MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Ife Akinkugbe, a Penn State Harrisburg civil engineering student from Nigeria, Africa, recently placed second at the 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Atlantic Region Student Conference in the technical paper competition. This year’s competition included students from 12 different universities, providing an opportunity for young civil engineers to further their professional development and gain national attention.
Akinkugbe’s paper explored the question, "When working in a foreign location, what defines the design standard which the engineer can rely on to have met his or her ethical obligation to provide a safe and sound engineering solution or design?"
The ASCE Mid-Atlantic conference brings in more than 300 students and includes various events such as the concrete canoe and steel bridge contests in addition to the technical paper category. Drexel University’s ASCE student chapter hosted this year’s conference.