Eric J. Primavera ASCE Student Chapter Endowment
Purpose
Provide student competition expenses at Regional and National levels, and send Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ ASCE students to national ASCE and other pertinent Civil Engineering Society meetings. (GF000170)Description
Funds are distributed at the discretion of the Program Chairman in Civil Engineering and/or the ASCE faculty member.
History
Eric Primavera was a gifted engineering alumnus and builder of Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøվ’s first concrete canoe. He was not only an outstanding student during his time at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾, but he was also a leader among undergraduate and graduate students.
After he received his master’s degree from Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾, he moved to New York for a few years and then came back to Florida to work at Port Canaveral Company, Gee & Jensen. There, he “oversaw complex coastal engineering projects, including the design of piers for new cruise ships.â€
Eric’s professional achievements include developing a 17,000-psi high-strength mix and advancing the ACI code for high-strength anchor pullout through his Master’s Thesis. Additionally, in 1991, Eric and other Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ students attended the ASCE Southeast Regional Competition at Mississippi State where they placed 4th in a field of more than 30 schools after Eric introduced Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøվ’s first canoe effort.
He was married to Tina Ortiz and enjoyed teaching structural engineering courses during his free time. On April 20th, 2000, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ lost an outstanding alumnus who is remembered as “an inspiration to everyone who was fortunate enough to know him.â€
