ASCE Region 8 Awards - 2024 Nomination Forms and Judging Criteria
The American Society of Engineers Region 8 annually seeks to honor and recognize outstanding engineers and their projects. Region 8 would like to recognize the exemplary recipients at the annual Fall Region 8 Assembly Meeting, therefore nominations for these awards are due by April 1st each year. Nomination forms and judging criteria for the Region 8 Dale Nelson Engineer of the Year Award, Region 8 Kristina L. Swallow Young Engineer of the Year Award, Region 8 Large Project of the Year, and Region 8 Small Projects of the Year can be found below:
Region 8 Large Project of the Year / Region 8 Small Projects of the Year
Submit Nominations Here:
Project of the Year Greater Than 10 Million
Project of the Year Less Than 10 Million
Kristina Swallow Young Engineer of the Year
Dale Nelson Engineer of the Year
ASCE Region 8 Awards - "Wall of Fame"
Dale Nelson Engineer of the Year
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ASCE Region 8 Dale Nelson Engineer of the Year Award
The ASCE Region 8 Engineer of the Year Award was established in 2012. In 2019 it was re-named after Dale Nelson, P.E., F.ASCE. Dale was a passionate leader of ASCE for over half a century, beginning in the mid-1960's when he was a student at Washington State University, through his untimely passing in 2019. In addition to leading numerous U.S. Corps of Engineer’s projects, he finished his career as a FEMA project specialist. He served ASCE in numerous roles, including Anchorage Branch President (1975); Alaska Section President (1978), Region 8 Governor (2007-2010), and on the Society Board of Direction as Region 8 Director (2015-2018).
It is not the positions he held, but how he served and led with his kind, generous and thoughtful passion that made all the difference. He was a consummate gentleman who was always gracious, with the ability to solve difficult situations with thoughtfulness and finesse. He was approachable and instantly inspired us to want to make the best of our time in ASCE. Rather than solve problems remotely, he would travel great distances to meet with troubled groups or individuals to offer assistance and counsel, including quiet and private correction when needed. In honor of his exceptional service to Civil Engineering and ASCE, a memorial scholarship for University of Alaska Anchorage students was established in his name by Alaska Section members.
ASCE Region 8 Kristina L. Swallow Young Engineer of the Year Award
The ASCE Region 8 Young Engineer of the Year Award was established in 2019 and is named after Kristina L. Swallow, P.E., ENV SP, F. ASCE. Kristina served as the youngest ASCE president in history. Full of positive youthful energy, many engineers have been greeted by her warm smile and inspired by her fierce advocacy. She earned her bachelorette degree from the University of Arizona and her master’s degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Upon graduation, she immediately began involving herself in ASCE and the Civil Engineering profession. She was heavily involved in Younger Member activities, Future Cities, the Nevada Section, and the Region 8 Board of Governors. She received numerous Younger Member awards at the local, region and Society levels. Kristina served as a Legislative Assistant on Transportation Policy to New Mexico U.S. Senator Tom Udall from 2009-2012. She served on the Society Board of Direction as Region 8 Director (2013-2015). She served as ASCE President in 2018, traveling around the world representing the best of our profession. After years of public and private service, she was appointed as the Director of the State of Nevada Department of Transportation. Kristina Swallow exemplifies what it is to be an outstanding Young Engineer.
ASCE Region 8 Large and Small Projects of the Year
The projects selected for the ASCE Region 8 Large and Small Projects of the Year are evaluated on the criteria below.
- The Contribution to the well-being of people and communities.
- Resourcefulness in planning and solving design challenges
- Pioneering in use of materials and methods
- Innovations in construction
- Minimization of impact on physical environment
- Composite Application
Other Region 8 Awards
2023 Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Heather Brooks, Ph.D., P.E., M. ASCE, who has been selected by the ASCE’s Cold Regions Engineering Division to receive the 2023 CAN-AM Civil Engineering Amity Award for her very active participation in ASCE technical committees, including the Cold Regions Engineering Division, and the Canadian Permafrost Association. Dr. Brooks exemplifies the friendship and cooperation between Canada and the United States in cold regions engineering.
