Connecting Civil Engineers of the Greater Seattle Area

Join us to grow your career, expand your network, and share civil engineering with our community!

The Seattle ASCE Younger Member’s Forum (YMF) is a group of young professionals (35 and younger) who host a variety of fun events in the Seattle area to promote Civil Engineering!

Upcoming events

We would love to see you at our next event!

Note that some of our events require an RSVP in advance.

It’s Giving Tuesday- Bring something to donate to our Holiday Party this week!! See bio for details.
Happy Thanksgiving!! We’re so grateful for this civil engineering community.
Join us for our Annual Holiday Party! We're thrilled to reconnect, network, and celebrate the season together. Meet professionals of all ages, along with students from the Seattle area, in a fun and festive atmosphere. Make sure to RSVP using the QR
ASCE YMF Seattle goes underground during the holidays! We learned about the Seattle's history and marveled at the original sidewalks of the city.
Interested in helping to publish the next ASCE WA State Infrastructure Report Card? Scan the QR code to volunteer!
Join us for our November Professional Development Event!
Happy ASCE Day!
Join us at our November ASCE dinner meeting on Tuesday 11/12! RSVP using the QR code!

Member Highlight: Sarah Gillespie

Bio

Sarah grew up in Michigan and graduated from Purdue University in 2015 with a degree in Environmental and Ecological Engineering. She moved to Seattle 3 years ago and works as a Water Resources Engineer at WSP. She works on transportation drainage projects, water quality retrofit projects, and fish passage and stream restoration projects. When she is not headed out in the rain for a site visit or stomping through a stream in her waders, she likes to spend her time hiking and biking, reading a great novel or working on her next watercolor masterpiece.

Q&A

What motivated you to pursue your current career? Why did you become a Civil Engineer?

My Dad was an environmental scientist and always worked closely with engineers and other scientists on large, complex engineering projects. My sister and I grew up being able to spot a wastewater treatment plant from the car whenever we were on road trips! That background and a passion for helping the environment lead me to becoming a Water Resources Engineer.

What has been the greatest benefit of joining ASCE for you?

Meeting all the wonderful people who are involved in the Seattle Section YMF! And the opportunity to get high schoolers interested in engineering through the Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition. This is my third year being involved with PSB, hope to have a great event this year on March 1st at the Museum of Flight!

What is your favorite project you worked on and why?

I worked on a project at Naval Base Kitsap - Bangor that restored an impacted wetland into a pocket estuary along the Hood Canal. I really enjoyed this project because it was very unique and combined a lot of skills I had been learning over the past few years. Construction is almost complete, and I am excited to see how things go once it gets established!

Check out our recent events!

