BANQUET REGISTRATION OPEN!!!

The KSPE Banquet will be held on February 24, 2012 at the Henry Clay. Click HERE for more information.

Don Basham Retires After More than 40 Years of Service to Engineering Community

Donald Basham, PE, a nationally recognized engineer, has retired after a 40-year career in the public and private sector.

Basham joined Stantec in 2006, after working for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for more than 30 years. While with the USACE, he led multiple assignments with the Louisville District and Corps headquarters in Washington, DC. In Washington, he served as chief of engineering and construction with ultimate responsibility for more than 15,000 personnel world-wide. Basham provided leadership to support the Corps’ civil works, military and environmental missions, both stateside and across sixty foreign nations. Additional areas of expertise included dam and levee safety, flood hazard risk reduction, and disaster recovery. Basham was involved with leading the Corps’ post-Katrina recovery efforts in Louisiana and served on the National Committee on Levee Safety.

He has been widely recognized for his outstanding service, including the Presidential Rank Award, a public service leadership recognition from the President of the United States. Basham was also named to the 2006 USACE Louisville District Hall of Fame, and received the 2002 University of Louisville's Professional Award in Civil Engineering and the 1998 USACE Civilian of the Year award.

At Stantec, Basham served as a senior advisor for federal services, providing leadership and management support on numerous federal government assignments including a levee inspection program for the USACE covering more than 173 miles of levees and flood walls across five states.

Next KSPE Louisville Meeting - Friday, March 16, 2012

Please Note: If you pre-register for the meeting before Tuesday the week of the meeting, the cost of the luncheon is $15. If you do not pre-register, or register after the cut-off date, the luncheon cost is $20.

Sign up for the meeting by clicking the link below:

ATTENTION SPEED SCHOOL STUDENTS

The Louisville KSPE Chapter awards two annual scholarships of $1,500 to qualifying Speed School students. Applications are currently being accepted for the KSPE Scholarships! The deadline to submit applications is Friday, March 23, 2012. Click HERE for more information.

KSPE Louisville Meeting Speakers

KSPE Louisville will announce speakers who will be presenting at our upcoming meetings.  If you would like to recommend a luncheon speaker, please contact our speaker recruitment coordinator, Mike Sewell ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

Searching for Past KSPE Louisville Officers and Committee Chairs

In an effort to document and recognize contributions of past board members, the Louisville Chapter is compiling a list of past chapter leadership.  If you have old records of individuals who have served on the chapter's board in the past, please let us know by contacting Kelly Meyer ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians - Technical Conference

KSPE Louisville is invited to attend the ASCET Technical Conference in June.  ASCET's primary goal is to promote continuing education opportunities primarily to NICET certified engineering technicians among others.

Opportunities exist for engineering companies and professional organizations to advertise in the conference program, sponsor a portion of the conference or provide promotional items for attendee gift bags.

Please consider helping ASCET with this event as well as challenging other firms and organizations to do the same.

See the conference website (www.ASCET.org) for additional information or you may contact Wade Abbott directly at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 859.224.4476.