Randall Charles Divito, P.E., P.Eng, F.ASCE, tunnels practice director with Hatch, has been named a fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction.
Divito’s work experience includes over 30 years in the civil engineering profession as an international consulting geotechnical and tunnel engineer employed by Gannett Fleming, Haley & Aldrich, and Hatch. His tunnel engineering work at Hatch spans over 22 years and has taken him throughout North America and the world from the northern tip of Newfoundland in Canada to the southern tip of Africa. That experience has provided him with profound satisfaction, fulfillment, and respect for the good that his work and that civil engineering does to create positive change for a better world.
Divito has been active in ASCE for over 35 years, starting as a student member at SUNY Buffalo (UB). As a member, he has served as the Cleveland Section Geotechnical Committee Chair and is an active member of the Geo-Institute Underground Engineering & Construction Committee. He is also a member of the Underground Construction Association (UCA) of SME, International Tunnelling Association (ITA-AITES), and the International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE), where he is involved in other technical committees. He has authored and co-authored 14 published research papers, technical papers, and technical presentations in research reports, professional journals, short courses, and conference proceedings. He is also engaged in giving back to the upcoming generations of engineers and nonengineers through formal mentoring and leadership training of university students through his philanthropic work at UB and the New York State Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE-NY).
Among his proudest contributions is the result of his earthquake engineering research conducted at the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER) at UB. Through his research, he developed new and innovative structural geotechnical behavioral performance models and associated design methods for the combined response of seismic bearing capacity failure and lateral displacement of soil-bearing shallow foundations during earthquakes. This contribution led to the advancement of earthquake engineering state-of-practice from structure survival to structure performance, resulting in the improved protection of public safety.
Divito is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering (1992) and a master of science degree in geotechnical engineering (1995). He is a registered professional engineer in 10 U.S. states and the Province of Ontario in Canada.
