Previous Speakers

Kansas State University

Fall 2006

 

November 30, 2006

Senior Design Presentations

Topic: Limey Pointe PUD

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November 9, 2006

Kiewit Contstruction

Topic: New Oakland  Bay Bridge

Speaker: John Proskovec

Website: www.kiewit.com

 

October 12, 2006

Topic: Wichita River Corridor Improvement Project

Speaker: Stan Breitenbach

 

September 28, 2006

Bartlett & West Engineers

Topic: Expectations vs. Reality

Speakers: Jeff Shamburg and Nathan Bergman

Website: www.bartwest.com

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September 14, 2006

Burns & McDonnell

Topic: Transitioning from the Academic World to the Real World

Speakers: James Watson, Chris Norquist, Don Allison

Website: www.burnsmcd.com

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August 31, 2006

George Butler Associates, Inc.

Topic: Traffic Engineering Simulation Models

Speakers: Paul Bertrand, Jamie Gilbert, and Tait Karlson

Website: www.gbutler.com

 

 

Spring 2006

 

May 4, 2006

Senior Design Presentations

Topic: Best Buy in Manhattan

 

April 13, 2006

Affinis Corporation

Website: www.affinis.us

 

March 16, 2006*

University of Colorado at Boulder

Speaker: Dr. Stein Sture

Topic: Non-Traditional Civil Engineering Research

 

February 23, 2006

Quixote

Website: www.quixotecorp.com

 

February 9, 2006

Applied Research Associates

Topic: Defense Technologies

Website: www.ara.com

 

January 26, 2006

Kansas State University Civil Engineering Department

Speaker: Dr. Dunja Peric

Topic: The Kansai Airport

 

 

Spring 2007

 

April 5, 2007

Topic: The US Army Corps of Engineers—Military Engineering at Home and Abroad

Speaker: Major Lockridge

 

March 8, 2007

Topic: Stabilizing Tuttle Creek Dam

Speaker: Bill  Empson P.E

 

February 22, 2007

Topic: Financial Literacy for K-State Civil Engineers

Speaker: Dr. Bob  Smith

 

February 8, 2007

TranSystems

Topic: Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport

Speaker: Roger N Post

Website: www.transystems.com

 

January 25, 2007

BHC Rhodes

Topic: Post-College Life

Speaker: Peter Clark

Website: http://www.ibhc.com

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Fall 2007

 

November 29, 2007

Senior Design Presentations

Topic: Grand Mere Village

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October 25, 2007

Kansas Department of Transporation

Topic: Engineering in Public Service: The KDOT Experience

Speaker: Jerry Younger

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October 11, 2007*

Topic: The Vision of Civil Engineering in 2025

Speaker: W. F. (Bill) Marcuson III, ASCE President (2007)

 

September 27, 2007

Olsson Associates

Topic: Lake Development-Creating a Lifestyle while Balancing

Speakers: Jonathan Polak and Brad Sonner

 

September 13, 2007

Kimley-Horn & Associates

Topic: The Business of Consulting

Speaker: Robbie Stansifer

 

August 30, 2007

Topic: Ethical Dilemmas that Engineers Face

Speaker: Dr. Steve Starrett

 

* Denotes part of the Bob Thorn Lecture Series

Spring 2008

 

January 24, 2008

Black and Veatch

Topic: WaterOne Facility 3 Water Treatment Plant-3D Virtual Design

Speaker: Bob O’Bryan

Website: www.bv.com

 

February 7, 2008

Affinis

Topic: Market Trends and What Employers Want

Speaker: Rick Worrel

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February 21, 2008

City of Wichita

Topic: Civil Engineering in the Public Sector

Speaker: Steve Dengenhardt and Steve King

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March 13, 2008

Topic: Kansas State Olathe Innovation Campus

Speaker: Mark Breuer

 

April 10, 2008

Topic: BNSF Capacity Improvement: Powder River Division, Wyoming

Speaker: Kirby Barret

Fall 2008

 

September 11, 2008

Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc.

Topic: Career Fair Tips and Techniques

Speaker: Azeena Dargis

Speaker: Lucas Flax

 

September 25, 2008

APWA

Topic: Career Paths with APWA

Speaker: David Johnson

Speaker: Dale Houdeshell

 

October 16, 2008

PEC

Topic: Rebuilding Greensburg

Speaker: Rod Young

Speaker: Amanda Bahrij

Speaker: Mike Stewart

Speaker: Mike Berry

 

October 30, 2008

HNTB

 

November 13, 2008

Bartlett and West

Speaker: Keith Warta

 

December 11, 2008

Senior Project Presentations

 

 

 

January 29, 2009

Wilson & Co.

Topic: Highway Project

Speaker: Karla Waters

Topic: Pioneer Crossing

Speaker: Justin Owens

 

February 12, 2009

Insituform Technologies

Topic: Pipe Rehabilitation

Topic: Just for Fun

Speaker: Brian McCrary

 

February 26, 2009

MKEC

Speaker: Kurt Yowell

Topic: Thriving in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 12, 2009

Black and Veatch

Speaker: Dean Oskvig

Topic: Sustainability

 

 

March 26, 2009

American Institution of Steel Construction

Speaker: Erika Winters

Topic: Innovations in Steel

 

 

 

Spring 2009

 

 

 

Fall 2009

 

 

 

September 3, 2009

BHC Rhodes

Speakers: Lauren Brown and Josh Lipscomb