ASCE Region 8 Awards - 2025 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.

Judging Criteria

Submit Nominations Here:

Region 8 Dale Nelson Engineer of the Year Award / Region 8 Kristina L. Swallow Young Engineer of the Year Award

Region 8 Large (Greater Than $10M) Project of the Year / Region 8 Small (Less than $10M) Projects of the Year

 

For questions please contact Governor Greg Kenney


ASCE Region 8 Awards - "Wall of Fame"


 

Dale Nelson Engineer of the Year

 

  • 2024 Roger Babcock, Jr., Phd, P.E., M.ASCE, Hawaii Section
  • 2023 Laura Spencer, PhD, P.E., M.ASCE, Arizona Section
  • 2022 Florence Ching, Hawaii Section
  • 2019 Ron Etsao Iwamoto, S.E., M. ASCE, Hawaii Section
  • 2018 Amy Kl Mestas, P.E., M. ASCE, Alaska Section
  • 2017 K.N. Gunalan (Guna), Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE, Utah Section
  • 2016 Tony Lau, P.E., ENV SP, F. ASCE, Hawai'i Section
  • 2015 Terry Little, P.E., PTOE, Southern Idaho Section
  • 2014 David R. Butzier, P.E., Southern Idaho Section
  • 2013 Jon Young, Hawai'i Section
  • 2012 Karl Obergh, P.E., Arizona Section

Kristina L. Swallow Young Engineer of the Year

 

  • 2024 Bianca Casem, P.E., Seattle Section
  • 2023 Carly Anne K.H. Kaneko, P.E., M.ASCE, Hawaii Section
  • 2022 Amanda Tanaka, Hawaii Section
  • 2019 Stephanie Marie Templeton, P.E., M. ASCE, Arizona Section

Large Project of the Year (over  $10M)

  • 2024 Totem Lake Connector Pedestrian Bridge, Kirkland, WA, Seattle Section
  • 2023 Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station, Seattle Section
  • 2022 Climate Pledge Arena, nominated by the Seattle Section
  • 2019 Keauhou Beach Hotel and Site Demolition, Kahalu’u, North Kona, Hawai’i, Hawaii Section
  • 2018 Manning Crevice Bridge Replacement, Idaho County, Idaho, Southern Idaho Section
  • 2017 City of Phoenix 27th Avenue Compost Facility, Arizona Section
  • 2016 Pearl Harbor Channel Underwater Waterline Crossing Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, Hawai'i Section
  • 2015 Parametrix and the Idaho Transportation Department - I-84 Meridian Road Interchange, Southern Idaho Section
  • 2014 Highway 16 Extension, US 20/26 to SH-44, Ada County, Idaho, Southern Idaho Section
  • 2013 Honoapi'lani Hwy Realignment, Hawai'i Section
  • 2012 Big Fork WWTP Membrane Bioreactor Upgrade, Montana Section

Small Project of the Year (under $10M)

  • 2024 El Vado GSI Food Forest, Tucson, AZ, Arizona Section
  • 2023 US-20, I-15 Interim Ramp Modifications, Southern Idaho Section
  • 2022 Don D. Statter Harbor Improvements Phase IIIA &IIIB, nominated by the Alaska Section
  • 2019 City of Nyssa, Oregon, Water System Improvements, Southern Idaho Section
  • 2018 WPC Phase 1 Phosphorus Removal Project, Pocatello, ID, Southern Idaho Section
  • 2017 Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport Rehabilitation and Related Improvements Project, Alaska Section
  • 2016 We did not have a small project award this year
  • 2015 Yogi Kwong Engineers, LLC - Steam Bank Bluff Protection and Stabilization Project Riverside Apartments; Hilo, Hawai'i, Hawai'i Section
  • 2014 Kennewick Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR), Kennewick, Washington, Columbia Section
  • 2013 Wyoming St - Silver Park, Montana Section
  • 2012 US 95 San Creek Byway, Inland Empire Section

 

 

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.

  1. The Contribution to the well-being of people and communities.
  2. Resourcefulness in planning and solving design challenges
  3. Pioneering in use of materials and methods
  4. Innovations in construction
  5. Minimization of impact on physical environment
  6. Composite Application

 

 

Other Society Awards won in Region 8

 


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

 

Congratulations to Carly A. Kaneko, P.E., ENV SP, M.ASCE of the Hawaii Section for being selected by ASCE’s Committee on Younger Members to receive the 2021 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.”
 
Congratulations to Kapiolani M. Street, P.E., M.ASCE and the Hawaii Section Younger Member Forum for being selected by ASCE’s Committee on Younger Members to receive the 2021 Younger Member Group Award for Small Groups for “their outstanding professional, technical, social, outreach, and community service activities.”
 

 

April 2021

 
 
Congratulations to Michael L. Dennis, Ph.D., P.E., R.L.S., M.ASCE of the Arizona Section for being selected by ASCE’s Utility Engineering and Arizona Section Surveying Institute to receive the 2021 Surveying and Mapping Award for “significant contributions to the field of surveying and geomatics through outreach, research and practice, including leadership within the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute.”
 