The CAN-AM Civil Engineering Amity Award is an award given to recognize those civil engineers who have made outstanding and unusual contributions toward the advancement of professional relationships between the civil engineers of the United States of America and Canada. This award was established by ASCE in April 1972 by the initiative and endowment of James A. Vance, Hon. M. ASCE.
Congratulations to Dr. Orson Smith, Ph.D., P.E., M. ASCE, who was selected by ASCE’s Cold Regions Engineering Division to receive the 2023 Harold R. Peyton Award for Cold Regions Engineering for his lifelong career in cold regions and coastal ports engineering, and involvement in researching global climate change, in addition to his career dedicated to teaching students as a civil engineering professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), College of Engineering.
The Harold R. Peyton Award for Cold Regions Engineering is a memorial award to the outstanding professional accomplishments of Harold R. Peyton, F.ASCE, bringing awareness and interest in the challenges of cold regions engineering. The award was established by the Board of Direction in October 1988.
2022 Awards
ASCE Region 8 congratulates Ms. Summer Stevens Hughes, S.M. ASCE on receiving the 2022 ASCE Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students Award for her paper, “How Key Differences in the 2020 Update of the Code of Ethics Will Affect the Civil Engineering Profession – and Humanity.” Ms. Hughes is a student from the University of Utah, College of Engineering and a member of the Southern Utah Branch of the Utah Section.
2021 Awards
July 2021
Congratulations to Edward Yarmak, Jr., P.E., M.ASCE of the Alaska Section for being selected by ASCE’s Cold Regions Engineering Division to receive the 2021 CAN-AM Civil Engineering Amity Award for “design of foundations in permafrost using thermosyphon technology and for leadership in the field of thermosyphon stabilized foundations.”
Congratulations to Michael P. Stuhr, P.E., M.ASCE of the Oregon Section for being selected by ASCE’s Infrastructure Resilience Division to receive the 2021 Le Val Lund Award for Practicing Lifeline Risk Reduction for “achievements and leadership in risk reduction for water lifelines to increase community resilience.”
June 2021
Congratulations to Harry Hsiu-Jen Yeh, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE of the Oregon Section, for being selected by the Society’s Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute to receive the 2021 John G. Moffatt - Frank E. Nichol Harbor and Coastal Engineering Award for “broad and interdisciplinary laboratory knowledge of coastal effects of tsunami to the general public.”
Congratulations to Elyce Pimentel, S.M.ASCE of the Arizona Section for being selected by the Society’s Committee on Student Activities to receive the 2021 Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students for the paper, “Societal Ethics in Civil Engineering During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
January 2021
2020 Awards
October 2020
Congratulations to Aaron D. Dotson, P.E., M.ASCE, of the Alaska Section who was selected by ASCE’s Cold Regions Engineering Division to receive the 2020 CAN-AM Civil Engineering Amity Award for “an academic and research career dedicated to water and wastewater treatment with specialization in cold regions processes with small remote systems typical of Alaskan bush communities.”
June 2020
Congratulations to Robert Sowby, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, of the Utah Section who was selected by the Society’s Committee on Younger members to receive the 2020 Daniel W. Mead Prize for Younger Members for the paper, “To Uphold and Enhance the Profession.”
Congratulations to Amanda Tanaka, P.E., M.ASCE, of the Hawaii Section who was selected as the 2020 recipient of the Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement for “professional achievement in service to the advancement of the profession, evidence of technical competence, high character and integrity, and contributions to public service outside her career.”
Congratulation to Jie Zhang, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, of the Seattle Section whose editorial team was selected by the Society’s Awards Committee to receive the 2020 State of the Art of Civil Engineering Award for the book, Computational Fluid Dynamics: Applications in Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Treatment, published by EWRI, June 2019.
March 2020
Congratulations to Pingbo Tang, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, of the Arizona Section who was selected by ASCE’s Construction Institute to receive the 2020 Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction for “research and education activities that pioneer theories and practice of predictive civil infrastructure construction, operation and management through an integration of human-centered automation, structural engineering, automated spatiotemporal data analytics and management science.”
