Agenda

Wed
Sep 04
7:00-8:00pm Cities of the Future - viewing

A screening of the “Cities of the Future” film will be held at the FilmScene Theater in Iowa City.  “Cities of the Future” is a vision of life in an ultramodern city that showcases the principles and plans for buildings, transportation systems and renewable energy in a future setting.  The film also features five young ASCE members as they work to solve the world’s most pressing challenges along with a team of middle school students as they compete in a Future City Competition.  The film will be shown at 8 pm and has an approximate run time of 40 minutes.  The theater will be open for the screening at 7:30 pm.  A brief question and answer session will be held after the screening.  FilmScene is located on the Ped Mall, 118 East College Street, Suite 101, Iowa City, Iowa  52240.  Please contact David Blanco at DBlanco@shoemaker-haaland.com to reserve a seat.  Please make reservations by Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

Thu
Sep 05
7:00-8:00am ASCE Board of Directors Meeting

7:30-8:15am Registration

Morning Joint Session

Presiding: David Blanco, Vice President, Iowa ASCE

8:00-8:15am Opening Comments

Dave Mulholland, President, Iowa ASCE

8:15-9:15am National ASCE Update

Marsia Geldert-Murphey, P.E., F.ASCE, Regional Director, Lochmueller Group and 2024 ASCE President

9:15-10:00am MN I-35 Bridge Collapse: a case study in Engineering Ethics

Kris Evans, Ph. D., PE, Power Plant Engineer, City of Ames

10:00-10:15am Break

Morning Concurrent Sessions - Session M-1

Presiding: Ryan Morgan, Membership Director, Iowa ASCE

10:15-11:00am Interstate 80 & 1st Avenue Diverging Diamond Interchange

Scott Larson, PE, City Engineer, City of Coralville and David Sibert, PE, Project Engineer, HR Green and Adrian Simonson, PE, Resident Construction Engineer, Iowa Department of Transportation

11:00-12:00pm The Iowa Wastewater and Waste to Energy Research Program

Craig Just, Ph.D., Donald E. Bently Associate Professor in Engineering, University of Iowa

Morning Concurrent Sessions - Session M-2

Presiding: Ed Sowder, Past President, Iowa ASCE

10:15-11:00am Realigned Vision: Transforming the Heart of North Liberty

Nick Bergus, Community Relations Director, City of North Liberty and Mike Janechek, PE, Civil Engineer, Shive Hattery and Ryan Rusnak, AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners) Planning Director, City of North Liberty

11:00-12:00pm CBIS Segment 4 – I-29/I-480 System Interchange in Council Bluffs

Stephanie Hemberger, PE, MBA, Project Manager/Section Manager – Transportation, HNTB

12:00-12:30pm Lunch

12:30-2:15pm Annual Business Meeting

Presiding: Dave Mulholland, President, Iowa ASCE

It’s Not the Engineering that Keeps Me Up at Night – It’s the People

Erin Nathan, Member, Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions - Session A-1

Presiding: Ron Knoche, Associate Director, Iowa ASCE

2:15-3:00pm Fourmile Creek Greenway Planning and Restoration

Amanda Brown, Ecologist, Polk County Conservation

3:00-3:45pm Iowa Flood Center - Serving Iowans Through Community-Centered Programs

Larry Weber, Edwin B. Green Chair in Hydraulics Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Director, University of Iowa

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions - Session A-2

Presiding: Jenifer Bates, Region 7 Governor, ASCE

2:15-3:00pm Eastern Iowa Airport Terminal Modernization Program

Dave Kapler, PE, Senior Vice President, Foth

3:00-3:45pm BUILD Grant Project

Bob Schiesel, PE, Assistant City Engineer, City of Dubuque and Russell Weber, PE, County Engineer, Dubuque County Secondary Roads

3:45-4:00pm Break

Joint Afternoon Session

Presiding: Michelle Riedinger, Communications Officer, Iowa ASCE

4:00-5:00pm University of Iowa Healthcare 10 Year Campus Master Plan

Phil Boothby, Executive Director, Capital Management and Facility Planning; University of Iowa Healthcare

5:00pm Adjourn Afternoon Session

Evening Session

Presiding: – Dave Mulholland, President, Iowa ASCE

5:00-6:00pm Social and Cash Bar

6:00pm Banquet

6:30pm 2023 Project Award – Cedar Falls Downtown Parkade Project

Ben Clypool, PE, Principal Engineer, City of Cedar Falls, and Andy Meessmann, Registered Landscape Architect (Wisconsin, Iowa and Colorado), Landscape Architect and Patrick Schwickerath, PE, Project Manager, Snyder & Associates

7:30pm Awards Presentations

Ed Sowder, Past President, Iowa ASCE

8:00pm Installation of new officers

Jenifer Bates, Region 7 Governor, ASCE

8:30pm Adjourn

Fri
Sep 06
18-hole golf tournament at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City, IA.

Shotgun Start at 8 am. The tournament will be a four (4) person best shot tournament. The cost is $75 per person which includes range balls, green fees, cart, two complimentary drinks (beer or soft drinks), and a bagged lunch.

Email Trenton Humphrey HumphreyTrenton@stanleygroup.com for more information.