Past Events

2023 Events

1/25 PE DAY AT THE CAPITOL

Thank you to all who joined us as we traveled down to the State Capitol in Austin to represent Professional Engineers to our state elected officials.

1/19 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter MEETING

Thank you to all who came out to the City of Irving and heard from City Engineer Walter Thomas, MPA, P.E. on the City's Drainage Solutions for a Better Tomorrow.

2022 Events

12/15 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Holiday party

Thank you to all who came and helped celebrate another successful year of membership.

11/16 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to TSPE Past-President John Ho, P.E., F.NSPE for his presentation on Engineering Ethics.

10/20 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to those who joined us for a tour of the Rinker Materials Plant and got a close up look of how concrete pipe is manufactured.

9/29 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to Landry Ray from Austin Commercial for his presentation on the state of the construction industry.

8/24 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to those that joined us for our August general membership meeting at Rogers Roadhouse in Fort Worth for a happy hour with the Fort Worth chapters of SAME and TSPE.

7/14 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to those that joined us for our July general meeting at the Texas Rangers game.

6/23 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting and officer installation

Thank you to those that joined us for our June general meeting and officer installation at Hop and Sting Brewery. Thank you to Jacob Reinig, P.E. for leading the ceremony.

5/26 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to TSPE Past-President John Ho, P.E. F.NSPE for his Ethics presentation on the lesser known rules and laws of the Texas Engineering Practice Act.

4/21 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to Eden Thomas, P.E. from Tensar International Corp. for his presentation on geogrids and design applications for subgrade stabilization and pavement optimization.

3/31 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to those that joined us for our March general meeting at Hop and Sting Brewery in Grapevine, TX.

2/25 E-week banquet

Thank you to all who attended this years Engineer's Week Banquet hosted jointly by the DFW Mid-Cities and Fort Worth chapters of TSPE.

1/20 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter MEETING

Thank you to North Tarrant Infrastructure, LLC. and Tommy Williamson for the presentation on the North Tarrant Express 35W project.

2021 Events

12/14 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Holiday party

Thank you to all who came and helped celebrate another successful year of membership.

11/18 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to NCTCOG and Brendan Wheeler, P.E., CFM for presentation and update on the High Speed Rail effort in the DFW Metroplex.

10/21 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to Nate Norton of the Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base for his presentation to our membership.

9/30 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to TSPE President Konstantine Bakintas, PE and TSPE Region V Vice President Richard Arvizu, PE, CFM for their presentations on TSPE's Focus On Members Program.

8/19 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meeting

Thank you to Gorrondona & Associates, Inc. and our guest speaker Scott Dunham, CP, CMS LiDAR, Director of Business Development

7/15 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Meeting

Thank you to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and our guest speaker Khaled Naja, the Executive Vice President of Infrastructure and Development.

6/23 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Meeting

Thank you to our special guest the former Texas House of Representative and fellow engineer Bennett Ratliff

5/18 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Meeting

Thank you to the State Chapter Executive Director - Trish Smith for a presentation on engineering ethics.

4/29 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Happy Hour

Thank you to all that joined us for our April Happy Hour event at Boomerjack's Grill and Bar.

3/18 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Meeting

Thank you to the State President of TSPE for providing an update on Legislative Issues during this year's legislative session in Austin.

2/26 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Meeting

Thank you those who joined us in learning about landfill potentials in renewables energy generation presented by our friends at the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

1/26 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Meeting

Thank you goes out to TxDOT for presenting on Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs).

2020 Events

12/18 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Holiday Party

11/12 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Meeting

Thanks to the City of Mansfield for sharing updates within the city.

10/7 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Social Event

Thanks to everyone who participated in our virtual poker night!

9/3 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Meeting

Thanks to everyone who attended our September meeting with the folks from Fieldwire.

Click here to view the presentation slides.

7/24 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Meeting

Thanks to everyone who attended our July meeting with the City of Irving.

6/25 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Meeting and Office Installation

Thank you to everyone who attended our virtual induction ceremony. Please click here to see the 2020-2021 Executive Chapter Board Officers

5/28 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Virtual Ethics Meeting

Many thanks to the executive board and Roxanne L. Pillar for their efforts in developing a virtual meeting and educational content for Ethics.

