The ASCE President said that the Padma Bridge demonstrated the ingenuity and determination that Bangladesh represents to the world.
ASCE is one of the oldest civil engineering organizations in the world, established in 1852. The organization has over 150,000 members in 177 countries.
Maria and her two colleagues from the organization were also very happy to meet the budding engineers and students from BUET and other institutes.
Maria said that ASCE will start research cooperation with BUET and thinks that knowledge sharing and exchange of ideas will be of great help to both sides.
“I think we have started a new chapter of cooperation with BUET. We are trying to bring best practices from around the world to Bangladesh and vice versa.”