The price is $10 for ASCE members, $15 for non-members. Free for faculty!
The Banquet will take place on Thursday, May 8, 2008
at Cafe Giovanni (Shattuck at Haste)
from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Sign up in the ASCE office or at our table in the entrance to Davis Hall,
or e-mail Billy at
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or Anu at
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Menu Options
- Fresh Salmon with basil butter - New York steak (12 oz) Cut, baked potato - Chicken Saltimboca (sauteed chicken breasts layered with prosciutto, mozerella, and marsala wine) - Seafood Linguini (with prawns, scallops, baby clams, bay shrimp, basil and marinara) - Eggplant parmigiana (vegetarian option) - Manacotti (vegetarian option) - Vegetarian Lasagna (vegetarian option)
2008 CE Picnic
Get Ready for Our Annual Civil Engineering Picnic
All civil engineering students and faculty are invited to our annual civil engineering picnic at the Berkeley Marina.
The picnic will feature massive amounts of food, watermelon eating contests, waterballoon fights, and canoe rides!
Bring your families, friends and kids, and be prepared to have an AWESOME time!
Saturday May 3, 2008 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Shorebird Park in the Berkeley Marina
Please contact
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if you can help us set up
Granite Construction Competition
2008 Granite Construction Company Collegiate Challenge Invitations to compete in a series of construction challenges at Granite’s Sacramento, California office has been extended to ten schools in Northern California, including UC Berkeley. Schools that accept our invitation will field an 11-person team, including one participating professor. Managers from Granite’s Northern California Operating Group will provide coaching and oversight.
Teams will be comprised of six sophomores and juniors with no more than four seniors. Teams must be comprised of students from Civil Engineering and Construction Management programs. Each team will also be required to have one professor as a participating member. Each team will have 11 members (10 students/1 faculty).
The competition will take place on October 24-26, 2008.
If you are interested in pariticipating of getting more information, contact Anu at
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Entrepreurship Presentation by LTI
Missed the Entrepreurship Presentation by LTI? Here are the slides from David Luzuriaga's presentation
on how he founded LTI and general lessons regarding starting,
maintaining and succeeding in civil engineering.
Looking for an Internship in Public Works?
The Northern California chapter of the American Public Works Association helps students find internships with local public works agencies and companies through its Internship Program. Opportunities are available in: road engineering, construction management, inspection, development review, transportation engineering, drainage and floor control, storm water pollution prevention, ADA survey and more.
Please include the following with your one-page resume plus cover letter:
- Name of college/ university you are attending and projected date of graduation
- Course of study
- Date of employment availability
- What you hope to gain from the summer internship
Send the information to Ms. Sabine van der Sluis at
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Note: You will be contacted by interested participating agencies/firms who will discuss opportunities for summer 2008.
Spring Career Fair
Posted January 8, 2008
2008 UC Berkeley ASCE/Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Career Fair
It's that time again! UC Berkeley student chapters of ASCE and XE are putting on their annual Spring Career Fair. Employers will be on campus to discuss opportunities within the Civil & Environmental Engineering field.
The Spring Career Fair will be held on on Wednesday, February 13 from 4 to 7 pm at the Pauley Ballroom
Students: -Sign up for the Career Fair in the ASCE office on the 3rd floor of Davis Hall until February 12th. -Pick up a Registration form in the ASCE office and turn your payment along with the slip in to any ASCE officer present. -Dinner will be $10, which you can pay for while signing up. Dinner this year is optional, but there is limited seating, so it will be given on a first come basis.
Get to Know Your Companies Infosession
If you missed the infosession, click here to check out the slides and learn about the companies that are coming. click here for a printable version (one with several slides per page) of the sideshow.
Curious to see who is coming to this year's career fair? click here to view a list of the companies attending this year's fair and their descriptions.
Infosessions: February is going to be a busy month, so don't forget to visit our career page to check out all the companies that will be having infosessions this Februrary!
Fourth General Meeting
Posted January 24, 2008
Come Out to Our Fourth General Meeting of the Year The will be a speaker from Farrell Design-Build and as always, lots of free food. This is the first general meeting of the Spring semester and we really hope to see you there!
Time: Thursday, January 31, from 5-6pm Location: 502 Davis Hall
Construction Institute Scholarship
Posted January 4, 2007
Construction Institute Scholarship The San Francisco section chapter of the construction institute will be awarding scholarships for 2008. There will be one scholarship award at $2000, two at $1500, and four at $1000 each. Qualification and selection criteria are as follows: - Enrollment in a civil engineering / construction program as a Jr. of Sr. - Attendance at the local CI dinner is desirable Membership in good standing at ASCE student chapter - Endorsement of the respective financial aid office - A one page essay competition – Topic: “My Future in Construction”
The deadline to submit your package is February 28, 2008. Scholarships will be awarded around March 18, 2008 at the CI Dinner program. Submittals must be emailed to both email addresses listed below:
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Come out to have dinner with Professor Bayen! This is your chance to hang out with a professor outside of class and office hours! You can spend a casual evening with other students and the professor with no pressure. There is a limited number of seats so sign up soon! Just come to the ASCE Office on the 3rd floor of Davis Hall to sign up for this event!
When: Tuesday, November 27th, 2007, at 5pm Where: 7th Floor of Davis Hall
Cell Phones as Highway Traffic Sensors: research experiment
Posted November 21, 2007
Cell Phones as Highway Traffic Sensors: research experiment
Earn $250 AND a bluetooth headset AND a chance to win 1 of 4 Nokia N95 phones (with GPS) for one day of driving!!!
Help create the next generation of cell phone "location-based services"
Contribute to a better understanding of highway congestion in California Participate in the first large scale experiment using cell phones to measure real-time highway traaffic congestion
* Drivers needed for the experiment on February 8th, 2008 * Must be at least 21, and a UC Berkeley student * Must have a valid driver's license and a good driving record.