2/17 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter E-Week Banquet

The Chapter took part in the annual celebration of Engineers Week. Our chapter joined forces with the TSPE Fort Worth Chapter to participate and to also honor our recipient of Young Engineer of the Year.

Congratulations to our very own Brandon Gaumond, P.E. for Young Engineer of the Year award.

2/15 MATHCOUNTS Competition

Thank you to all who joined us as we hosted our annual MATHCOUNTS competition! Students from our chapter cities came to compete in a series of math competitions developed to test their comprehension and analytical capabilities. Good luck to those individuals who qualified for the State Competition.

1/16 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - January Meeting

Thank you to James Parajon, City of Arlington Deputy City Manager for providing our members with updates on their current progress.

2019 Events

12/5 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - December Meeting

Thank you to everyone who join us is celebrating another success full year!

11/21 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - November Meeting

Thank you City of Colleyville for hosting our Chapter for the November Meeting.

10/17 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - October Meeting

Thank you for the City of Farmers Branch for hosting our Chapter for the October meeting.

9/19 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - September Meeting

Thank you for the staff of DFW Airport for educating our Chapter on the fire training facilities at the airport and for graciously allowing our group to witness the burning of the their training aircraft as part of a real training exercise.

8/15 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - August Meeting

Thank you to the engineering staff of AT&T Stadium for providing insight to our members on the operation of a major entertainment venue.

7/18 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - July Meeting

Thank you for joining us in a guided technical tour at Bell.

6/27 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - June Meeting

Thank you to all that helped us welcome our new TSPE DFW Mid-Cities Executive Board Members. The induction ceremony was led by the TSPE Region V Vice-President Jeff Frison, PE.

5/16 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - May Meeting

Thank you Konstantine Bakintas, P.E.for providing us with the 2019 legislative session update. Thank you everyone who joined us in the DFW Mid-Cities Chapter, May Meeting.

4/18 DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - April Meeting

Thank you for joining us for our Ethics meeting where Bob Price, President-Elect of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, showed us the informative video on Henery's Daughters. The video showed that good and well-meaning folks can unintentionally get into situations that may results in unethical consequences.

3/21- DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - March Meeting

Thank you City of Arlington for hosting our chapter.

2/22- DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - February Meeting

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating another successful year at our Annual Awards Banquet. A special thanks to our partners the TSPE Fort Worth Chapter for jointly hosting this event.

2/16- MATHCOUNTS Competition

Thank you to all who joined us as we hosted our annual MATHCOUNTS competition! Students from our chapter boundaries came to compete in a series of math competitions developed to test their comprehension and analytical capabilities. Good luck to those individuals who qualified for the State Competition held in Austin, TX on March 30, 2019.

1/17- DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - January Meeting

Thank you to the City of Dallas for providing our membership with updates on their Design Standards and Bond Program progress.

2018 Events

12/13- DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - December Meeting

Thank you to all who came to celebrate with us! We look forward to another great year in 2019!

11/15- DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - November Meeting

Thank you to Kris Russell with DFW International Airport for speaking to us on the topic of carbon neutrality and the airports goals in sustainability.

10/17- DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - October Meeting

Thank you to Nico Sutmoller from Aerix Industries for his presentation introducing our membership to Cellular Concrete and advanced foam technologies.

10/05 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Disc Golf Tournament

Thank you to everyone who participated and volunteered for our 4th annual Disc Golf Tournament.

9/20- DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - September Meeting

A big thank you goes out to Scott Carlson from Iteris for his presentation on applied informatics for transportation and agriculture.

7/26- DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - July Meeting

Thank you to the folks at Forterra Pipe & Precast for hosting our chapter and educating us on the manufacture and testing techniques used in the development of storm drain pre-cast reinforced concrete pipe.

5/17- DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - May Meeting

Thank you to Blake Alldredge from the upper Trinity Regional Water District and the information provided to our membership on the Denton County Greenbelt Plan.

4/19 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - April Meeting

Thank you for joining us for our March general meeting where Loyl Bussell, P.E., acting district engineer, provided us with updates on Texas Department of Transportation - Fort Worth District projects .

