ASCE has honored the writing team of David W. Spelman, Ph.D., EI, A.M.ASCE, and John J. Sansalone, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Rudolph Hering Medal for the paper “Is the Treatment Response of Manufactured BMPs to Urban Drainage PM Loads Portable?” published in the April 2018 issue of the Journal of Environmental Engineering.
Hydrodynamic separators (HS) and basins/tanks such as rectangular clarifiers (RC), as...
ASCE has honored the writing team of Marc A. Santos, P.E., M.ASCE; Richard F. Carbonaro, Ph.D., P.E.; and Robert R. Sharp, Ph.D., P.E., with the 2019 Samuel Arnold Greeley Award for the paper “Control Strategies for the Mitigation and Removal of Attached Manganese Biofilms,” in the January 2018 issue of the Journal of Environmental Engineering.
In the selected work, the team investigated the use of...
Engineering News-Record magazine recognizes its Top 25 Newsmakers this week at the annual ENR Award of Excellence Gala.
Each year, ASCE members feature prominently on the Newsmakers list, and this year is no exception.
Here are the Society members among the ENR 2019 Top 25 Newsmakers:
Ginger Evans, P.E., M.ASCE
Now the CEO of Reach Airports, Evans helped orchestrate an $8.5 billion overhaul of O’Hare Airport during...
ASCE presents nearly 100 Society awards every year, recognizing civil engineers who advance the profession either through achievement or published papers.
The most recent Society awards are:
• Ana Maria Ferreira da Silva, A.M.ASCE, and Mohsen Ebrahimi, EIT, A.M.ASCE, with the 2019 Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize
• James L. Fouss, Ph.D, P.E., D.WRE (Ret.), M.ASCE, with the 2019 Royce J. Tipton Award
• Heidi M. Nepf, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE,...
ASCE has honored Robert Ettema, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, with the 2019 Harold R. Peyton Award for Cold Regions Engineering for a distinguished career of laboratory research, physical modeling, experimentation, teaching, administration, mentoring graduate students, and extensive publication in the fields of ice mechanics, cold regions hydraulics, river engineering, sediment transport, hydraulic structures, and engineering history.
Ettema is an exceptional candidate. His career as a researcher,...
ASCE presents nearly 100 Society awards every year, recognizing civil engineers who advance the profession either through achievement or published papers.
The most recent Society awards are:
• John C. Crittenden, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, NAE, with the 2020 Simon W. Freese Environmental Engineering Award and Lecture
• Rao S. Govindaraju, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.EWRI, F.ASCE, with the 2019 Ven Te Chow Award
• Barbara Ellen Spang Minsker, Ph.D.,...
ASCE has honored Barbara Ellen Spang Minsker, Ph.D., M.ASCE, with the 2019 Margaret S. Petersen Award for her technical accomplishments, leadership, and commitment to mentoring women pursuing engineering careers, aligning with the ideals that the award’s namesake championed throughout her life. Minsker is chair of the civil and environmental engineering department at Southern Methodist University's Lyle School of Engineering in Dallas, TX.
Through two highly acclaimed books...
ASCE has honored John C. Crittenden, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, NAE, with the 2020 Simon W. Freese Environmental Engineering Award and Lecture for his extraordinary accomplishments in using fundamental scientific principles and current research findings to solve the most challenging water quality problems.
Crittenden is one of the world’s foremost experts in physicochemical processes for environmental systems. A pioneer in water treatment systems, his work in...
ASCE has honored A. Jacob Odgaard, Ph.D., D.WRE, F.ASCE, with the 2019 Hans Albert Einstein Award for his leadership and tireless effort in the field of sediment transport and river erosion control.
Many people work their entire career striving to make a difference in their field, but Odgaard has produced groundbreaking achievements in three key areas in civil engineering. First, he designed and patented a...
ASCE has honored Rao S. Govindaraju, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.EWRI, F.ASCE, with the 2019 Ven Te Chow Award for his pioneering contributions to the hydrology of infiltration and to run-on processes over hillslopes and watersheds, and for algorithms for the quantification of uncertainty.
Govindaraju is the Christopher B. and Susan S. Burke Professor and Bowen Head of Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering at...
