Dr. K.N. Gunalan (Guna) will present a talk, “Engineering the Future” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in Room 125 of Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Guna is vice president of alternative delivery at AECOM, based in Salt Lake City, and president-elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
His talk will touch on the grand challenges we face as a society now and into the future — particularly in investing and maintaining infrastructure to improve the quality of life in the United States and globally.
The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society.