MDOT Projects Win Awards at Annual Maryland Quality Initiative Conference
Agencies Honored for Planning, Design and Construction Projects in 2019 BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) projects received 17 awards at the recent Maryland Quality Initiative (MdQI) conference at the Baltimore Convention Center. The MdQI Awards of Excellence recognized project teams and private sector partners for exceptional projects in 2019. MdQI, a consortium of agencies and associations representing Maryland's transportation industry, was founded by MD...
Polaris Transportation Group Wins Major Industry Award
Company receives CCJ Innovator of the Year Award for robotic process automation MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - Polaris Transportation Group has won the prestigious CCJ Innovator of the Year Award. The award was presented on February 5 at the 16th annual CCJ Innovators Summit in Key Largo, Florida. This is a gathering of trucking-industry executives who meet for three days of presentations and networking. The award was given for the company’s unique technology of robotic process automation that digiti...
LSU Chemical Engineering Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award for Particle Transport Research
BATON ROUGE, La. - Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Bhuvnesh Barti has been awarded the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award for his research, “Helical propulsion for tunneling through porous membranes.” The award is $556,200 over five years. The aim of the research is to better understand the underlying mechanisms of active particle transport through complex environments. This knowledge would then influence a diverse array of research fields. It could also effect the trea...
Robert J. Connor Named as Recipient of 2020 Richard S. Fountain Award
Robert J. Connor receives the 2020 Richard S. Fountain Award. Pictured from left to right: Ronnie Medlock, High Steel Structures LLC; Chris Garrell, National Steel Bridge Alliance; Robert Connor, Purdue University; Mike Grubb, M.A. Grubb & Associates LLC; and Tom Macioce, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Photo by Dan Snyder, AISI. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Steel Bridge Task Force of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI); the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA); and the Am...
DFI Educational Trust Awards 2019 Manuel Fine Scholarships to Civil Engineering Students in Ontario, Canada
Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust has awarded two Manuel Fine Civil Engineering Scholarships each in the amount of US$2,500. Michelle Liu is a graduate student at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. During her undergraduate studies she became interested in the systemic challenges of Northern communities. As a result, the research topic for her M.S. in civil engineering is the Impact of Surface Material Type on Rate of Downward Heat Transfer in Permafrost Soil. P...
ARTBA Announces Four Winners in Annual Student Video Contest
WASHINGTON — A middle schooler from Washington, a California high school senior, an engineering student from University of California, Davis, and a graduate student from Carnegie Mellon University are winners of the 9th annual American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) “Student Transportation Video Contest.” They each will receive a $500 cash prize. Sponsored by ARTBA’s Research & Education (RED) Division, the contest aims to raise awareness about infrastructure issues by...
GivePower Takes Home Top Honor on Global Stage for its Innovative, Solar-Powered Water Farm Technology
DUBAI, February 5, 2020 – GivePower took home top honor on the global stage, receiving the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award for its Solar Water Farm technology. The award was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to encourage research institutions, individuals, and innovators from around the world to develop sustainable and innovative solutions to water scarcity that use solar power. The UAE Water Aid F...
Michael Baker International Kicks Off Year with 11 Regional ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards
Pittsburgh - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services celebrating 80 Years of Making a Difference, has won 11 regional Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) to date from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). These awards recognize engineering firms for projects that demonstrate a high degree of achievement, value and innovation. Michael Baker received statewide recognition in California, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey,...
A Career in Service to National Security: Bechtel Executive Honored by U.S. Department of Energy
Bechtel Principal Vice President Tom Gioconda receives the Administrator’s Gold Medal from Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Energy and administrator of National Nuclear Security Administration. Tom Gioconda Served as Deputy Director of National Security Laboratory. Bechtel Principal Vice President and former Deputy Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Tom Gioconda was recently recognized for his more than 40 years of service to the U.S. Air For...
American Concrete Institute Announces Recipients of the ACI Certification Award and ACI Construction Award
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is pleased to announce the recipients of the ACI Certification Award and the ACI Construction Award. Mark A. Cheek receives the ACI Certification Award: “For outstanding leadership and service on ACI Certification committees, and dedication in developing, promoting, supporting, and delivering ACI Certification programs.” Mark A. Cheek, FACI, is Vice President of The Beta Group, Engineering and Construction Services, in Gretna, LA...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
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