Awesome night at our late August Westside Networking Event! It was a blast! @ponoranch #ascemademe #seattleasceymf #asce #civilengineering #networking
Awesome night at our late August Westside Networking Event! It was a blast! @ponoranch #ascemademe #seattleasceymf #asce #civilengineering #networking
Last Thursday we teamed up the Tacoma-Olympia YMG to table at the Museum of Flight's STEM fair and Hidden Figures movie showing. It was a blast! @museumofflight @tacoma.olympia.asce #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #asce #asceymf #asce #stem #you
Last Thursday we teamed up the Tacoma-Olympia YMG to table at the Museum of Flight's STEM fair and Hidden Figures movie showing. It was a blast! @museumofflight @tacoma.olympia.asce #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #asce #asceymf #asce #stem #youngermembers
We had a fabulous time representing Seattle and Washington at the 2019 YMLS! Our President-Elect @_bibbie_ visited ASCE HQ for the first time and learned valuable leadership skills, while our outgoing President @elyssadixon shared her experiences. @
We had a fabulous time representing Seattle and Washington at the 2019 YMLS! Our President-Elect @_bibbie_ visited ASCE HQ for the first time and learned valuable leadership skills, while our outgoing President @elyssadixon shared her experiences. @tacoma.olympia.asce #asce #asceyoungermembers #ascemademe #asceymls #ymls19 #asceymls19 #seattleasceymf
Perfect weather and place for our Westside Networking Event, it was a blast at the Citizen! #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #networking #civilengineering #happyhour #asce
Perfect weather and place for our Westside Networking Event, it was a blast at the Citizen! #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #networking #civilengineering #happyhour #asce
Great happy hour and networking at Joey’s in Bellevue. Thanks for everyone for making it! @joeybellevue #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #networking #civilengineering #asce #happyhour
Great happy hour and networking at Joey’s in Bellevue. Thanks for everyone for making it! @joeybellevue #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #networking #civilengineering #asce #happyhour
The Seattle ASCE YMF had a “end of the year” BBQ at Carkeek Park. Thanks to our current board members, and welcome our new board members! Special thanks to our next President, Mr. Romulos Ragudos for hosting the event! @carkeekpark #a
The Seattle ASCE YMF had a “end of the year” BBQ at Carkeek Park. Thanks to our current board members, and welcome our new board members! Special thanks to our next President, Mr. Romulos Ragudos for hosting the event! @carkeekpark #asce #asceymf #ascemademe #asceyoungermembers #seattleasceymf #civilengineering #networking
It was our pleasure to meet and hang out with Mr. Tony Lau, the Society Director of ASCE Region 8. Thank you for sharing your experience, and making suggestions to us! @rheinhausseattle @asce_hq #asceymf #asce #ascemademe #asceyoungermembers #sea
It was our pleasure to meet and hang out with Mr. Tony Lau, the Society Director of ASCE Region 8. Thank you for sharing your experience, and making suggestions to us! @rheinhausseattle @asce_hq #asceymf #asce #ascemademe #asceyoungermembers #seattleasceymf #civilengineering #networking
We had fun time cooking and preparing meals for those in need. Special thanks to Shirley Wu for organizing the event, and FareStart for the opportunity! @_farestart #asceymf #ascemademe #asceyoungermembers #seattleasceymf #cooking #volunteering #c
We had fun time cooking and preparing meals for those in need. Special thanks to Shirley Wu for organizing the event, and FareStart for the opportunity! @_farestart #asceymf #ascemademe #asceyoungermembers #seattleasceymf #cooking #volunteering #civilengineering
We all had fun at our monthly networking event. Thanks to our Westside Networking Chair Matthew for organizing the event. Come join our next one in July! @fremontbrewing #Ascemademe #seattleasceymf #asceyoungermembers #networking #asceymf
We all had fun at our monthly networking event. Thanks to our Westside Networking Chair Matthew for organizing the event. Come join our next one in July! @fremontbrewing #Ascemademe #seattleasceymf #asceyoungermembers #networking #asceymf
Thank you to SoundEarth Strategies for the great presentation on Technical Writing for our June Tech Talk! Look out for our second year of Tech Talks starting in the Fall! @soundearthstrategies #asceymf #seattleasceymf #civilengineering #ascemadem
Thank you to SoundEarth Strategies for the great presentation on Technical Writing for our June Tech Talk! Look out for our second year of Tech Talks starting in the Fall! @soundearthstrategies #asceymf #seattleasceymf #civilengineering #ascemademe #asceyoungermembers #technicalwriting
The ASCE Seattle YMF had another fun day with the Tacoma/Olympia YMF at the Wild Waves Theme & Water Park. It was such a great sunny day for rides and slides! @wildwavespark #asce #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #civilengineering #ascetacomaolympi
The ASCE Seattle YMF had another fun day with the Tacoma/Olympia YMF at the Wild Waves Theme & Water Park. It was such a great sunny day for rides and slides! @wildwavespark #asce #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #civilengineering #ascetacomaolympiaymf #waterfun
The Seattle YMF had the pleasure of showing President-Elect Guna and his wife Duru around Seattle prior to the Seattle Section Dinner where he gave the keynote address. We visited Pike Place Market, the Space Needle and had a technical Tour of Sound
The Seattle YMF had the pleasure of showing President-Elect Guna and his wife Duru around Seattle prior to the Seattle Section Dinner where he gave the keynote address. We visited Pike Place Market, the Space Needle and had a technical Tour of Sound Transit E360 station in Redmond. Thanks for visiting Seattle and encouraging us to envision what Civil Engineering will look like in the future! @asce_hq @seattleasceymf @pikeplacemarket @spaceneedle #ascemademe #asce #seattle #asceseattleymf #civilengineering
Awesome night at our late August Westside Networking Event! It was a blast! @ponoranch #ascemademe #seattleasceymf #asce #civilengineering #networking Last Thursday we teamed up the Tacoma-Olympia YMG to table at the Museum of Flight's STEM fair and Hidden Figures movie showing. It was a blast! @museumofflight @tacoma.olympia.asce #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #asce #asceymf #asce #stem #you We had a fabulous time representing Seattle and Washington at the 2019 YMLS! Our President-Elect @_bibbie_ visited ASCE HQ for the first time and learned valuable leadership skills, while our outgoing President @elyssadixon shared her experiences. @ Perfect weather and place for our Westside Networking Event, it was a blast at the Citizen! #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #networking #civilengineering #happyhour #asce Great happy hour and networking at Joey’s in Bellevue. Thanks for everyone for making it! @joeybellevue #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #networking #civilengineering #asce #happyhour The Seattle ASCE YMF had a “end of the year” BBQ at Carkeek Park. Thanks to our current board members, and welcome our new board members! Special thanks to our next President, Mr. Romulos Ragudos for hosting the event! @carkeekpark #a It was our pleasure to meet and hang out with Mr. Tony Lau, the Society Director of ASCE Region 8. Thank you for sharing your experience, and making suggestions to us! @rheinhausseattle @asce_hq #asceymf #asce #ascemademe #asceyoungermembers #sea We had fun time cooking and preparing meals for those in need. Special thanks to Shirley Wu for organizing the event, and FareStart for the opportunity! @_farestart #asceymf #ascemademe #asceyoungermembers #seattleasceymf #cooking #volunteering #c We all had fun at our monthly networking event. Thanks to our Westside Networking Chair Matthew for organizing the event. Come join our next one in July! @fremontbrewing #Ascemademe #seattleasceymf #asceyoungermembers #networking #asceymf Thank you to SoundEarth Strategies for the great presentation on Technical Writing for our June Tech Talk! Look out for our second year of Tech Talks starting in the Fall! @soundearthstrategies #asceymf #seattleasceymf #civilengineering #ascemadem The ASCE Seattle YMF had another fun day with the Tacoma/Olympia YMF at the Wild Waves Theme & Water Park. It was such a great sunny day for rides and slides! @wildwavespark #asce #seattleasceymf #ascemademe #civilengineering #ascetacomaolympi The Seattle YMF had the pleasure of showing President-Elect Guna and his wife Duru around Seattle prior to the Seattle Section Dinner where he gave the keynote address. We visited Pike Place Market, the Space Needle and had a technical Tour of Sound

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