ASCE has honored William F. Baker Jr., P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE, with the 2020 Ernest E. Howard Award for enormous contributions to the civil engineering profession, particularly his creation of some of the world’s most important structures including the tallest in the world.
Baker is a Structural Engineering Partner for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where he strives to extend the profession of structural engineering through design,...
ASCE has honored Youngjib Ham, Ph.D, A.M.ASCE, and Jaeyoon Kim, S.M.ASCE, with the 2020 Journal of Management in Engineering Best Peer Reviewed Paper Award for their paper, “Participatory Sensing and Digital Twin City: Updating Virtual City Models for Enhanced Risk-Informed Decision-Making,” published in the Journal of Management in Engineering, May 2020.
The Journal of Management in Engineering Best Peer Reviewed Paper Award recognizes a distinguished...
ASCE has honored Edith Martinez-Guerra, EI, R.Eng, A.M.ASCE, with the 2020 Young Government Civil Engineer of the Year Award for demonstrated leadership in public service civil engineering, tremendous character, high professional standards, and outstanding contributions to ASCE.
The Young Government Civil Engineer of the Year Award recognizes distinguished young civil engineers for demonstrated leadership potential in and for significant contributions to public service engineering.
ASCE has honored Majed Al-Ghandour, Ph.D., P.E., CPM, M.ASCE, with the 2020 Government Civil Engineer of the Year Award for his exemplary performance and dedication as a civil engineer at a government agency and for contributions to the profession through employment at the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
The Government Civil Engineer of the Year Award recognizes distinguished civil engineers employed in public service for...
ASCE has honored Malcolm G. McLaren, P.E., S.E.C.B., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Civil Engineering Entrepreneur of the Year Award for founding and leading M.G. McLaren Engineering and Land Surveying, a multidiscipline consulting engineering firm providing custom, creative, innovative solutions for over 15,000 projects over the last 42 years.
The Civil Engineering Entrepreneur of the Year Award recognizes entrepreneurs who create successful private-sector organizations that employ...
ASCE presents nearly 100 Society awards every year, recognizing civil engineers who advance the profession either through achievement or published papers.
The following ASCE award recipients will be honored at the ASCE 2020 Convention, Oct. 28-30, 2020:
(Click on each honoree to learn more about the award and see the winners' acceptance speech.)
• S. C. Chen; Y. T. Sheu; Rao Y. Surampalli, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, Hon.D.WRE, F.EWRI, Dist.M.ASCE; Tian C....
ASCE has honored Aaron D. Dotson, P.E., M.ASCE, with 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.
Dotson has had a very impactful career for the relatively short time he has been practicing engineering. He is currently serving as...
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:
• Gongkang Fu, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Alfredo Ang Award on Risk Analysis and Management of Civil Infrastructure
• Dennis D. Truax, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE, with the 2020 Edmund Friedman Professional Recognition Award
• Brock E. Barry, Ph.D.,...
ASCE has honored Sarah S. McEwen, P.E., M.ASCE; Mario Ricozzi, P.E., F.ASCE; and Camilla M. Saviz, Ph.D., P.E., ENV SP, F.ASCE, with the 2020 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award.
McEwen is recognized for her commitment to saving the Mississippi River Basin Model, initiating and enlisting help to clean up the Model to use it as a tool to inspire excitement in children for...
ASCE has honored William E. Kelly, Ph.D., P.E., ENV SP, F.ASCE, and Ryan Kobbe, P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 President’s Medal.
Kelly is recognized for his tireless efforts to advance sustainability globally, particularly through implementation of the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals, and for his ongoing commitment to share his knowledge of sustainability through education.
Kelly is Adjunct Faculty, Sustainability at George Mason University. He serves as...
