Journal Recognized with Richard R. Torrens Award

Abstract

This will be the first March issue of the Journal published since it increased from four to six issues per year and became a bimonthly. Over the last few years, the Journal has experienced growth in both the quantity and quality of accepted papers and an increase in the number of papers downloaded. This growth has culminated in the expansion of both the number of pages in the Journal and the frequency of publication. In recognition of the impact of the Journal, the Publications Division of the ASCE and the Subcommittee on Technical Advancement recently bestowed the 2013 Richard R. Torrens Award to the Journal, which I accepted on its behalf. The award was presented by Bruce Gossett, ASCE’s Managing Director of Publications, at the annual Editors’ Workshop, which was held November 2013 at the ASCE offices in Reston, Virginia. The Richard R. Torrens Award was created to honor the memory of Richard Torrens, who served in the Publications Department at ASCE for 17 years and was the manager of professional and technical publications. According to the ASCE, “The award is made in recognition of Torrens’ distinguished service and honors volunteer journal editors who have made outstanding contributions to the ASCE journals’ program.” The award is based on achievements in various categories, including journal competitiveness, turnaround time, growth, and creativity and innovation shown by the editor, among other measures of accomplishment. The leadership and dedication shown by the associate and guest editors have been instrumental in the success of the Journal. Their improved turnaround of papers and their organization of special issues and sections on timely topics in aerospace engineering are especially notable. Recent special sections and special issues have included the following: • Special Section on Intelligent Unmanned Systems, which was published in October 2012 and edited by Agus Budiyono, Bambang Riyanto, and Hoon Cheol Park;