Congratulations to Brent Sherwood, A.M.ASCE, of the Seattle Section who was selected by ASCE’s Aerospace Division to receive the 2020 Columbia Medal for “demonstrated leadership and dedication to space exploration, space architecture, and in situ resource utilization. He has made a lasting impact on space exploration and continues to make leaps toward human settlement of the moon and eventual lunar mining ventures.”
February 2020
Inland Empire Section Annual Dinner Banquet Award Winners:
Distinguished Career: Wilho Williams
Engineer of Merit: Mark Muszynski
Volunteer of the Year: Jeanne Finger
Inland Empire Section Annual Dinner Banquet Scholarship Recipients:
Tucker Munson – Gonzaga University
Pei Yun Hsieh – Gonzaga University
Amanda Kalab – University of Idaho
Nikki Lorvick – University of Idaho
Awards Goals
- Recognize outstanding achievement at the regional level
- Identify strong candidates for the Society awards
- Foster expanded public recognition of civil engineering achievements
Note: ASCE Region 8 covers the flowing states and sections: Alaska, Arizona, Columbia Section, Hawaii, Inland Empire Section, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Seattle Section, Southern Idaho Section, Tacoma-Olympia Section, Washington, Utah, and the Western Region of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) including the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and the Northwest Territories.
Previous Award Winners and Honorable Mentions
2019 Award Winners
September 2019
Best Special Project – Keauhou Beach Hotel and Site Demolition
Best Large Project – Ae`o
Best Building and Structural Systems Project – Espacio the Jewel of Waikiki
Best Transportation Project – ConRAC Facility, Kahului Airport
Best Studies and Research Project – Hydrodynamic Study of Saipan Lagoon
Fall Planning Meeting of the Region 8 Assembly Award Winners:
Winner of the 2018 Outstanding Project Under $10,000,000 was the Manning Crevice Bridge Replacement Project in Riggins, Idaho.
Winner of the 2018 Outstanding Project Over $10,000,000 was the City of Pocatello WPC Phosphorus Removal Project.
Winner of the 2018 ASCE Region 8 Engineer of the Year was Amy Mestas from the Alaska Section.
Arizona Section Annual State Conference Award Winners:
Tonopah Award – Breanna Connolly
President’s Award – Jose Aguilar
John C. Park Award – Steve Jimenez
Distinguished Service Award – Frederick Tack
July 2019
Timothy K. Dougherty, P.E., M.ASCE, from the Wasatch Front Branch of the Utah Section has been selected by ASCE’s Committee on Professional Practice to receive the 2019 Professional Practice Ethics and Leadership Award for “adherence to ASCE’s Code of Ethics in daily practice and dealings with other professionals in the industry. His composure and integrity are exemplary and through his leadership and mentoring have served as a benchmark for many young professionals.”
June 2019
The Brigham Young University ASCE Student Chapter was recently notified that they had been selected by the Committee on Student Members to receive the 2019 Robert Ridgway Student Chapter Award for “excellence in the effective and meritorious conduct of its affairs as a student chapter of ASCE through the ability and professional diligence of the Chapter officers, members and faculty advisors.”
The Society’s Committee on Student Members has also awarded the 2019 Daniel W. Mead Prize for Students to Alec Escamilla, S.M. ASCE, for his paper, “Treating All People Fairly: The Newest Canon and a Timely Reminder.”
May 2019
Don Nguyen, P.E., M.ASCE of the Seattle Section was selected for the 2019 Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement for “professional achievement in service to the advancement of the profession, evidence of technical competence, high character and integrity, and contributions to public service outside their careers.”
Noe Santos, P.E., M.ASCE of the Nevada Section was selected for the 2019 Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement for “professional achievement in service to the advancement of the profession, evidence of technical competence, high character and integrity, and contributions to public service outside their careers.”
Noe Santos, P.E., M.ASCE of the Nevada Section was also selected to receive a Certificate of Commendation for the 2019 Daniel W. Mead Prize for Younger Members for his paper, “Diversity and Inclusion: The Foundation for the Profession’s Bridge to the Future.”
