Awards

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2023 Awards submissions due March 31, 2024!

CIVIL ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

This award will be made to a civil engineer of recognized standing whose sustained and unusual efforts have enhanced the advancement of the civil engineering profession and/or provided a service to mankind during the previous calendar year.

Criteria to be considered in selecting the recipient include: Registered Professional Engineer, a citizen of the United States, a resident of the State of Maryland and a member in good standing of the Maryland Section of ASCE at the time of application.

YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE YEAR

This award will be made to a civil engineer, age 35 or under on January 1 of the current year (2024), who has demonstrated superior achievement and dedication to his or her profession.

Criteria to be considered in selecting the recipient include: Registered Professional Engineer or Engineer-in-Training, a citizen of the United States, a resident of the State of Maryland and a member in good standing of the Maryland Section of ASCE at the time of application, scholastic achievement, professional society activities, engineering experience and accomplishment, technical papers and civic and humanitarian activities.

MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSION

This award will be made to an individual, preferably a Registered Professional Engineer, of recognized standing whose sustained and unusual service contributions have been to the public welfare, the advancement of the civil engineering profession and/or service to mankind throughout their career.

Criteria to be considered in selecting the recipient include: a citizen of the United States, a resident of the State of Maryland, a member in good standing of the Maryland Section of ASCE at the time of application and a minimum 25 year career.

OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING EDUCATOR

This award will be made to an engineering educator of recognized standing whose sustained and unusual educational contributions have been to the advancement of the civil engineering profession and/or service to mankind.

Criteria to be considered in selecting the recipient include: a citizen of the United States, a resident of the State of Maryland, working in a school located in the State of Maryland, and member in good standing of the Maryland Section of ASCE (not a requirement) at the time of application.

OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT

(Two Categories: Projects with total construction costs of greater than approximately $20 Million and Projects approximately $20 Million or less)

This award shall be presented to an individual, civil engineering firm or governmental agency primarily responsible for conceiving and/or developing the technical aspects of an engineering project primarily related to the field of civil engineering, either by its basic function or by some outstanding major components. The project must have been completed during the previous calendar year (2023) and be located in the State of Maryland. Essentially all of the work shall have been performed in Maryland. The intent of the award is to recognize the civil engineering aspects of the project.

Eligible projects are not limited to engineering accomplishment with a specific end product such as a building or bridge. They may include significant contributions toward solving environmental problems, traffic congestion, industrial research and development, energy and conservation, national defense or other worthy projects that contribute to meeting a human or social need within the State of Maryland.


Criteria to be considered in selecting the recipient include being at least one of the following:

*Operating area of the Maryland Section of ASCE includes all of Maryland except the counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s. College Park is in Prince George’s County; however, it is allocated to the Maryland Section.


MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSION

This award will be made to an individual, preferably a Registered Professional Engineer, of recognized standing whose sustained and unusual service contributions have been to the public welfare, the advancement of the civil engineering profession and/or service to mankind throughout their career.

Criteria to be considered in selecting the recipient include: a citizen of the United States, a resident of the State of Maryland, a member in good standing of the Maryland Section of ASCE at the time of application and a minimum 25 year career.

OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING EDUCATOR

This award will be made to an engineering educator of recognized standing whose sustained and unusual educational contributions have been to the advancement of the civil engineering profession and/or service to mankind.

Criteria to be considered in selecting the recipient include: a citizen of the United States, a resident of the State of Maryland, working in a school located in the State of Maryland, and member in good standing of the Maryland Section of ASCE (not a requirement) at the time of application.

OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT

(Two Categories: Projects with total construction costs of greater than approximately $20 Million and Projects approximately $20 Million or less)

This award shall be presented to an individual, civil engineering firm or governmental agency primarily responsible for conceiving and/or developing the technical aspects of an engineering project primarily related to the field of civil engineering, either by its basic function or by some outstanding major components. The project must have been completed during the previous calendar year (2023) and be located in the State of Maryland. Essentially all of the work shall have been performed in Maryland. The intent of the award is to recognize the civil engineering aspects of the project.

Eligible projects are not limited to engineering accomplishment with a specific end product such as a building or bridge. They may include significant contributions toward solving environmental problems, traffic congestion, industrial research and development, energy and conservation, national defense or other worthy projects that contribute to meeting a human or social need within the State of Maryland.


Criteria to be considered in selecting the recipient include being at least one of the following:

*Operating area of the Maryland Section of ASCE includes all of Maryland except the counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s. College Park is in Prince George’s County; however, it is allocated to the Maryland Section.

