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Stanley Consultants' Gayle Roberts Leaves an Inclusive Legacy

Jeff Yoders

January 22, 2019

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Gayle Roberts blazed a trail as the first female president, CEO and chairwoman of a global consulting engineering firm

Commentary on Women in Engineering

The Robotics Team Was 42% Female. I See That As a Good Sign.

There are more options for girls in STEM than when I started

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Robynn Andracsek, P.E.

December 20, 2018

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Engineer-author marvels at a Kansas high school robotics program reshaping girls' perceptions of STEM careers.

Top Young Professional Jeannie Cullen-Schultz with NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

ENR Midwest Names 2019 Top Young Professionals

20 honorees, all under 40, are changing construction, design and academic research

Jeff Yoders

December 17, 2018

ENR Midwest has announced its 2019 Class of Top Young Professionals. These 20 individuals have built extraordinary industry portfolios, given back to their communities and professions, and have moved design and construction technology forward with their innovative ideas and applications of existing tools.

National Academy Report Sees Ways To Build the Future

Eydie Cubarrubia

December 5, 2018

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We’re wearing out the planet as well as our water, energy and transit systems, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Dec. 3 report, “Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century.”

Viewpoint

Lead on Climate Change Solutions Before It's Too Late

William A. Wallace

October 25, 2018

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The target window is shrinking for serious design change to cut GHG emissions. Engineers know what works and what doesn't. Veteran engineer says: Let's do it!

Gayle Roberts Wins ENR Midwest's 2018 Legacy Award

Longtime Chair at Stanley Consultants recently capped a 35-year career in engineering

October 10, 2018

Gayle Roberts has been named ENR Midwest's 2018 Legacy Award winner after retiring from a 35-year career at consulting engineer Stanley Consultants that included stints as president, CEO and chair of the board.

Structural Safety

Cracked Window at Troubled Millennium Tower Triggers More Analysis

JT Long

September 27, 2018

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The 58-story Millennium Tower in the Transbay district of San Francisco, which has sunk 18 in. and is tilting 2 in., is under even more scrutiny for possible structural defects since a window on the 36th floor cracked.

More Guidance Coming on Structural Fire Engineering

Nadine M. Post

September 18, 2018

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The Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Charles Pankow Foundation are beginning a $230,000 research project intended to advance the use of performance-based structural fire engineering.