The Hawaii Section Younger Member Forum has been selected to receive the 2019 Younger Member Group Award for Small Groups for “outstanding professional, technical, social, outreach, and community service activities on behalf of the Hawaii Section.”
Carla R. Palma, A.M. ASCE of the Nevada Section was selected for the 2019 Young Government Civil Engineer of the Year Award for “demonstrated leadership and significant contributions to public service engineering.”
The Utah Section Younger Member Forum was selected to receive the Committee on Younger Members’ Outstanding Younger Member Group Digital Outreach Award for Small Groups (formerly the Younger Member Group Website of the Year Award). The award recognizes Younger Member Groups that host a website and utilize social media to share information and engage with their members.
Dr. Erica C. Fischer, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE from Oregon Section has been selected by the Committee on Younger Members to receive the 2019 Collingwood Prize for the paper “Experimental Evaluation of Single-Bolted Lap Joints at Elevated Temperatures,” Journal of Structural Engineering, January 2018
Outstanding Younger Member in the Private Sector: Anabel Hernandez of the Las Vegas Younger Member Forum
Outstanding Younger Member Group Project: “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day” by the Hawaii Section Younger Member Forum
Outstanding Younger Member in ASCE Activities: Don Nguyen of the Seattle Younger Member Forum
February 2019
Dr. Roger Babcock Jr. has been awarded the prestigious Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers (HSPE) Engineer of the Year for his significant contributions to the profession and his many years of service with ASCE and community involvement. Dr. Babcock, who is a past president for the Hawaii Section was also recently selected for the 2018 College of Engineering Faculty Service Award at the University of Hawaii and the 2018 ASCE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor Award.
Ms. Amanda Tanaka has been named the 2019 Young Engineer of the Year by the Filipino American League of Engineers and Architects (FALEA) on behalf of the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies (HCES). Amanda is well deserving of this award for her commitment to improving the engineering community and society at large.
2018 Award Winners
October 2018
ASCE 2018 Convention Region 8 Award Winners
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Robert Madsen, P.E., M.ASCE of the Oregon Section received the Norman Medal
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Sean Robinson, P.E., ENV SP, M.ASCE of the Nevada Section received the Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement
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Edward McGuire, P.E., F.ASCE of the Nevada Section received the President’s Medal
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Kelly Doyle, P.E., F.ASCE of the Nevada Section received the William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award
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Dr. Edward Kavazanjian, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE, NAE from Arizona State University was recognized as a Distinguished Member of ASCE
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James Anspach, M.ASCE, of the Oregon Section was recognized as a Distinguished Member of ASCE
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The Hawaii Section Younger Member Forum received the Younger Member Group Award for Small Groups
April 2018
Mr. Robert L. Madsen, P.E., M.ASCE from the Columbia Section has been selected by the ASCE Society Awards Committee to receive the 2018 Norman Medal Co-Author of the paper “Experimental Seismic Response of a Full-Scale Cold-Formed Steel-Framed Building. 1: System-Level Response,” published in the Journal of Structural Engineering, December 2016.
The Hawaii Section Younger Member Forum has been selected by the Committee on Younger Members to receive the 2018 Younger Member Group Award for Small Groups for “Outstanding professional, technical, social, outreach, and community service activities.” Mr. Norman Leong, P.E., M.ASCE from the Hawaii Section will receive the Award on the behalf of the Hawaii Section Younger Member Forum.
Mr. Sean Robinson, P.E., ENV SP, M.ASCE from the Southern Nevada Branch of the Nevada Section has been selected by the Committee on Younger Members to receive the 2018 Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement for “Professional achievement in service to the advancement of the profession, evidence of technical competence, high character and integrity, and contributions to public service outside their career.”
