While membership in many professional groups retrenches in a difficult economy, Patrick Natale is finding ways to grow the base at the American Society of Civil Engineers. The $40 million budget group has launched an aggressive outreach campaign, aimed at educating children and the general public about the role civil engineers play in daily life. It includes programs like Engineers Without Borders, which allows student members to design engineering solutions to problems in developing countries, such as obtaining clean water in distant villages in South Africa and Peru. The popular program helps ASCE maintain ties to 20,000 students on college campuses. Their outreach… Read More