ASCE has honored Gholamreza Amirinia, Ph.D., Aff.ASCE, and Sungmoon Jung, Ph.D., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Alfred Noble Prize for the paper “Along-Wind Response of High-Rise Buildings Subjected to Hurricane Boundary Layer Winds,” Journal of Structural Engineering, September 2017.
From the Abstract—
Recent studies show that characteristics of hurricane surface winds are different from those of nonhurricane surface winds. The characteristics relevant to analyzing high-rise buildings include...
ASCE has honored Bak Kong Low, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, with the 2019 Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award for the paper “Insights from Reliability-Based Design to Complement Load and Resistance Factor Design Approach,” published in the November 2017 issue of the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
The paper investigates the similarities and differences between the reliability-based design (RBD) approach and the load and resistance factor design...
ASCE has honored Bilal Ayyub, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, Dist.M.ASCE, and Carol Ellinger Haddock, M.ASCE, with the 2019 President’s Medal, chosen by President Robin Kemper.
Ayyub is being recognized for his many efforts to bring adaptive design to the profession to help address a changing climate. He is a professor and director of the Center for Technology and Systems Management at the University of Maryland (College...
ASCE has honored Brian D. McKeehan, P.E., ENV SP, F.ASCE; Edward W. Stafford, P.E., P.TOE, F.ASCE; and Thomas F. Zimmie, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, with the 2019 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award, chosen by President Robin Kemper.
McKeehan is recognized for his leadership in researching and developing a cohesive recommendation for how ASCE may leverage credentialing to advance the profession.
He has held engineering...
ASCE has honored Clyde Chambliss Jr., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Outstanding Public Official Award for his impeccable service and dedication to the State of Alabama, as well as to the civil engineering profession and land surveying professionals.
Chambliss has contributed tirelessly to the public and to the civil engineering profession while currently serving as a senator for the State of Alabama, and as...
ASCE has honored Ahsan Kareem, Ph.D., F.EMI, Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, with the 2019 Ernest E. Howard Award for his contributions to research and practice on modeling, analysis and design of flexible structures for wind loadings.
Elected to Distinguished Membership in 2010 and to the National Academy of Engineering in 2009, Kareem is internationally renowned as a scholar/engineer who has made lifetime contributions to civil engineering theories...
The Large Group award goes to the Los Angeles Younger Member Forum
“For outstanding professional, technical, social, outreach, and community service activities on behalf of the Los Angeles Section.”
From the record—
It is my pleasure to nominate the Los Angeles Younger Member Forum (LA YMF) for the ASCE Younger Member Group Award. During the 2017-18 year, ASCE LA YMF has strived to provide a professional,...
ASCE has honored S. P. Anusha, Ph.D.; Lelitha Vanajakshi, Ph.D.; Shankar Subramanian, Ph.D.; and Laurence Rilett, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Wellington Prize for their paper “Cycle-by-Cycle Analysis of Signalized Intersections for Varying Traffic Conditions with Erroneous Detector Data,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, August 2017.
Traffic congestion at signalized intersections on urban arterials is a major issue faced by system...
ASCE has honored Jordan Aaron, Ph.D.; Oldrich Hungr, Ph.D.; Timothy Stark, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, and Ahmed Baghdady, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, with the 2019 Norman Medal for their paper “Oso, Washington, Landslide of March 22, 2014: Dynamic Analysis,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, September 2017.
This paper provides a means for predicting the runout distance of future landslides with similar topography and failure mechanism by...
ASCE has honored Don Nguyen, P.E., M.ASCE; Noe Santos, P.E., M.ASCE; and Siavash Zamiran, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement. They are cited for professional achievement in service to the advancement of the profession, evidence of technical competence, high character and integrity, and contributions to public service.
Nguyen is a leader in the Society and in the...
