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jmikowski
Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 121
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject: Civil Engineering |
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All accomplishments in Civil Engineering go here. Please keep it objective information we can use. Opinions won't win an argument. _________________ - Justin Mikowski
Computer Engineering '07
"Non sibi Sed Suis" -Not for one's self but for one's people. |
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wckirby
Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 355 Location: New Orleans
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: Prominent Graduates |
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Albert Baldwin Wood, inventor of the Wood Screw Pump, which is integral to flood protection systems all over the world.
Waldemar S. Nelson, founder of the larges engineering firm in the city.
That's two for starters. Wasn't the Superdome guy a Tulane engineer? |
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mollyzogirl
Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 93 Location: New Orleans
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject: Walter Blessey |
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Walter E. Blessey, a Tulane Civil Eng. Grad, is the founder of Blessey Marine (a Louisiana Towboat company that is one of the largest on the Mississippi). He also donated funds for the building with his name, where the Civil Eng. Dept. is housed. |
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James A. Lancaster
Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Uptown (NOLA)
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:19 am Post subject: more... |
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Tom Jackson: local, former Society of Tulane Engineers President, National ASCE president (2002-2003), working locally until retirement later this year. Currently serving on numerous local, state, and national committees for infrastructure revitalization of the region.
Robert Bruce Jr: current professor, leader in the 1950's in the development of pre-stressed concrete and its use in the second Causeway Bridge, as well as many other local and international uses. Catherine & Henry Boh Chair.
Herb Rousell: structural engineer for the Louisiana Superdome and its famous tension ring design.
This doesn't even begin to include the other professors that are currently still employed. They all have remarkable resumes themselves. Dr. Bakeer has been working on local south Louisiana soil conditions for years, and has frequently testified in trials as an independent expert. Many of the faculty have served on the local New Orleans ASCE Branch, either as president or in some other board function. Their participation only reinforces the department's commitment to the community. We should probably just copy their resumes or CV's to this forum, and that may be the case for each faculty member in each department. _________________ Civil '03 |
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wckirby
Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 355 Location: New Orleans
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject: Robert H. Boh |
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From his plaque in Boggs:
"Robert H. Boh is chairman of the board of Boh Bros. Construction Co. L.L.C. He is a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers and the Louisiana Engineering Society, and serves as a life director of the Associated General Contractors of America. He served as chairman of the Board of Administrators of Tulane University from 1988 to 1993. Mr. Boh holds bachelor of science and master of science degrees in civil engineering from Tulane. In 19__ (blurry image) the university awarded him with an honorary doctorate in engineering."
I've worked at a local engineering firm the last two summers. Boh Brothers has the reputation of being the best construction firm in the area. When I was delivering drawings one day, one of the senior engineers joked not to bother with delivering drawings to the other firms, because Boh would get the contract. They're just that good. _________________ Clay Kirby
11th generation New Orleanian
4th generation Tulanian
Mechanical Engineering Class of '06 |
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ggreen
Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Posts: 52
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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Boh Bros. has a great reputation indeed. They're the ones currently repairing the twin spans. I've heard some say they wish all the repair work in New Orleans were proceeding at as quick a pace. |
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wckirby
Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 355 Location: New Orleans
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject: Here's a huge accomplishment |
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Boh Bothers, whcih is run by Tulane Engineers, repaired the Twin Spans following Hurricane Katrina.
Here's why that's so amazing. You may have seen the pictures of the devastation. Huge sections of the bridge were knocked off the pillings. The repair work was supposed to take months and 50 million dollars. Boh Brothers got half the bridge operational a month or so ago and got the other 2 lanes open less than a week ago. Boh Brothers did it for only about 30 million dollars and months ahead of schedule.
That's ingenuity in action. Too bad the 17th street canal wasn't built by Boh.
PS- In case you're curious, their trick was to lay steel girders across the gaps in the bridge and then pave the top of the girders over with asphalt. That's my understanding of it, at least. _________________ Clay Kirby
11th generation New Orleanian
4th generation Tulanian
Mechanical Engineering Class of '06 |
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Jim Marsalis
Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 2
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:12 pm Post subject: Walter E. Blessey |
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Although Walter may have donated funds for the building, I believe that it is actually named after his dad, a civil engineering professor at Tulane. |
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