2018 ASCE Committee on Student Members Region 8 Student Chapter Awards
Robert Ridgway Student Chapter Award Winner
This award is made annually to the single most outstanding Student Chapter:
- The winner of this award to be announced in late May
Ridgway Award Finalists
These Student Chapters were finalists for the Robert Ridgway Award:
- Brigham Young University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- The Citadel
- Florida A&M University-Florida State University
- University of Wyoming
Distinguished Chapter Awards
Awarded to the most outstanding Student Chapter in each Region:
- Brigham Young University
Certificates of Commendation
No more than 5% of Student Chapters are awarded Certificates of Commendation, Region 8 Student Chapters are:
- University of Arizona
- Oregon State University
Richard J. Scranton Outstanding Community Service Award
This award recognizes the Student chapter that demonstrates the most outstanding record of service for the previous calendar year:
- Oregon Institute of Technology
Honorable Mention
This award is given to the top third of Student Chapters, based on their Annual Report score, Region 8 Student Chapters are:
- Arizona State University
- University of British Columbia
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Idaho State University
- Northern Arizona University
- Portland State University
- Salt Lake Community College
- University of Washington
March 2018
Dr. Ahmad Itani, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., F.ASCE from the Truckee Meadows Branch of the Nevada Section has been selected by the Construction Institute to receive the 2018 Roebling Award "for contributions to the safety and stability of the construction of bridge column rebar cages. His work, based on fundamental engineering principles, paved the way for experimental and analytical investigations of column rebar cages."
Mr. Randy D. Randolph, P.E., M.ASCE from the Phoenix Branch of the Arizona Section has been selected by the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute to receive the 2018 Stephen D. Bechtel Pipeline Engineering Award "For leadership and service to the profession, particularly for significant contributions in analyzing failure modes and extents in prestressed concrete pipe. Your leadership has advanced the practices in monitoring and repairing these pipes and has mentored future engineers."
January 2018
Inland Empire January 2018 Banquet Awards
- Kevin Chang, Ph.D, PE, Inland Empire Section has been awarded the Engineer of Merit award by the Inland Empire Section
- Joshua Graff, University of Idaho, Cai Yamamoto, Washington State University, and Sean Urann, Gonzaga University were awarded the $1500 Scholarship by the Inland Empire Section
Environmental and Water Resources Institute Award
- Dr. Blake P. Tullis, Ph.D, F.EWRI, M.ASCE, Northern Utah Branch of the Utah Section, has been selected by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute to receive the 2018 Hydraulic Structures Medal for "significant contributions to hydraulic engineering in the areas of nonlinear weir spillway design, air vent sizing small embankment dam bottom outlets, culvert hydraulics, fish passage, physical modeling in support of hydraulic structure engineers through applied, innovative, hands-on design sources."
2017 Award Winners
2017 Engineer of the Year
K.N. Gunalan (Guna), Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE, Utah Section
2017 Project of the Year (<$10M):
Winner: Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport Rehabilitation and Related Improvements Project, submitted by the Alaska Section
2017 Project of the Year (>$10M):
Winner: City of Phoenix 27th Avenue Compost Facility, submitted by the Arizona Section
November 2017
2017 ASCE Southern Idaho Section Awards Banquet
- Project of the Year Completed in 2016 (>$10 Million) was awarded to West Boise Water Renewal Facility Total Phosphorus Removal Project, CH2M Hill
- Project of the Year Completed in 2016 (<$10 Million) was awarded to Garden City to Americana Boise Greenbelt Project, Keller Associates
- Engineer of the Year 2016 was awarded to Joshua Saak, PE, PTOE, ACHD
October 2017
2017 ASCE Convention - Region 8 Award Winners
- Steven Kramer, Ph.D., PE, M.ASCE, Seattle Section, was recognized by ASCE with the ASCE Norman Medal
- Mikhail Chester, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, Arizona Section, was recognized by ASCE with the ASCE Huber Research Prize
