ASCE has honored Colin Atkinson, Ph.D., with the 2020 Maurice A. Biot Medal for outstanding contributions to the development of fundamental mathematical solutions to problems in fracture mechanics of fluid-saturated porous media, and for linking these contributions to the successful applications in energy resources recovery sectors worldwide.
Atkinson has made groundbreaking research contributions to analytical developments in poromechanics, fracture mechanics, elasticity, hyperelasticity and applied mathematics....
ASCE has honored LTG Todd T. Semonite, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, with the 2020 ASCE Presidents’ Award for the prominent role he played in the Corps’ nationwide effort to build backup hospitals as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The vision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is “Engineering solutions for the nation’s toughest challenges.” General Semonite assumed the office of Chief of Engineers...
ASCE has honored the writing team of Beena Ajmera, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE; Thomas L. Brandon, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE; and Binad Tiwari, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, with the 2020 Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award for the paper “Characterization of the Reduction in Undrained Shear Strength in Fine-Grained Soils Due to Cyclic Loading,” which appeared in the May 2019 issue of Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
The degradation...
ASCE has honored Brock E. Barry, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, with the 2020 Professional Practice Ethics and Leadership Award for extraordinary service and leadership as a civil engineering educator and practitioner and as a significant contributor to the ethical practice of engineering, serving his profession and community by inspiring future engineers to technical, professional and ethical excellence.
Barry is a gifted and articulate leader dedicated and...
ASCE has honored Dennis D. Truax, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE, with the 2020 Edmund Friedman Professional Recognition Award for advancing professional and ethical practice.
Truax is Department Head and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Mississippi State University. He has actively advanced professional and ethical practice during his academic career and through volunteer work with ASCE, NSPE, NCEES, ABET and the Mississippi state licensure...
ASCE has honored Gongkang Fu, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 Alfredo Ang Award on Risk Analysis and Management of Civil Infrastructure for his outstanding contributions on risk analysis and management of bridge infrastructure.
For more than three decades of exceptional contributions on risk analysis and management of bridge infrastructure, Fu’s research has remarkably advanced the safety and reliability of bridge engineering systems; life-cycle performance...
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:
• Mustafa Mashal, Ph.D., C.Eng, CP Eng, P.E., M.ASCE, and Alessandro Palermo, Ph.D., with the 2020 Alfred Noble Prize
• Philadelphia Younger Member Forum (Large Groups) and Mississippi Section Younger Member Group (Small Groups) with the Younger Member Group Award
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ASCE has honored Chong Tang and Kok-Kwang Phoon, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, with the 2020 Norman Medal for their paper “Statistics of Model Factors and Consideration in Reliability-Based Design of Axially Loaded Helical Piles,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, August 2018.
From the Abstract—
Geotechnical design codes have been migrating toward reliability-based (RBD) concepts. ISO 2394 identified the characterization of model uncertainty as one of the...
ASCE has honored the Western Kentucky University ASCE Student Chapter with the 2020 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 Robert Ridgway Student Chapter Award is made to the single most outstanding student chapter of...
ASCE has honored Xiaofeng Liu, P.E., M.ASCE, and Jie Zhang, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, with the 2020 ASCE State of the Art of Civil Engineering Award for their book “Computational Fluid Dynamics: Applications in Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Treatment,” published by EWRI, June 2019.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has many uses, at least two of which – improving water flow distribution across UV reactors and retrofitting...
