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Ceylan given James Laurie Prize

ASCE has honored Halil Ceylan, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, with the 2021 James Laurie Prize for significantly advancing transportation engineering with his career contributions in smart, sustainable, and resilient transportation infrastructure systems.

Dunham accepts Roebling Award

ASCE has honored John S. Dunham, P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2021 Roebling Award for leadership and strategic thinking that encourages innovation and creativity to meet the unique challenges of project site conditions.

Rilett given Masters Transportation Award

ASCE has honored Laurence R. Rilett, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE,with the 2021 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award for contributions to innovative research on transportation systems and collaborative leadership to develop a diverse workforce in transportation engineering.

ASCE members honored with induction into NAE

The National Academy of Engineering recently announced its 2021 class of new members, and of the 128 inductees, several are ASCE members.

2021 Turner Award goes to Yang

ASCE has honored Hai Yang, Ph.D., C.Eng, M.ASCE, with the Francis C. Turner Award for leadership in the fields of transportation network modeling and transportation economics, and for his extraordinary record in both research and mentoring.

Rowland Prize goes to team of 4

ASCE has honored the writing team of Ashtad Javanmardi, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; S. Alireza Abbasian-Hosseini, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; Min Liu, A.M.ASCE; and Simon M. Hsiang, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE,with the 2021 Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize for the paper “Improving Effectiveness of Constraints Removal in Construction Planning Meetings: Information-Theoretic Approach,” published in the April 2020 issue of Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.

2021 Horner Award recognizes urban water research

ASCE has honored Glen T. Daigger, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE; Sybil Sharvelle; Mazdak Arabi; and Nancy G. Love with the 2021 Wesley W. Horner Award for the paper “Progress and Promise Transitioning to the One Water/Resource Recovery Integrated Urban Water Management Systems,” published in the October 2019 issue of Journal of Environmental Engineering.

Hsu honored with 2021’s Hans Albert Einstein Award

ASCE has honored Tian-Jian Hsu, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, with the 2021 Hans Albert Einstein Award for his pioneering contributions to fundamental cohesive and noncohesive sediment transport mechanics and development of open-source two-phase and multiphase numerical models for estuarine, coastal, and waterway environments.

Halpin Award goes to Kaminsky

ASCE has honored Jessica Kaminsky, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, with the 2021 Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction for her outstanding scholarship in construction engineering and management, through groundbreaking research in the pursuit of equity for vulnerable populations around the globe via the construction of socially sustainable civil infrastructure.

Clemmens picked for Hydraulic Structures Medal

ASCE has honored Albert Clemmens, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, M.ASCE, with the 2021 Hydraulic Structures Medal for advancing the science and engineering of flow measurement for irrigation.