Award Nominations

AWARD CATEGORIES:

2025 Awards submissions due April 3, 2026

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 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 (2026), 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 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 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 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.

STUDENT OF THE YEAR

This award will be made to a current civil engineering student from a Maryland University who has demonstrated outstanding achievements in education and internship experience. 

Criteria to be considered in selecting the recipient include: full time civil or environmental engineering student registered at a Maryland university; an ASCE member in good standing at the time of application; scholastic achievement, student society activities, engineering internship experience, and accomplishment in civic and humanitarian activities.

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 (2025) 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:

• • A member of the Maryland Section of ASCE

  • A Maryland consulting engineering firm

  • A Public Works Agency located in the operating area of the Maryland Section of ASCE*

*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.

OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT – People's Choice Award

All applications submitted for the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award (both categories) can elect to be nominated for the People’s Choice Award during the submission process. Each nominated project will be required to bring a poster presentation to the ASCE Awards Event in June to be eligible for this award. The winner will be selected by vote of the event attendees.

Recommended poster size: 48"x60". Other sizes will be allowed.