ASE Gift Establishes AISC Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Awards
CHICAGO - Thanks to a generous donation from the Associated Steel Erectors of Chicago, the American Institute of Steel Construction’s award for outstanding young educators is now dedicated to a remarkable man. The Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Awards are named in honor of the late Terry Peshia, Chairman & CEO of Garbe Iron Works, Inc., in Aurora, Ill. The awards, which recognize tenure-track faculty who demonstrate exceptional promise in the areas of structural steel research, teaching, a...
Woolpert Enlists Experienced Aviation Professional Jill Geboy as Strategic Consultant and Project Manager
An associate member of the ACI-NA Operations, Planning, Safety, Infrastructure and Development Committee, Geboy will support the firm’s expansion out West. COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct. 2, 2020) — Woolpert has hired Strategic Consultant and Project Manager Jill Geboy, an Ohio State University graduate with a decade of experience in facility and asset management. Geboy has worked on the West Coast for most of the past decade, serving numerous aviation, health care and federal clients. She will work out...
AISC Education Foundation Awards $161,000 in Scholarships
HICAGO - The AISC Education Foundation and its industry partners will award $161,000 to students in architecture, engineering, and construction fields for the 2020-2021 academic year. The scholarships will support 37 college juniors, seniors, and masters’-level graduate students studying civil engineering, architectural engineering, construction engineering, construction management, and architecture at schools in the United States. “We received applications from so many outstanding student...
Gonzalez Joins WSP USA as Managing Director for D.C. Area
Brings deep knowledge of transportation and environmental management experience to new role in planning and environment services at firm. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oscar Gonzalez has been named managing director for planning and environment services in the Washington D.C. and Virginia region for WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. Gonzalez will be responsible for growing WSP’s planning and environment services in the region, which includes assisting existing...
TRB Announces 25 Minority Student Fellows for 2021
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Research Board (TRB) today announced the 2021 class of Minority Student Fellows. As part of its commitment to increasing diversity and inclusiveness in transportation, the TRB Minority Student Fellows Program funds students from select minority-serving institutions to attend and present their research at the TRB Annual Meeting and help them engage in TRB’s network of transportation professionals. To ensure that solutions to the nation’s transportation problems...
PennDOT Honors Star of Excellence Recipients
Pittsburgh, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Yassmin Gramian today recognized 29 PennDOT employees for their outstanding performance with the Star of Excellence Award, PennDOT’s highest recognition. Two employees from PennDOT’s District 11, which represents Allegheny, Beaver, and Lawrence counties were among the honorees. “These employees exemplify the care and concern needed to serve the state of Pennsylvania,” Gramian said. “Each puts effective and effi...
The Transportation Law Legacy Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on September 18 after an 11-year battle with pancreatic cancer, was involved in several major transportation legal cases during her time on the nation’s highest court – most of them coming near the end of her formidable 27-year Supreme Court tenure. [Above photo by the Yale University Law School.] In 2011, Ginsburg authored the majority opinion in the 5-4 decision regarding CSX Transportation v. McBride, which reaffirmed a lower co...
New LEEA Board member for Australia
After nine years’ of highly valued service, Ashley Thacker has stepped down from the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Board as Regional Director – Australia. Ashley’s successor on the Board is Steven Flint, founder and CEO of The Rigging Shed in Western Australia. The transition took place during the LEEA AGM, held on the Zoom platform, on 22 September 2020. During his time on the board, Ashley has overseen remarkable progress by the Association in Australasia. Now general manag...
Walter P Moore Announces Leadership in Firm's Secure Design Team
Matt Nebel Promoted to Practice Area Leader of National Secure Design Team WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 28, 2020 - International engineering firm Walter P Moore announces a key appointment within the firm’s Secure Design team. This group provides a full range of services that create practical, technologically advanced solutions for physical security and structural protection against threats from natural disasters and terrorism. Matt Nebel, PE Managing Director of Secure Design Matt Nebel, PE, h...
ESA Welcomes Industry Veteran Ruta K. Thomas as Southern California Regional Director
Los Angeles, CA – Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading environmental consulting and planning firm, has named Ruta K. Thomas as Senior Vice President and Regional Director of its Southern California region. She will direct ESA’s operations and lead the strategic growth and development of the firm, with a focus on the evolving client and community needs of this vital region. Thomas brings 25 years of experience directing and managing projects involving new land development, urban r...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
