Welcome to the ASCE San Diego Younger Members Forum

San Diego YMF Mission

The San Diego ASCE Younger Members Forum (YMF) promotes the civil engineering profession to the greater San Diego Community and provides a transition for engineers from student life to the professional world through social, educational, and philanthropic events while upholding the core values of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

ASCE Vision, Mission & Goals

ASCE Vision

Civil engineers are global leaders building a better quality of life.

ASCE Mission

Provide essential value to our members and partners, advance civil engineering, and serve the public good.

ASCE Goals

Facilitate the advancement of technology to enhance quality, knowledge, competitiveness, sustainability, and environmental stewardship.
Encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning to aid our members' continued growth throughout their careers.
Promote professionalism and the profession throughout society to enhance the stature of civil engineers and to influence public policy.
Develop and support civil engineer leaders to broaden our members' perspectives, enhance their career growth, and promote the public interest.
Advocate infrastructure and environmental stewardship to protect the public health and safety and improve the quality of life.

Community Involvement

Community Service:

San Diego YMF organizes and participates in many community service events throughout the year including:

Surfrider Foundation Beach Cleanup
Habitat for Humanity
Challange Ranch

Educational Outreach:

YMF fosters the development of future engineers from young children to college students in the following ways:

Each year YMF hosts Engineering Day at the Mall as part of National Engineers Week.
We offer scholarships to local engineering students.
Our members act as practitioner advisors for SDSU and UCSD civil engineering students.
YMF coodinates a career shadow program and interview/resume workshops for local engineering students.