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Timothy Alston, A.M.ASCE, is a busy man. Named one ofASCE's New Faces of Civil Engineering, Professional in 2021, Alston also serves as a committee member on ASCE's Members of Society Advancing an Inclusive Culture and is an active member of the National Society of Black Engineers and the Illinois Section ofASCE. In summer 2020, he faced a pandemic-related layoff from his first full-time engineering job, at CDM Smith in Chicago. Undaunted, Alston networked his way to the flip side of the engineering world - the client side - and within a month had landed a new job, as a plant engineer for the Gary Sanitary District. There he optimizes plant processes and volunteers ideas to make improvements wherever he can. Alston also works part time for SMASH, a nonprofit academic acceleration program for high school students from traditionally underrepresentedpopulations who show aptitude in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). As an admissions coach, he helps students from three states who are graduating from SMASH's three-year program create successful college applications. |