The S&T student chapters of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) are hosting the 2024 ASCE president and S&T alumna Marsia Geldert-Murphey for a talk at the S&T campus.

Geldert-Murphey, MS CE’97, will discuss how ASCE envisions building a better infrastructure system through engineering and advancing an inclusive and equitable society. 

The presentation is open to the public and available on Zoom.

Geldert-Murphey’s term as ASCE’s 2024 president just completed, and she will serve as Past President through October 2025. She was awarded the doctor of civil engineering, honoris causa, during a Missouri S&T spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11.

She has been a member of ASCE since 1990 and has served the society in several leadership roles.

Geldert-Murphey works as a regional director for Missouri and Illinois for the Lochmueller Group and specializes in transportation and geotechnical engineering. She has over three decades of experience related to civil engineering and construction.

Throughout her career, she has founded two companies, authored two books, testified before congress, and was listed as one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s Most Influential Business Women. Geldert-Murphey is a member of the S&T Academy of Civil Engineers and an honorary member of S&T’s chapter of the Chi Epsilon civil engineering honor society.

S&T’s chapters of AEI and ASCE are co-hosting the event with the university’s civil, architectural and environmental engineering department.