Previous Award Winners

Civil Engineer of the Year

2022        Alex Ollerman

2021        Carrie Nicholson

2020        Christina Guzman Casole

2019        Rosanna La Plante

2018        Marco V. Ávila

2017        Rudolph S. Chow

2016        David D. Dee

2015        W. Arthur “Art” Barrett II

2014        Raymond L. Moravec

2013        Joel K. Oppenheimer

2012        Thomas G. Sprehe

2011        Mathew J. Allen 

2010        Harvey A. Kagan 

2009        Stephen A. Walsh 

2008        Melinda Peters 

2007        Robert Healy 

2006        David W. Wallace 

2005        John A. Moeller

2004        Ronald E. Bowen 

2003        Thomas E. Mohler 

2002        Daniel T. Cheng 

2001        Terry F. Neimeyer 

2000        Clyde Pyers 

1999        Robert D. Douglass 

1998        David G. Mongan 

1997        Keith A. Duerling 

1996        Bruce H. Hoffman 

1995        Ernest Rehmeyer 

1994        Jack Kinstlinger 

1993        Charles R. Olsen 

1992        Charles S. Morgenthaler 

1991        Daniel W. Vannoy 

1990        David S. Thaler 

1989        Alexander Whitney, Jr. 

1988        Earle S. Freedman 

1987        Ross B. Corotis 

Young Engineer of the Year

2022 Alyssa Sooklal

2021 Kelly Ambrose

2020   Stephanie Richmond

2019      Amanda Shifflett

2018      Robert Miller

2017      Charles W. W. Mitchell, III

2016      Matthew E. Davis

                  Nathaniel Krause

2015       Matthew McCarty

2014       Megan E. Peal

2013        Nicole D. Baer

2012        Blaine W. Linkous

2011        Carrie Nicholson 

2010        Cynthia S. Smith 

2009        David L. Borusiewicz 

2008        Kelly Steiner 

2007        Christopher Heyn 

2006        David Sean McCone 

2005        Kelly E. Brennan 

2004        Amanda D. Schindhelm 

2003        Christopher S. Fronheiser 

2002        Lori L. Graham, PhD 

2001        Frank H. Kaul 

2000        Joseph P. Kittner 

1999        Antonio A. Mawry 

1998        Jill M. Spiess 

1997        David D. Dee, Jr . 

1996        David A. Lookenbill 

1995        David Eugene Scott 

1994        Norine M. Walker 

1993        Joel K. Oppenheimer 

1992        Michael J. Rothenheber 

1991        Douglas W. Andrew 

1990        Timothy W. Crawford 

1989        John E. Hayter 

1988        Karl J. Rickert 

1987        Larry E. Newman

Meritorious Service to the Civil Engineering Profession

2021   Stuart Taub

2020   Terry Neimeyer

2019        Joel K. Oppenheimer

2018        Frank J. Murphy

2017        Frank Waesche, III

2016        Daniel T. Cheng

                 David A. Greenwood

2015        Fred F. Mirmiran

2014        Stephen V. Silva

2013        Doug Rose

2012        Ronald Lepson

                 David S. Thaler

2011        David G. Mongan 

2010        James O. Montgomery 

2009        Raymond E. Streib 

2008        Edward Meehan 

2007        Carl Scheffel Sr . 

                 Donald Vannoy 

2006        S. Murray Miller 

2005        Richard W. Magnani 

2004        William K. Hellman 

2003        Mahesh J. Sharma 

2002        Amar Sokhey 

2001        Charles A. Diver 

                 Warren L. Diver

2000        Michael C. Hild 

1999        Robert B. Miller 

1998        George H. Eichner 

1997        Earle S. Freedman 

1996        Harry J. Pistel 

1995        J. Jay Pecora 

1994        George G. Balog 

1993        William K. Lee, III 

1992        James P. Krawczyk 

1991        Richard H. Trainor 

1988        Eugene C. Harvey 

1987        Walter E. Woodford 

Outstanding Engineering Educator

2020 Louise Wallendorf

2019        Dr. Dong Hee Kang

2017        Dr. Sarah E. Mouring

2016        Dr. James G. Hunter

2015        Dr. Rachel H. Sangree

2014        Dr. Monique Head

2013        Russ Anderson

2012        Nicolas P. Jones

2006        Donald C. Helm 

2005        Chung C. Fu 

2004        Ahmet H. Aydilek 

2002        Annalingam Anandarajah 

2001        Glenn Moglen 

2000        M. Sherif Aggour 

1999        Reginald L. Amory 

1997        Robert H. Scanlan 

1996        Robert M. Ragan 

1995        James Colville 

1992        Ross B. Corotis 

1991        Richard H. McCuen 

1990        Gerard H. Schlimm 

1989        Daniel Garber, Jr. 

Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement

2021   MD 32 Design Build

  Back River Headworks Project

2020   MDOT MAA Taxiway T2 Construction

2019        Midfield Cargo Apron Improvements - BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport

Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant - Enhanced Nutrient Removal Upgrade Project

2018        Calvert Cliffs Slope Stabilization Naval Research Lab – Chesapeake Bay Detachment

Recreation Pier - Sagamore Pendry Hotel

2017        Annapolis City Dock Bulkhead Replacement, Phase 2

                Owings Mills Boulevard 

2016        Piscataway Hills Landslide Stabilization

                Reconstruction of Charles Street from 25th Street to University Parkway

2015        Towson Finished Water Reservoir

                Montebello Plant 2 Finished Water Reservoir

2014        Design-Build, Operate and Maintain Stormwater Management Facilities

                MARC Halethorpe Station High-Level Platform and Pedestrian Bridge

2013        Rehabilitation of Devil’s Backbone Dam & Park

                InterCounty Connector – Contract C

2012        Baltimore City Downtown Infrastructure Imp. Project: Baltimore Grand Prix

                Rehabilitation of the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge

2011        MD 355 Interchange from Hoya Road to Maple/Chapman Avenue

                Gatehouse Anchorage System for Pretty Boy Dam 

2010        Grade Separation of MD 450 at CSX Railroad

                Lusby Southern Connector Boulevard 

2009        Woodrow Wilson Bridge Replacement 

                Accelerated Construction of the Annapolis City Dock 

2008        U.S. 29 Briggs Chaney Road Interchange

                Mattawoman Wastewater Treatment Plant ENR Upgrade 

2007        Central Light Rail Double Track Project

                Woodrow Wilson Bridge Fish Passage Project 

2006        Loch Raven Dam Rehabilitation

                MD 295 over AMTRAK and Stony Run Bridge Repairs 

2005        Reconstruction of the I-95 and MD 22 Interchange

                Rehabilitation of the Druid Lake Fountain 

2004        Cleaning and Painting of the Eastbound William Preston Lane Jr. Mem. Bridge

                MD 140 Interchange Improvements at I-695 

2003        Salisbury Bypass, U.S. 50 Relocated 

2003        Forge Hill Road Bridge 

2002        MARC Commuter Rail Service Extension to Frederick 

2002        Paper Mill Road Bridge 

2001        MD 5 at Coventry Way Urban Diamond Interchange 

2001        O’Donnell Street Viaduct Replacement 

2000        I-695 Dualization from Key Bridge Toll Plaza to North of MD 151 Replacement of Bridge on MD 392 over Marshyhope Creek

1999        MD Route 100 Realignment

                Knapps Narrows Bridge Replacement

1998        Baltimore Central Light Rail Line - Phase II

                Canal Parkway Grade Separation at the C&O Canal 

1997        I-95 Commercial Vehicle Weigh and Inspection Complex

                The Dorsey Road Commuter Rail Station 

1996        Baltimore Metro Section C

                Booth’s Mill Bridge over Antietam Creek 

1995        The U.S. Naval Academy Bridge

1994        Baltimore Central Light Rail Line

1993        U.S. 1 Bridge over Gunpowder Falls

1992        National Freeway (I-68) & Sideling Hill Exhibit Center

1991        I-270 Corridor Reconstruction

1990        Vienna Bridge Bypass and Approach Roadways

1988        U.S. 50/301 Bridge over Severn River

RULES FOR SUBMITTING NOMINATIONS

1. Entries should include:

2. Entries must be submitted using the following link and follow the below guidelines: Project Award or Individual Award

a. For the Project Awards, the formal submission shall be limited to a maximum of twelve (12) pages

b. For the Individual Awards, the formal submission shall be limited to a maximum of six (6) pages

3. Multiple nominations for one or more of the awards will be acceptable.

We welcome your input, comments, and suggestions on the award process. Please submit nominations, as well as comments and questions to the committee coordinator at the above address.

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: March 31, 2024

Questions?  Contact awards@ascemd.org