Eric J. Primavera ASCE Student Chapter Endowment

Type

General Endowment

Year Established

2000

Purpose

Provide student competition expenses at Regional and National levels, and send Florida Tech ASCE students to national ASCE and other pertinent Civil Engineering Society meetings. (GF000170)

Description

History

Eric Primavera was a gifted engineering alumnus and builder of Florida Tech’s first concrete canoe. He was not only an outstanding student during his time at Florida Tech, but he was also a leader among undergraduate and graduate students.

After he received his master’s degree from Florida Tech, he moved to New York for a few years and then came back to Florida to work at Port Canaveral Company, Gee & Jensen. There, he “oversaw complex coastal engineering projects, including the design of piers for new cruise ships.”

Eric’s professional achievements include developing a 17,000-psi high-strength mix and advancing the ACI code for high-strength anchor pullout through his Master’s Thesis. Additionally, in 1991, Eric and other Florida Tech students attended the ASCE Southeast Regional Competition at Mississippi State where they placed 4^th in a field of more than 30 schools after Eric introduced Florida Tech’s first canoe effort.

He was married to Tina Ortiz and enjoyed teaching structural engineering courses during his free time. On April 20^th, 2000, Florida Tech lost an outstanding alumnus who is remembered as “an inspiration to everyone who was fortunate enough to know him.”

If you would like to contribute to this fund, please go to Panther Fund and use the "other" designation to identify that you wish to give to this named endowment fund.