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Wichita Branch President Message

    Dear ASCE Members:

    Welcome to the start of our 2026-2027 year! We appreciate the continued support and activity in the past year’s events. Our 2026 Steak Fry fund raiser was a huge success, a big thank you to all our sponsors. Thank you to all who came out, from generous company sponsorships to buying raffle and admission tickets, everything is a massive support to our yearly K-12 STEM Grants for local area teachers and University Scholarships for Kansas Civil Engineering schools. We are grateful to have such an active and supportive engineering community in our area!


    I’d also like to thank Macee Crowell (Wichita Branch Past President) and Scott Lindebak (Kansas Section Past President) for their tireless efforts throughout their years of service. Their leadership has brought a continued collaboration between the Kansas Section and Wichita Branch. I’d also like to introduce our newest additions with Saadeldeen “Deen” Antar (Wichita Branch Secretary) and Angela Gutierrez (Kansas Section Secretary) as they begin their positions of leadership in ASCE.


    Keep an eye out for some of our upcoming fall events! Our monthly lunch meetings will continue to be held on the first Wednesday of each month, we will have continuing education credits at each meeting. Our first will be on Wednesday, September 2nd, as Duane Gish, Andale Concrete, will present on Roller Compacted Concrete. We will also have copies of the 2026 Kansas Transportation Annual Magazine at the first several meetings, feel free to take a copy. Adopt-A-Highway will be on October 15th, where you can keep our sponsored highway clean and join us after for food, drinks, and Topgolf. We will also have a fall social sometime this fall and continue meeting for morning coffee on ASCE Day on Thursday, November 5th. These are all great opportunities for everyone to network, but especially for new hires and young engineers to get to know other engineers in our community. Don’t forget that our K-12 STEM Grant applications will be released in October, so please keep your ear out for any teachers in the Wichita & Western Kansas area that would like to apply for STEM kits or a grant. Lastly, our University Scholarship program, the R. Spencer Delamater, P.E. Scholarship, will be releasing application in September and awarding a Civil Engineering student attending either Benedictine College, KU, or K-State.

    I’m excited for another great year with the Wichita Engineering Community and appreciate the opportunity to serve as President of the Wichita Branch this year!


    Dakota McKee, P.E.

    ASCE – Wichita Branch President

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    How do I become involved?

    Opportunities for involvement in ASCE are welcome whether you are a past president or new resident to our great state.  We would be happy to have your help in making our society better.

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    Become an officer: Every spring we begin our search for new officers.  Make it easy on us and reach out to us if you would like to run for office.  There are openings every year on the Branch and Section boards.

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    Attend our events.  Attend our flagship event KansasCEcon that occurs towards the end of summer.  During the school year, attend lunch meetings in Wichita, volunteer for STEM outreach, participate in a highway cleanup (with provided dinner following), or get involved in advocacy from your computer or in person via the ASCE legislative Fly In.

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    Volunteer.  Service is not just for officers.  If you have a particular talent, let us know.  We'll make a spot for you if needed.  Would you like to be social chair, communications chair, write newsletters or work with kids?  Do you want to simply volunteer or lead an event?  Opportunities for involvement go beyond Kansas with ASCE by getting involved in Advocacy.  Share your passion  through ASCE; we want to find a way to get you involved.

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