Honor essential papers at fourth annual ASCE OTC Hall of Fame Gala

For the fourth year, ASCE's Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute will honor selected papers from the Offshore Technology Conference that have become standards for current practices worldwide, becoming an integral part of the offshore design process as well as providing guidance to other civil engineering disciplines. Since the OTC's inception nearly 40 years ago, it has produced outstanding papers that have offered innovation, vision, direction and lasting impact on design, construction or installation within the offshore industry. This year, seven papers will be inducted into the ASCE OTC Hall of Fame. Since 2006, COPRI and ASCE have honored those papers and their authors at the Hall of Fame Gala Dinner. This year's gala is May 5 at the Petroleum Club in Houston. Registration is now open for this prestigious event -- sign up today. A commemorative volume featuring the 2009 honored papers, to be published by ASCE, will be available at the Gala and for sale by ASCE in May. Sponsorhip opportunities are still available.