In the News

We have been featured on other platforms! See below for places where our Younger Member Group & Younger Member Group leaders have been showcased externally within the ASCE community. 

ASCE Civil Engineer Source
ASCE Legislative Fly-In Seeks to Leave Out 'Peaks, Valleys' Funding

Our ASCE Maryland Section YMG President, Alyssa Sooklal, was featured in ASCE's Source newsletter and website, for her attendance and contributions to the ASCE Legislative Fly-In in February 2024!

ASCE Committee on Younger Members
Instagram Takeover

Our ASCE Maryland Section YMG President, Alyssa Sooklal, took over the ASCE Committee on Younger Members' Instagram (@asce_yms), during the ASCE Legislative Fly-In in February 2024!


ASCE New Faces of Civil Engineering
Alyssa Sooklal named one of ASCE's 2024 New Faces of Civil Engineering

Our ASCE Maryland Section YMG President, Alyssa Sooklal, selected as one of ASCE's 2024 New Faces of Civil Engineering!

Every year, ASCE National selects ten young professionals aged 30 years and younger, to highlight and promote. All ten New Faces can be viewed HERE. Alyssa's article & video highlight her story - HERE!


ASCE Plot Points Podcast
Avoiding the trap of office competition in the civil engineering workplace

Our ASCE Maryland Section YMG President, Alyssa Sooklal, was featured in the ASCE Plot Points Podcast, in January 2024!

Office politics are a real thing, especially for women in the civil engineering industry. Water resources engineer Alyssa Sooklal discusses building partnerships in the ASCE Plot Points podcast #157 (dated 01/22/2024). 


ASCE Committee on Younger Members
Instagram Takeover

Our ASCE Maryland Section YMG President, Alyssa Sooklal, took over the ASCE Committee on Younger Members' Instagram (@asce_yms), during the National Convention in October 2023!

Photo Credit: Jason Dixson Photography

ASCE National Convention
Younger Member Poster Session

Our ASCE Maryland Section YMG President, Alyssa Sooklal, presented a project during the ASCE National Convention in October 2023, as part of the Younger Member Poster Session! Her poster "Drainage Capacity Modeling and the Resulting Implementation of Green Infrastructure in Baltimore County, MD" was one of eight posters selected to be presented at the ASCE National Convention in Chicago, IL.

McCormick Taylor, Inc.
Presidential Election Announcement

Our ASCE Maryland Section YMG President, Alyssa Sooklal, was featured on McCormick Taylor's website, after being elected as YMG President in July 2023! She will serve as the YMG President for the 2023-2024 term, starting in October 2023. She will concurrently serve as the Younger Member Director of the ASCE Maryland Section.


McCormick Taylor, Inc.
Young Civil Engineer of the Year

Our ASCE Maryland Section YMG President, Alyssa Sooklal, was featured on McCormick Taylor's website, after being named ASCE Maryland's Young Civil Engineer of the Year in June 2023! She is the 2022 winner of this prestigious statewide award.

ASCE Region 2 Ally Newsletter
Younger Member Group Feature

Our ASCE Maryland Section YMG was featured in the April 2023 edition of ASCE Region 2's Ally Newsletter! Additionally, our YMG President, Alyssa Sooklal, was also featured in this newsletter, for winning the 2023 Younger Member Council "Outstanding Younger Member in Community Activities" award!


ASCE Plot Points Podcast
Find Yourself

Our ASCE Maryland Section YMG Past President, Clint Martin, was featured in the ASCE Plot Points Podcast, in October 2019!

You have to know yourself before you can be yourself. For Clint Martin, that meant taking on the Appalachian Trail thru-hike for nearly six months in the woods before starting his first full-time civil engineering job. He talks about how the experience helped make him a better civil engineer in Season 2, Episode 3 of ASCE Plot Points podcast (dated 10/15/2019).