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Ed Asbury, Architectural Engineering

Let's save ourselves some time and get all the bad puns out right now.

"Ed Asbury's co-op experience was a home run."

"For his co-op, Ed Asbury hit one out of the park."

Now that that's done, we can concentrate on junior Ed Asbury and his first co-op experience with the Philadelphia-based engineering firm of EwingCole. Or, to explain the puns, EwingCole — architects, engineers, interior designers, and planners of the Phillies' new home, Citizens Bank Park.

"It was so cool," says Ed. "There I was, in this enormous construction site, walking around with principal designers and engineers, the same people who had been working on the project since its blueprint stages. In just the first month of that co-op, I learned so much about design and construction of the park just by listening to the professional engineers I worked with."

As an architectural engineering major, and someone who wants to go into engineering project management and mediation, the experience was tough to match.

"When I went into my second co-op, I didn't think it could compare to EwingCole," says Ed. "I mean, that was a $450 million project, and one that the people of Philadelphia have been anticipating for a decade. How can you beat that?"

With Klein and Hoffman, apparently.

While at Klein and Hoffman, Ed got to personally take part in the construction of a pedestrian bridge in Philadelphia. Of course, it wasn’t just any old pedestrian bridge. Eventually, it will become part of the East Coast Greenway, a 2,600-mile-long trail that extends from Canada to Key West, Florida. "The trail's going to be for cyclists, hikers, bikers, equestrians, and anybody else who wants to use it," says Ed. "You can leave your car at home."