2024 Region 7 Award Forms - The deadline has passed (see recipients below), but the forms are left for your information and preparation for next year as they will likely remain similar.
Region 7 Professional Progress Award
Region 7 Outstanding Faculty or Practitioner Advisor Award
Region 7 Outstanding Younger Member Award
Region 7 Student Leadership / Outstanding Student Member Award
Society Awards & Honors
Information, Nomination Forms, and Deadlines
Current Award Recipients
Congratulations to the most recent recipients of ASCE and Region 7 awards!
2024 Region 7 Awards
Professional Progress: Michael Buechter, P.E., BC.WRE, F.EWRI
Outstanding Younger Members: Brenan Pool, E.I. and Apurva Sawant, P.E., PMP
Outstanding Student Members: Gabrielle Dunn and Morgan Voissem
Outstanding Faculty/Practitioner Advisors: Dr. Alaaeldin Elsisi, PhD, P.E. and Dr. Sanjay Tewari, PhD
2024 Society Awards Presented to Region 7 Members
2024 Vilas Mujudar Resilience Award - John W. van de Lindt, Ph.D., F.SEI, F.ASCE
2024 ASCE President's Medal - Joel G. Burken, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
2024 Younger Member Group Award for Small Groups - Kansas City Section Younger Member Group
2024 ASCE Excellence in Journalism Award - Suman Naishadham, Brittany Peterson, and Camille Fasset
2024 Robert Ridgway Student Chapter Award - South Dakota State University Student Chapter
2024 Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award - James R. Harris, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, NAE, Dist.M.ASCE
2023 Royce J. Tipton Award - Ayse Kilic, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Region 7 Award Recipients
Previous recipients of Region 7 awards:
Professional Progress Award (instituted in 2024):
| Year | Name | Section/Branch |
| 2024 | Michael Buechter, P.E., BC.WRE, F.EWRI | St. Louis Section |
Lifetime Achievement Award (replaced by Professional Progress Award in 2024):
| Year | Name | Section/Branch |
| 2023 | Jeffrey Fouse, P.E. | |
| 2022 | Jenifer Bates, P.E., M.ASCE | Iowa Section |
| 2022 | Mike Winckler, P.E. | Kansas City Section |
| 2021 | Mustaque Hossain, P.E., M.ASCE | |
| 2021 | John Niemela, P.E., M.ASCE | |
| 2020 | Gene Rovak | St. Louis Section |
Outstanding Faculty or Practitioner Advisor Award:
| Year | Name | Student Chapter |
| 2024 | Dr. Sanjay Tewari, PhD | Missouri University of Science & Technology + Missouri State University |
| 2024 | Dr. Alaaeldin Elsisi, PhD., P.E. | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |
| 2023 | Christopher Senseney, P.E. | University of Colorado Boulder |
| 2022 | Dr. Jeffrey Holley, P.E. | Colorado School of Mines |
| 2022 | Dr. David Waterman, P.E. | South Dakota School of Mines & Technology |
| 2021 | Hani Melhem, P.E., M.ASCE | |
| 2020 | Dr. Scott D. Schiff | Kansas State University |
| 2020 | Dr. Joel Burken | Missouri S&T |
Outstanding Younger Member Award:
| Year | Name | Section/Branch |
| 2024 | Apurva Sawant, P.E., PMP | Colorado Section / Denver Branch |
| 2024 | Brenan Pool, E.I. | St. Louis Section |
| 2023 | Stephen Noeth, P.E. | |
| 2023 | Matthew Buenger | |
| 2022 | Trenton Humphrey | Iowa Section |
| 2022 | Brian Ruppelt, P.E. | South Dakota Section |
| 2021 | Wiphawi Brua, P.E., M.ASCE | |
| 2021 | Holly Haywood, P.E., M.ASCE | |
| 2021 | Alex Jiang, M.ASCE | |
| 2020 | Nelia | Kansas City Section |
| 2020 | Dierdre Beck | Eastern Branch / South Dakota Section |
| 2020 | Peyton Gibson | Denver Branch / Colroado Section |
Outstanding Student Member Award (instituted in 2024):
| Year | Name | Student Chapter |
| 2024 | Gabrielle Dunn | UC Boulder |
| 2024 | Morgan Voissem | St. Louis University |
Society Award Recipients
Previous recipients of ASCE awards:
2023 Royce J. Tipton Award - Ayse Kilic, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
2023 Jack E. Cermak Medal - Partha P. Sarkar, PhD, F.SEI, F.ASCE
2023 Masanobu Shinozuka Medal - Professor Ross B. Corotis Ph.D., P.E., S.E., F.EMI, F.SEI, Dist.M.ASCE
2023 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award - Bryant A. Robbins, P.E., M.ASCE
2023 Karl Terzaghi Award - Ning Lu, Ph.D., F.EMI, F.ASCE
2022 Ridgeway Finalist - South Dakota State University
2022 Richard J. Scranton Outstanding Community Service Award - South Dakota State University
2022 ASCE Distinguised Chapter Award for Region 7 - Missouri University of Science and Technology
2021 Most Improved Award - University of Iowa
2021 Distinguished Chapter for Region 7 - South Dakota State University
2021 James Laurie Prize - Dr. Halil Ceylan, Ph.D., M. ASCE, Iowa State University
2021 Peurifoy Construction Research Award - Dr. Keith Molenaar, Ph.D., M. ASCE, University of Colorado
2021 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award - Dr. Laurence R. Rilett, Ph.D., P.E., M. ASCE, University of Wyoming Faculty Advisor
2020 Simon W. Freese Environmental Engeering Award and Lecture - Dr. Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., NAE, A.M.ASCE
2020 Innovation in Sustainbale Engineering Award - Lee Hanson, Alliant Energy
2020 ASCE President's Medal - Mr. Ryan Kobbe, P.E., M. ASCE, University of Wyoming Faculty Advisor
2020 Distinguished Chapter for Region 7 - South Dakota State University
2020 Finalist - Richard J. Scranton Outstanding Community Service Award - Saint Louis University
2020 Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize - Dr. Islam El-adaway Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, St. Louis Section
2020 Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award - Larry W. Mays, Colorado Section
2020 Samuel Arnold Greeley Award - Rengao Song, Eric Zhu, Mark Campbell, and Tian C. Zhang, Nebraska Section
2020 Rudolph Hering Medal - Y.T. Sheu, Tian C. Zhang, Rao Y. Surampalli, and Jimmy Chih-Ming Kao, Kansas City Section