trips/Guest Speakers/ Reviewed bylaws

10

03/14/2013

OP

Meeting to discuss future ASCE

activities for the month

12

03/28/2013

OM/SF

Closing Social/Tour of the BYUIdaho Recycling Center

35

04/18/2013

OP

Meeting to discuss future ASCE

activities for the month

10

05/08/2013

CIA

Major Fair at BYU-Idaho

10

05/09/2013

OP

Officer Meeting to discuss future

activities for the month

05/16/2013

GS

Steven E. Benzley spoke about his

career and accomplishments as a Civil
Engineer.

30

06/06/2013

OP

Meeting to discuss future ASCE

activities for the month

10

06/13/2013

GS

Richard Nielsen, Civil Engineering

Dept. Chair at University of Idaho
spoke about Graduate Program.

28

06/14/2013

GS

Presentation of the future ASCE

program to advisory board/Tour of the
BYU-Idaho I-Center

10

07/03/2013

OP

Meeting to discuss future ASCE

activities for the month

10

07/11/2013

SF/SP

Teton Dam
Observation/BBQ/Garbage Clean-up.

40

Program
(Briefly describe program. Include
name of speaker if applicable.)

09/19/2013

OP

Meeting to discuss future ASCE

activities for the month

10

09/26/2013

OM

Opening Social/Talked about ASCE

and ate pizza

12

10/03/2013

GS

Steven Andersen from Andersen

Engineering gave a presentation gave
a presentation on Environmental
Engineering

50

10/21/2013

CIA

ASCE booth in the MC to promote

future student involvement in the
program

11/14/2013

OP

Meeting to discuss future ASCE

activities for the month

10

12/14/2013

CIA

Creative Works Conference at BYUIdaho

12/15/2013

SF

Closing Social at Faculty Advisors

home/ gift exchange

30

1/16/2014

OP

Officer Planning Meeting

1/23/2014

OM

Opening Social-discussed logistics for

membership in ASCE/review by-law
updates/ate pizza

28

02/13/2014

FT

Toured the I-Center on Campus

18

02/27/2014

OP

Planned future ASCE activities and

meetings for the Month of March.

03/06/2014

SF

15

03/19/2014

FT/CIA

10

30

03/20/2014

GS

15

03/27/2014

OM

60

05/08/2014

OP

Officer Planning Meeting with faculty

advisor

05/13/2014

CIA

Students coordinated with Horrocks

Engineering to do traffic counts in
Rexburg, ID.

16

FT/CIA

Attended as ASCE SIS Meeting.

Discussed engineering ethics and
made connections with local
companies

05/20/2014

Meeting
Abbreviation
OM

Created spaghetti structures and had

snacks.
Attended an ASCE SIS Meeting.
Discuss local projects and future
meeting times.
MBA representatives from ISU spoke
about the MBA and/or MAcc
programs.
Closing social/officer
elections/Bowling/food/T-shirt design
contest.

Statistical Information:
Number of Organizational Meeting (Opening/Closing Socials)

GS

Number of Guest Speaker Events:

SF

Number of Social Functions:

FT

Number of ASCE Student Org. sponsored Field Trips:

CIA

Number of Community Involvement Activities:

OP

Number of Officers or Planning Meetings

SP

Number of Service Projects

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Statistical Information:
Average attendance at 10 most populated ASCE Student Org. meetings:
(if fewer than 10 meetings were held, average all meetings)
(Average attendance) (Total student ASCE Student Org. members) =

3.3

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ASCE SECTION/BRANCH AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Date

Location

03/19/
2014

Ammon, ID

05/20/
2014

Ammon, ID

Name of Host
Group/Event
Attended an ASCE
SIS Meeting. Discuss
local projects and
future meeting times.
Attended as ASCE
SIS Meeting.
Discussed engineering
ethics and made
connections with local
companies

# of ASCE
Students Present

(Pictures and descriptions of activities can be found in Attachment B)

# of ASCE
Members Present

10

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5.1
a.

STUDENT ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES

ASCE STUDENT ORGANIZATION NEWSLETTER & ON-LINE PRESENCE
Does the ASCE Student Organization prepare its own newsletter?
Number of issues during Annual Report year:

Yes / No

Are copies regularly distributed to the following?

Alumni
Yes / No
Practitioner Advisor(s):
Yes / No
Section/Branch President:
Yes / No
Regional Governor:
Yes / No
ASCE Headquarters:
Yes / No
b.

Does the ASCE Student Organization maintain an up-to-date on-line presence (i.e. website, social media, etc.)?
(Address must be listed on page 1 of the Annual Report)

5.2
a.

Yes / No

PRESENTATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE ASCE STUDENT ORGANIZATION

Did any student members of your organization make presentations
outside of your ASCE Student Organization?
Number of presentations made:

Date

Student
Presenter(s)

Presentation Title

Yes / No
________2_____

Event Sponsor

Location

01/15/2014

Preston Merrell,
Wesley King

Promoting Civil
Engineering

Madison High
School Math Comp

Madison High
Schoool

03/11/2014

Wesley King

Promoting ASCE

ME 101 Class

On Campus

5.3

PARTICIPATION IN ASCE SOCIETY-LEVEL CIVIL ENGINEERING EVENT

Was your ASCE Student Organization represented at any ASCE Society-level (i.e., National) Event?
Event Name:
SIS MEETING IN EASTERN IDAHO .
Location:
IDAHO FALLS (PIZZA PIE CAF) .
Dates:
MARCH 19, 2014
.
Number of Representatives:

10
3

Event Name:
Location:
Dates:
Number of Representatives:

Student(s)
Advisors (Faculty and/or Practitioner)
N/A

Student(s)
Advisors (Faculty and/or Practitioner)

Yes / No

5.4

COLLABORATION WITH OTHER STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Has your ASCE Student Organization collaborated with other student

organizations on your campus in the last 12 months?
If yes, please indicate organizations and activities:

5.5

Yes / No

PRACTITIONER & FACULTY ADVISOR TRAINING WORKSHOP

a.

Did your Faculty Advisor attend the Practitioner & Faculty Advisor Training Workshop
(this year or in the past)?
Date:

Yes / No

b.

Did one of your Practitioner Advisors attend the Practitioner & Faculty Advisor Training Workshop
(this year or in the past)?
Date:

Yes / No

APPENDIX A
Last Name
Kopelson
Talbot
Cornel
Thompson
Scott
Harcrow
Fackrell
Tupou
Jensen
Washburn
Riggs
Smith
Hoskin
Murphy
Tupou
Cruz
Wright
Baatarkhuyag
Gaav
Webb
Calderwood
Morales
Merrell
Grandy
Edling
Boyer
Scott
Ellsworth
Oliverson
Dickerson
Leatham

First Name
Kenneth
Cameron
Bradley
Chad
Bo
Bradley
Spencer
Selu
Jon
Troy
Brooklin
Sean
Ross
Spencer
Selu
Monica
David
Batzolboo
Damdinsuren
Clint
Curtis
Noe
Preston
Jacob
Brian
Ryan
Justin
Kyle
Christian
Mason
Jashua

Classification
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Freshman
Junior
Junior
Junior
Junior
Junior
Senior
Senior
Senior
Sophomore
Sophomore
Sophomore
Sophomore
Sophomore
Sophomore
Sophomore

APPENDIX B

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