3/15 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - March Meeting

2/24 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - MATHCOUNTS Competition

2/23 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - February Meeting

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating another successful year at our Annual Awards Banquet. A special thanks to our partners the TSPE Fort Worth Chapter for jointly hosting this event.

1/18 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - January Meeting

Thank you to those who joined us for our January general meeting. Ken Griffin and Kent Collins with the City of Coppell provided us with great insight into the proposed reconstruction of one of the city's major thoroughfares - Freeport Parkway.

2017 Events

12/7 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - Holiday Party

Thank you to all who attended as we celebrated another successful year!

11/14 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter - November Meeting

Thank you to all who attended as Kori Mullen from North Central Texas Council of Government discussed updates to the Public Works Construction Standards ahead of the eagerly awaited release.

Click here to download the presentation from our November meeting.

10/19 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter October Meeting

A big thanks to our speaker Steven Duong from AECOM for his presentation on the Texas Hyperloop.

10/13 - 3rd Annual TSPE Disc Golf Tournament

Thank you to all that participated in the DFW Mid-Cities 3rd Annual Disc Golf Tournament.
A special thanks to all our volunteers and hole sponsors for their continued support of our chapter.

9/21 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter September Meeting

A big thanks goes out to the City of Southlake, presenter for our September meeting, for providing us with an update into their operations.

5/25 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter May Meeting

Construction Law by Ryan Starnes, partner at Libby, Sparks, Willis & Starnes.

4/20 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter April Meeting

Ethics with John Ho, P.E.:

3/23 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter March Meeting

Our sixth stop on our tour was the City of Euless:

2/25 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition

Many thanks to all that volunteered this year at our annual event.

Good luck goes out to all our schools and individuals who qualified for the state competition?

2/24 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter E-Week Banquet

The Chapter took part in the annual celebration of E-Week. This year, our chapter joined forces with the TSPE Fort Worth Chapter to participate and to also honor our recipients of Engineer of the Year and Young Engineer of the Year.

Congratulations to our award recipients!

Engineer of the Year:
Julie Hunt, P.E.

Young Engineer of the Year:
Brendon Wheeler, P.E.

1/19 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter January Meeting

Our fifth stop in the tour was the City of Irving:

Click here to download the presentation from our January meeting.

2016 Events

12/7 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Holiday Party

The Chapter will be taking a break from our tour for the month of December to celebrate another successful year and of course the holidays!

11/17 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter November Meeting

The forth stop on our Tour of the DFW Mid-Cities Chapter:

10/20 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter October Meeting

The third stop on our Tour of the DFW Mid-Cities Chapter:

9/16 - 2nd Annual TSPE DFW Mid-Cities Disc Golf Tournament

9/15 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter September Meeting

The next stop on our Tour of the DFW Mid-Cities Chapter:

8/18 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter August Meeting

The first stop on our Tour of the DFW Mid-Cities Chapter:

2015 Events

12/10 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Holiday Party

Thank you for everyone who attended the annual Holiday Party at Tolbert's in Historic Downtown Grapevine.
We wish you all very happy holidays and a very Happy New Year!

11/19 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Membership Meeting

Trish B. Smith, CAE (Certified Association Executive) is the Executive Director of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Trish has been with TSPE for 18 years overseeing the programs and staff of the organization. Her responsibilities include oversight of the legislative, education, membership, finance and human resource areas. She is also the Executive Director and a Trustee of the Texas Engineering Foundation and manages the TSPE Political Action Committee for Engineers (PACE).

11/13 - 1st Annual Scholarship Disc Golf Tournament

The Chapter hosted the the 1st Annual TSPE DFW Mid-Cities Scholarship Disc Golf Tournament at W.O. Harrington Park

10/22 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Membership Meeting

Sandy Wesch from the North Texas Council Of Governments presents on "Planning for the Year 2040"

Ms. Wesch is a Project Engineer for the North Central Texas Council of Governments. She has over 27 years of experience in the planning, design, and environmental aspects of transportation projects. She has worked on projects ranging from roadways to light rail to freight rail. She leads the Environmental and Project Streamlining team, which partners with TxDOT and other transportation providers to advance critical regional projects by moving them to construction as soon as possible. This approach helps reducing cost escalation due to inflation, alleviate congestion and improve air quality faster.

