International Food Bazaar

The FERS International Food Bazaar will be on Wednesday, December 2nd starting at 6:30pm at the Packer House.  Bring an exotic dish from your home country or a traditional dish from your heritage to share at this "pot luck" event hosted by FERS. Beverages will be provided. 

To RSVP or request further information, email Brent Chancellor: nbc208@lehigh.edu

FERS/GSS Halloween Party

3rd Annual Graduate Student Halloween Party.

Friday, October 30th, 7pm-10pm

Tally-Ho Tavern

Free food & beer! 

(Stop by early –the free beer won’t last!)

FERS Obstacle Course

It's that time of year again.  The time when the new FERS candidates are subjected to the mental and physical rigors of the "Obstacle Course".  You are invited to test your skills and teamwork against your fellow classmates to prove your worthiness as a member of FERS.  Who will survive? Who will thrive? Who will fail?  To be a member of FERS you must pass the "Obstacle Course".
Location: Fritz Lab (meet near 5 million pound machine)
Date: Thursday, October 29th
Time: 5:30pm

Be there!!
Please bring your $10 lifetime membership fee.

Movie Night

FERS will be having a Movie Night on Monday, September 14th at 5:30pm in ATLSS B101. There is a poll on the website on the right for some suggested movies. Vote on the movie you'd like to see or write in another in the comments below. The movie needs to be PG-13 or less and nothing dirty or illegally obtained. We will have snacks and refreshments.

FERS welcomes new CEE students

The FERS officers will be welcoming all new CEE students Thursday (9/3) outside of Fritz 255 after Dr. Wilson's class, around 5:15-5:30. We will talk about FERS and what we do as a group. We will be providing pizza and refreshments. Any FERS alumni are welcomed to join and talk about their experiences with FERS.

End of Summer Picnic with FERS, BOGS and ChEGA

This event is going to be on the ATLSS Lawn on Thursday August 13th at 4pm. It is a picnic with FERS, BOGS, and ChEGA.

M.Eng Welcome Picnic

There will be an M.Eng Student Welcome Picnic at the ATLSS Lawn on July 7th at Noon. Come join us!

Softball Season kicks off with Thursday practice

The FERS Klawin' Kittenballers will have a team practice on Thursday, May 28th at 5pm at the softball field at Goodman Campus. All are welcomed to come play, hang out and have fun.

Annual FERS Spring Picnic

The Annual FERS Spring Picnic will be held Friday, April 24th at 4pm at the ATLSS Courtyard (Bldg H), Mountaintop Campus. There will be barbeque and games. Come celebrate the end of the semester with friends, family and a hearty appetite. For more info, email Brent Chancellor (nbc208) or Eric Putnam (edp209). Rain date is Monday, April 27th at 4pm.

M. Eng. in Structural Engineering Program - Guest Speaker Series – Spring 2009

BIM
Friday February 13, 10 am – 12 pm, Fritz 225
Daniel A. Cuoco, P.E.
President
Thornton Tomasetti

The Architect and the Structural Engineer – Partners in Design
Fazlur Khan Lecture Series*
Friday February 20, 4:10 pm Sinclair Auditorium
Leslie E. Robertson, P.E., C.E., S.E., D.Sc., D.Eng., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE,
AIJ,JSCA, AGIR, Cht. Str. Engr. U.K & Ireland
Leslie E. Robertson Associates, R.L.L.P.

Lateral Systems in High Rise Construction
Friday February 27, 10 am – 12 pm, Fritz 225
Stephen V. DeSimone, P.E.
President/Chief Executive
DeSimone Consulting Engineers

Design of Long Span Structures
Friday March 13, 10 am – 12 pm, Fritz 225
Daniel A. Cuoco, P.E.
President
Thornton Tomasetti

Engineering the World’s Tallest Building – Burj Dubai
Fazlur Khan Lecture Series
Friday March 20, 4:10 pm Sinclair Auditorium
William F. Baker, P.E., S.E.
Structural & Civil Engineering, Partner
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Abnormal Loads and Progressive Collapse – Assessment and Mitigation of Risk
Fazlur Khan Lecture Series
Friday April 17, 4:10 pm Sinclair Auditorium
Bruce R. Ellingwood
Distinguished Professor and Raymond Allen Jones Chair
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

* Fazlur Khan Lecture Series are jointly sponsored by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Art and Architecture. Additional information is available at http://www.lehigh.edu/frkseries.

Spring 2009 Kahn Lecture Series

Leslie E. Robertson
Leslie E. Robertson Associates, R.L.L.P., New York, NY
“The Architect and the Structural Engineer – Partners in Design”
Friday, February 20, 2009 – 4:10 pm
Location: Sinclair Lab Auditorium, Lehigh University, 7 Asa Drive, Bethlehem, PA

William F. Baker
Structural & Civil Engineering, Partner
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago & London
“Engineering the World’s Tallest: Burj Dubai”
Friday, March 20, 2009 – 4:10 pm
Location: Sinclair Lab Auditorium, Lehigh University, 7 Asa Drive, Bethlehem, PA

Bruce R. Ellingwood
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
“Abnormal Loads and Progressive Collapse – Assessment and Mitigation of Risk”
Friday, April 17, 2009 – 4:10 pm
Location: Sinclair Lab Auditorium, Lehigh University, 7 Asa Drive, Bethlehem, PA

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