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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FERS Holiday Party

Come and celebrate the end of classes and the start of the holiday season with FERS on Friday Dec. 5th at 5:30pm on the main floor of Fritz Lab. There will be food and beverages and a special visit from Santa. Graduate students, faculty, staff, and undergrads are welcome to come and bring their families. If you are going to bring a child please let me (Nicole Leo - NJL205@Lehigh.edu) so that I can let Santa know and he can be prepared with gifts.

HALLOWEEN PARTY

This Friday Night (10/31) FERS is co-sponsoring a Halloween party with BOGS (biology group) and ChEGA (Chemical Engineering). We have a private room at the Tally-Ho from 8-10pm with some free appetizers! There will be prizes for best costumes. Be sure to bring your I.D.!

We hope to see you there!

Don't forget to RSVP for the 73rd Annual Induction Banquet!

The banquet will be held on Friday Nov. 7th at 6pm at Candlelight Reception & Conference Center, Bethlehem, PA. If you did not receive an invitation and would like to come please contact Nicole Leo (NJL205@lehigh.edu) for more info.

RSVP due Friday Oct. 17th, 2008