She will be talking about “Planning for the Year 2040.” NTCOG is currently developing Mobility 2040 (seehttp://www.nctcog.org/trans/mtp/2040/).

9/17 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Membership Meeting

Dr. Mickey McCabe - Executive Director of the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI)

Dr. McCabe is Executive Director of the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI). He has provided leadership for various research organizations for more than 30 years in both the university and industrial arenas. He has been a leader in creating technology-based economic development resulting from successful R&D programs. His technical experience and background are in the areas of polymers, fibers and composite systems. He is the sole inventor on U.S. Patent # 4,661,336 concerning the production of carbon fibers.

Prior to the UTARI position, Dr. McCabe was Vice President for Research and Executive Director of the Research Institute at the University of Dayton. While there, the University of Dayton and its Research Institute became a regional leader in technology-based economic development and a national leader in materials research. Dr. McCabe played a significant role in convincing GE Aviation to build a research center on the University of Dayton’s campus. The GE EPISCenter will create new technology and products for integrated electric power systems for aircraft.

8/17- DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Membership Meeting

Don Winfree from Lockheed Martin presented "One Person Really Can Make a Difference".

It is my story of producing the simple RCCA process that is now the genius for a new corporate wide process, the individual rigs I built and ran to allow us to fly STOVL and win the F-35 program, solve the F-22 Life Support Issue that had national attention from a "60 minutes" episode, current stinger missile issues, atomic clock and so many more. The success of this effort has caused me in the time of crisis to be one of the most called on engineers at Lockheed Martin and around the globe. My presentation is inspiring, educational and always leaves the audience with their mouth open. My work resonates with the young and the old and caused Bob Stevens to award me an individual Nova award for innovation in 2011, the only one given and my 4th. This work and my own trials including fighting cancer will change you forever and cause you to take on new challenges and trials with a whole new light.

7/30 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Membership Meeting

TSPE Mid-Cities Chapter welcomed Mr. Eubanks, the Chief Stormwater Engineer for the City of Fort Worth, has worked in the City's Stormwater program since 1999. He has overseen new development review, capital project management, flooding and drainage complaint investigations, and engineering assistance for maintenance projects. He assisted in the development of the City's Stormwater Utility and the 2006 Fort Worth Storm Water Management Design Manual and most recently oversaw development of the City's Stormwater Master Plan. Mr Eubanks walked the group through a great presentation on the history of Fort Worth's drainage complications, goals, and successes.

6/25 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Membership Meeting

TSPE Mid-Cities Chapter welcomed Nancy Blackwell, P.E., incoming President of the State TSPE Chapter, and Konstantine Bakintas, PE, to initiate the incoming board and present on membership. The meeting end and some putt-putt and go-karts commenced into the night.

5/28 - DFW Mid-Cities Chapter Meet and Greet

TSPE Mid-Cities Chapter hosted a social on Thursday, May 28th. The event was well attended and enjoyed by all.

4/30 - General Meeting

TSPE Mid-Cities Chapter host our April presenation. C.W. Clark, P.E. from the Texas Board of Professional Engineers presented on Professional Practice Updates & Ethics.

3/19 - Annual Awards Banquet

TSPE DFW Mid-Cities Chapter hosted our Annual Awards Banquet honoring MATHCOUNTS Students, Scholarship Recipients, the Past President, Young Engineer of the Year, and Engineer of the Year.

3/7 - MATHCOUNTS

The TSPE DFW Mid-Cities Chapter hosted their annual 2015 MATHCOUNTS competition at The University of Texas - Arlington.

For more information click here.

2/19 General Meeting

Bob Helms for UT Dallas will be presenting on the topic of:
"21st Century Engineering Education"

Meeting Hand-outs:
Initiative Summary
Task Force on Engineering Education for Texas in the 21st Century

2014 Events

12/4 December General Meeting - Christmas Party

11/20 November General Meeting - Rail Roundabout

The chapter hosted a Railway Roundtable discussion featuring representatives from Dallas Area Rapid Transit, The T, Denton County Transportation Authority and Texas Central Railway.

We were pleased to welcome the following representatives to the discussion:

Tim McKay - DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
Curvie Hawkins - The T
Rebecca Cowle - Texas Central Railway
Kristina Brevard - Denton County Transportation Authority