- Susan Mukai, PE, M.ASCE, Hawaii Section, Courtney Davis, PE, M.ASCE, Oregon Section, Cal Bearman, PE, M.ASCE, Seattle Section, were recognized by ASCE as the ASCE Friedman Young Engineer
- Nicole Nakaoka, A.M.ASCE, Hawaii Section, was recognized by ASCE with the ASCE Younger Member Group-Small Section
- Noe Santos, EIT, A.M.ASCE, Nevada Section, was recognized by ASCE as the ASCE Young Government Civil Engineer
- Roger Millar, PE, AICP, F.ASCE, Tacoma-Olympia Section, was recognized by ASCE as the ASCE Outstanding Public Official
- Menzer Pehlivan, Ph.D, PE, M.ASCE, Seattle Section, was recognized by ASCE with the ASCE President's Medal
- Greg DiLoreto, PE, PLS, D.WRE, ASCE President 2013, Oregon Section, was recognized by ASCE with the ASCE Wisley Award
2017 ASCE Oregon Section Annual Gala Award Winners
- Larry Magura, PE, D.WRE, F.ASCE, Oregon Section, was recognized by ASCE Oregon Section with the Engineer of the Year Award
- Nick Hatch, PE, M.ASCE, Oregon Section, was recognized by ASCE Oregon Section with the Young Engineer of the Year Award
- Tova Peltz, PE, CEG, M.ASCE, Oregon Section, was recognized by ASCE Oregon Section with the Government Engineer of the Year Award
September 2017
2017 ASCE Arizona Annual Conference Award Winners
- Jerry Cannon, PE, M.ASCE, Arizona Section, was recognized by ASCE Arizona Section with the John C. Park Award
- Gary Miller, PE, M.ASCE, Arizona Section, was recognized by ASCE Arizona Section with the The Arizona Civil Engineer Distinguished Service Award
- Jose Aguilar, EIT, M.ASCE, Arizona Section, was recognized by ASCE Arizona Section with the Tonopah Award
- Brent Borchers, PE, M.ASCE, Arizona Section and Chad Drago, PE, M.ASCE, Arizona Section were recognized by ASCE Arizona with the President's Award
The Arizona Section recognized and awarded $7,500 in scholarships to students from the universities and awarded the following members:
- Quinn Beauparlant, of ASU was recognized by ASCE Arizona as an Outsanding Senior
- Ian Connair, of NAU was recognized by ASCE Arizona as an Outsanding Senior
- Amy White, of U of A was recognized by ASCE Arizona as an Outsanding Senior
July 2017
- Albert J. Clemmens, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, M.ASCE, Arizona Section, was recognized by EWRI with the 2017 Service to the Academy Award
- Hamid Moradkhani, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.EWRI, F.ASCE, Oregon Section, was recognized by EWRI as an AAWRE Diplomate
- Mark W. Woodson, P.E., L.S., D.WRE., ENV SP, F.ASCE, former ASCE President, Arizona Section, was also recognized by EWRI as an AAWRE Diplomate
- Ms. Courtney L. Davis, P.E., M.ASCE, Oregon Section, has been selected by the ASCE Executive Committee to receive the Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement. The Oregon section also congratulates her and recognizes her service to the advancement of the profession, high technical competence, high character and integrity, and leadership in the development of younger member attitudes toward the profession.
Fifteen undergraduate civil engineering student members of ASCE are looking forward to the next term with the well-deserved boost of a Society scholarship. Two of the recipients are from student chapters within Region 8! Our student winners are:
- Nicholas J. Hossley, S.M. ASCE (Oregon State University), Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Student Chapter Scholarship
- Sierra A. Jensen, S.M. ASCE (University of Utah), Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Student Chapter Scholarship
June 2017
- Dr. Menzer Pehlivan, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE from the Seattle Section has been selected by the Executive Committee to receive the 2017 ASCE President’s Medal “For her outstanding contributions to promoting awareness of the engineering profession, her selfless commitment to service, her dedication to advancing diversity in engineering, and her inspirational message for a new generation to Dream Big.”
- Mr. Gregory E. DiLoreto, P.E., P.L.S., D.WRE, Pres.13, ASCE from the Oregon Section has been selected by the Executive Committee to receive the 2017 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award “For his steadfast service as ASCE President during release of the 2013 Report Card on America’s Infrastructure; Chair of the 2017 Report Card; and, tireless public advocate for solutions to the nation’s infrastructure investment gap, including sustainable infrastructure.”