Congratulations to Samuel T. Ariaratnam, Ph.D., P.E., NAC, F.ASCE of the Arizona Section for being selected by ASCE’s Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute to receive the 2021 Stephen D. Bechtel Pipeline Engineering Award for “his contributions to advancements in pipeline engineering through service to industry, educational initiatives and outstanding research accomplishments in the area of horizontal directional drilling.”

 

 

March 2021

 

Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Kaminsky, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE of the Seattle Section for being selected by ASCE’s Construction Institute to receive the 2021 Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction. She was recognized for outstanding contributions in construction engineering and management, through groundbreaking research in the pursuit of equity for vulnerable populations around the globe through the construction of socially sustain-able civil infrastructure.
 
Congratulations to Oregon State University ASCE Student Chapter for being selected by the ASCE Committee on Student Members to receive the 2021 ASCE Distinguished Chapter Award for Region 8. This award is made annually to the most outstanding Student Organization in the Region based on activities recorded in the Student Chapter's 2020 annual report.
 
 

January 2021

 

Dr. Edward Kavazanjian, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, Dist. M. ASCE, NAE 
Dr. Kavazanjian of the Arizona Section was selected by ASCE’s Geo-Institute to present the 2022 Karl Terzaghi Lecture for “significant contributions to earthquake engineering, the design of waste containment systems, and in leading the emerging field of biogeotechnical engineering.” The award will be presented during the Society’s Geo-Congress 2022 in Charlotte, NC, March 20-23, 2022.
 
Dr. Kyle F. Flynn, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE 
Dr. Flynn of the Montana Section was selected by ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute to receive the 2021 Samuel Arnold Greeley Award for the paper, “Evaluating Hydraulic Habitat Suitability of Filamentous Algae Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler,” that appeared in the March 2020 issue of the Journal of Environmental Engineering. He and the paper co-author will receive the award at the EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress in Milwaukee, WI, May 23-26, 2021.
 
Dr. Bruce Rittmann, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE 
Dr. Rittman, of the Arizona Section, along with the other co-authors Dr. Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Yihao Luo, Youneng Tang, and Chen Zhou, were selected by ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute to receive the 2021 Rudolph Hering Medal for the paper, “Modeling Trichloroethene Reduction, Methanogenesis, and Homoacetogenesis in a H2-Based Biofilm,” that appeared in the February 2020 issue of the Journal of Environmental Engineering. He and the paper lead and co-authors will receive the award at the EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress in Milwaukee, WI, May 23-26, 2021.
 
Dr. Albert Clemmens, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, M.ASCE
Dr. Clemmens of the Arizona Section was selected by ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute to receive the 2021 Hydraulic Structures Medal for “advancing the science and engineering of flow measurement for irrigation.” He will receive the award at the EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress in Milwaukee, WI, May 23-26, 2021.
 
Dr. Richard H. Cuenca, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE 
Dr. Cuenca of the Oregon Section was selected by ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute to receive the 2021 Royce J. Tipton Award for “significant contributions to irrigation engineering, including evapotranspiration sensing and estimation, crop water use and measurement and reporting, education and teaching, including a world renowned irrigation engineering textbook, standard development, regional hydrologic water balance measurement, remote sensing and professional leadership.” He would receive the award at the EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress in Milwaukee, WI, May 23-26, 2021.
 
Oregon Section
The Oregon Section has been awarded the 2020 Outstanding Section and Branch Website Award for large Sections and Branches by the Leader Training Committee. The Oregon Section will receive their award at the Region 8 Winter Assembly meeting in Las Vegas, NV on February 19 and 20, 2021. Their award includes an ASCE Virtual Recognition Award for display on their website.

 


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

 

Hawaii Section Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Awards Banquet Winners:
 

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.” 

James Anspach of the Oregon Section was selected as the 2019 recipient of the G. Brooks Ernest Technical Lecture Award. Each year, the Cleveland Section of ASCE selects an individual to receive the G. Brooks Ernest Technical Lecture Award. The award is named for the late G. Brooks Ernest who served as President of the Society and President of Fenn College (now known as Cleveland State University’s Washkewicz College or Engineering). Dr. Brooks was a graduate of, and a faculty member of, the Case Institute of Technology (now known as Case Western Reserve University). This award is given annually to an outstanding individual of national or international prominence who demonstrates leadership and inspiration in the education of engineers.

 

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

  • Robert Madsen, P.E., M.ASCE of the Oregon Section received the Norman Medal

  • Sean Robinson, P.E., ENV SP, M.ASCE of the Nevada Section received the Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement

  • Edward McGuire, P.E., F.ASCE of the Nevada Section received the President’s Medal

  • Kelly Doyle, P.E., F.ASCE of the Nevada Section received the William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award

  • 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 

  • James Anspach, M.ASCE, of the Oregon Section was recognized as a Distinguished Member of ASCE 

  • 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

 

Student Award information was based on the 2017 Annual Reports.

 

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.ASCEOregon 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 ProgramTor 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 Awards Announcement

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 Awards Announcement

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 Awards Announcement

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 Awards Announcement

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

 

 

 

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