Pizza and ice cream was a great way to meet our new potential members! We hope all of these wonderful candidates, consisting of both juniors and seniors, accept their candidacy and join us as pledges in the upcoming weeks. We look forward to getting to know each and every one of you more as we participate in upcoming events and volunteer work.
Anthony LaRegina and Ashley Hyde
Anthony and Ashley, two of our senior members are conducting research this summer at TCNJ through the Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience (MUSE) Program. They are working with Dr. Bechtel and Dr. Krstic in the analysis of how the contribution of shear to the total lateral deformation changes as the exposed length of a polymer pile increases. They are using the Finite Element software STRAND7 to conduct a P-y analysis of currently available polymer based pile products. The ultimate goal of their research is to provide a reference for geotechnical engineers to use to determine if and how they will consider shear deformations.
Erin Lafferty
This summer, Erin has an internship with Modjeski and Masters in the Structures Department out of their Philadelphia, PA office. As part of her internship, Erin assists Engineers with their daily tasks in order to design and manage projects toward milestone submissions. She is responsible for drafting various bridge elements in AutoCAD, checking basic structural design calculations, checking bar schedules, and performing quantity takeoffs. At Modjeski and Masters, Erin has been gaining valuable experience in Bridge Engineering by seeing how the team works through the design process to present reliable designs and accurate plan sets to their regional clients.
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From left: Steve, Danielle, Tony, Nick, Charlotte, Mickey, Jack and CJ
Mickey C. Avenoso
Anthony Vito Belfert, Cum Laude
Christopher John D’Achille, Cum Laude
Jack Arnold Eelman
Stephen W. Fung, Cum Laude
Danielle Marissa Galloway
Nicholas Frank Sabatini
Charlotte R. Schum, Cum Laude
TCNJ CEHS would like to congratulate our senior members Steve Fung, Danielle Galloway and Nick Sabatini for placing second in the Steel Bridge Competition this past weekend. Not only that, but this year’s Steel Bridge team was mentored by our first Honor Member Dr. Al-Omaishi. We wish the team the best of luck as they advance to the National Competition!
2018 TCNJ Steel Bridge Team (from left): Danielle Galloway, Steve Fung, Sierra Haney, Nick Sabatini, Ross Antonchak and Dr. Nabil Al-Omaishi.
On Bring Your Child to Work Day, CEHS Senior Members Nick Sabatini, Steve Fung, Anthony Belfert and Mickey Avenoso conducted activities with some of the children who came to work with their parents. The kids helped Nick and Steve put together the steel bridge, got to mix lightweight concrete, and even broke mortar cubes with Anthony and Mickey.
Our Spring Induction Ceremony was a success as we inducted two new members, Jack Eelman, 2018 and Nicholas Pellegrino, 2019. We also inducted our first Honor Member, Dr. Al-Omaishi and conducted the Spring 2018 Awards Ceremony. We would like to thank all who attended, including Chapter Trustee Lee Collins and Assistant Dean for Student Services Dr. Stella. We would also like to congratulate our two new members, our first Honor Member, and our award recipients for all of their accomplishments!
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Based on his outstanding record of service to TCNJ’s Civil Engineering Department and the engineering community at large, his exciting and unique research accomplishments, and his everlasting dedication to his students, members of the Civil Engineering Honor Society unanimously supported induction of Dr. Nabil Al-Omaishi as the first Honor Member of CEHS.
From left: Anthony LaRegina, Dr. Nabil Al-Omaishi, Erin Lafferty
After inducting our two new members and our first honor member into CEHS, we held our first awards ceremony. The awards that were given included Outstanding Academic Achievement, Best Educator, Outstanding Pledge, and the Service Award. Please refer to the following link for the names of the award recipients as well as photos from the ceremony.
https://cehs.pages.tcnj.edu/news/award-recipients/
We congratulate all of those who received an award!
Some of our members participated in the Colonial Lake Watershed Clean-Up in Lawrenceville, NJ — even our advisor and an associate sophomore member came out to help! We were excited to help TCNJ’s surrounding community by picking up garbage and recyclables around the lake. We enjoyed making the lake and the surrounding areas a cleaner and better place for not only visitors, but for the wildlife as well. We look forward to volunteering again for the Colonial Lake Clean-Up next spring!
Back row (from left): Brian Rennie, Anthony LaRegina, Ashley Hyde, Jeremy Chopp, Tommy Cunningham
Front row (from left): Erin Lafferty. Taylor Barrett, Jennifer Puschak, Dr. Krstic