- Ms. Susan Mukai, P.E., M.ASCE from the Hawaii Section has been selected by the Committee on Younger Members to receive the 2017 Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement “For professional achievement in service to the advancement of the profession, evidence of technical competence, high character and integrity, and contributions to public service outside their career.”
May 2017
- Dr. Jeffrey B. Bradley, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, President and CEO of WEST Consultants, has been awarded the Environmental and Water Resources Institute's 2017 Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award. The EWRI award committee's selection was based upon Dr. Bradley's engineering solutions provided in the arid U.S. and his "significant contributions during a stellar 40-year career in the areas of hydraulics, hydrology and sedimentation, especially involving debris flow effects on alluvial fan flooding and bridge scour." This annual award, established first in 1986, is particularly focused on noteworthy contributions especially applicable to arid or semi-arid climates. Dr. Bradley was a founding member of the EWRI Board of Directors and EWRI 2002 President. He was also a founding President of AAWRE. Dr. Bradley will be receiving his award at the EWRI Watershed Council Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, May 24th at the Congress in Sacramento, CA.
- Ms. Amanda Tanaka, P.E., M.ASCE from the Hawaii Section Younger Member Forum has been selected by the Committee on Younger Members to receive the 2017 Younger Member Group Award for small groups “For outstanding professional, technical, social, outreach, and community service activities on behalf of the Hawaii Section.”
- Mr. Roger M. Millar, Jr., P.E., F.ASCE from the Tacoma-Olympia Section has been selected by the Committee on Advancing the Profession to receive the 2017 Outstanding Public Official Award “For the sound, innovative application of engineering principles and ethics to transportation problems with an emphasis on quality of opportunity, sustainability, and the improvement of quality of life for the residents of Washington State.”
- Mr. Cal F. Bearman, P.E., M. ASCE of the Seattle Section has been selected by the Committee on Younger Members to receive the 2017 Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement “For professional achievement in service to the advancement of the profession, evidence of technical competence, high character and integrity, and contributions to public service outside their career.” In selecting Cal for this award, the committee particularly noted his development of Young Professionals Panels to enhance the Seattle YMF’s university outreach.
April 2017
- Tor Anderzen, P.E., M.ASCE from the Alaska Section has been selected as the Outstanding Advocacy of the Year Award Winner. The award recognizes an individual Key Contact, as well as an ASCE Section or Branch who has made sides in engaging their member(s) of Congress and/or state legislators on ASCE's Priority Issues and actively promoted the Key Contact Program. Tor has been very involved in ASCE advocacy efforts in recent years, and was especially active over the past year. He has not only built relationships with his legislators at the state and federal level, but he was also the champion for the Report Card for Alaska's Infrastructure that was prepared in 2016. He recently became on the ASCE's "State Advocacy Captains" and has worked to further engage other ASCE members though this role by supporting and promoting the Key Contact Program.
- Dr. Mickhall V. Chester, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE from the Phoenix Branch of the Arizona Section has been selected by the Committee on Technical Advancement to receive the 2017 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize "For his pioneering work in the area of lifecycle effects on infrastructure decisions and for resilient infrastructure for extreme events."
- Dr. Steven L. Kramer, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE from the Seattle Section has been selected by the Society Awards Committee to receive the 2017 Norman Medal "For the paper, 'Empirical Model for Estimation of the Residual Strength of Liquefied Soil,' Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, September 2015."
- Ms. Courtney L. Davis, P.E., M.ASCE from the Seattle Section has been selected by the Committee on Younger Members to receive the 2017 Edmund Friedman Award for Professional Achievement "For professional achievement in service to the advancement of the profession, evidence of technical competence, high character and integrity, and contributions to public service outside of their career."
March 2017
- R. Paul Giroux, Dist. M.ASCE from the Southwest Washington Branch of the Oregon Section has been selected by the Construction Institute to receive the 2017 Roebling Award "For his contributions to construction engineering as a builder of significant bridges such as the Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge and Oakland Bay Bridge and as a construction engineering historian, chronicling the achievements of past construction engineers like the Roeblings."
- Imanuel Aswandi of the Utah Section has been named Discover E Volunteer Honoree by ASCE National. This award recognizes Imanuel's contributions as a member of the Utah Section Younger Member Forum "For his efforts to 'give back' to his community."
February 2017
- Dr. Rollin H. Hotchkiss, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE from the Utah Section has been selected by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute to receive the 2017 Hydraulic Structures Medal “For his numerous achievements and contributions to the hydraulics structures engineering profession in the areas of culverts hydraulics, low-head dam operations and reservoir sedimentation throughout a most distinguished, dedicated research career.”
- Jeffrey B. Bradley, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE from the Oregon Section has been selected by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute to receive the 2017 Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award “For his significant contributions during a stellar 40-year career in the areas of hydraulics, hydrology and sedimentation, especially involving debris flow effects on alluvial fan flooding and bridge scour.”
- Howard P. Thomas, P.E., P.Eng., F.ASCE from the Oregon Section has been selected by the Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering to receive the 2017 CAN-AM Civil Engineering Amity Award “For his outstanding forty-year career specializing in cold regions’ engineering and task management, particularly public and private projects in Alaska and Canada encompassing a wide variety of engineering, regulatory compliance, and project management challenges.”
- Jeffrey Berman, A.M.ASCE and Laura N. Lowes, A.M.ASCE, receiving along with their co-authors the 2017 Moisseiff Award “For the paper, ‘Full-Scale Pseudodynamic Testing of Self-Centering Steel Plate Shear Walls'.”
2016 Award Winners
2016 Engineer of the Year
Tony Lau, P.E., ENV SP, F. ASCE, Hawai'i Section
2016 Project of the Year (<$10M):
Winner: We did not have a minor project award this year
2016 Project of the Year (>$10M):
Winner: Pearl Harbor Channel Underwater Waterline Crossing Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i
2015 Award Winners
2015 Engineer of the Year
Terry Little, P.E., PTOE/Southern Idaho Section
2015 Project of the Year (<$10M):
Winner: Yogi Kwong Engineers, LLC - Steam Bank Bluff Protection and
Stabilization Project Riverside Apartments; Hilo, Hawai'i, Hawai'i Section
2015 Project of the Year (>$10M):
Winner: Parametrix and the Idaho Transportation Department - I-84 Meridian Road
Interchange/Southern Idaho Section
2014 Award Winners and Honorable Mentions
2014 Engineer of the Year
David R. Butzier, P.E./Southern Idaho Section
2014 Project of the Year (<$10M):
Winner: Kennewick Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR), Kennewick, Washington, Columbia Section
Honorable Mention: Hana Highway/Hawai'i Section
2014 Project of the Year (>$10M):
Winner: Highway 16 Extension, US 20/26 to SH-44, Ada County, Idaho, Southern Idaho Section
Honorable Mention: South Park Bridge Replacement/Seattle Section
2013 Award Winners and Honorable Mentions
2013 Engineer of the Year
Jon Young/Hawai'i Section
2013 Project of the Year (<$10M):
Winner: Wyoming St - Silver Park/Montana Section
Honorable Mention: Glasgow WTP/Montana Section
2013 Project of the Year (>$10M):
Winner: Honoapi'lani Hwy Realignment/Hawai'i Section
Honorable Mention: Sonoran Blvd/Arizona Section
Honorable Mention: Cordes Junction Interchange/Arizona Section
2012 Award Winners and Honorable Mentions
2012 Engineer of the Year
Winner: Karl Obergh, P.E./Arizona Section
Honorable Mention: Colin Maynard/Anchorage Section
2012 Project of the Year (<$10M):
Winner: US 95 San Creek Byway/Inland Empire Section
Honorable Mention: Lockwood Sanitary Sewer Phase 1/Montana Section
2012 Project of the Year (>$10M):
Winner: Big Fork WWTP Membrane Bioreactor Upgrade/Montana Section
Honorable Mention: Cavaliere Park/Arizona Section