American Concrete Institute Honors Outstanding Contributions to the Industry
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich (March 19, 2024)— The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is pleased to recognize several professionals, groups, and companies for their outstanding contributions and dedication to ACI and the concrete industry. The 2024 honorees include the induction of Honorary Members, ACI’s highest honor, which recognizes persons of eminence in the field of the Institute’s interest, or one who has performed extraordinary meritorious service to the Institute. The following six individuals...
Woolpert Promotes Chief Corporate Development Officer Neil Churman to President
Churman will lead Woolpert's operational execution and advance its strategic plan. PITTSBURGH (March 19, 2024) — Neil Churman has been promoted to president of Woolpert. As president, Churman will oversee the company’s four major business sectors and ensure acquisitions are integrated optimally with these sectors. Churman takes over as president from Scott Cattran, who remains the company’s board chair and chief executive officer. Churman previously served as chief corporate development offic...
Missouri S&T alumnus to be awarded 2024 Fulbright Prize
ROLLA, Mo. – Gary White, an alumnus of Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been announced as a 2024 recipient of the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding along with Academy award-winning writer, actor and humanitarian Matt Damon. White is CEO of Water.org and WaterEquity, two organizations he founded with Damon. According the Fulbright website, the Fulbright Prize has been awarded since 1993 to honor “outstanding contributions toward bringing people...
Esri’s Dr. Dawn Wright Selected for 2024 US Science Envoys
Chief Scientist of Esri to Be Among First All-Female Cohort in State Department Program’s History REDLANDS, Calif.—March 13, 2024—Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, is proud to announce that the US Department of State has selected the company’s chief scientist, Dr. Dawn Wright, among four distinguished scientists to serve as a new US Science Envoy in 2024. Through the program, eminent scientists and engineers leverage their expertise and networks to forge connections and identi...
S&T professor completes second Fulbright project
ROLLA, Mo. – Dr. William Schonberg, a professor of civil engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is now a two-time participant in Fulbright programs for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and World Learning. In his first Fulbright role in 2019, Schonberg was a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Advanced Science and Technology and conducted research at the Defense Science and Technology Group in Australia. More recently, Schonb...
IECA’s Newly Board and Officers Exemplify Membership Representation
Denver, Colo – The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) is pleased to announce the addition of Matthew Welch, CESSWI, CPESC and Michael Frankcombe to the Board of Directors along with Rafael “Nicky” Araujo, PE as a returning member. New board members were officially welcomed at the IECA Annual Conference in Spokane, Washington in February. Furthermore, officers for the forthcoming year have been elected, comprising a diverse group of industry leaders: Jerry Sanders, CPESC – Pre...
Video: Women of Miyamoto: Leading with Resilience
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WQA announces Leadership, Excellence awards
15 individuals, two companies honored at 2024 Convention & Exposition ORLANDO, Fla. – The Water Quality Association honored 15 individuals and two member companies March 5 with its annual Leadership and Excellence Awards. President Amanda Moore, CWS, announced the recipients during the Keynote Session on the opening day of the WQA Convention & Exposition. The 2024 Hall of Fame award – the highest honor bestowed on a WQA member, given for lifetime dedication and service to the industry a...
DFI Educational Trust Awards 11 Scholarships to Students Pursuing Careers in Civil and Geotechnical Engineering
Hawthorne, N.J. (March 11, 2024): The DFI Educational Trust recently awarded 11 scholarships totaling $38,750 to students pursuing careers in civil and geotechnical engineering. The scholarships went to the following recipients. LANGAN Engineering & Environmental Services Legacy Scholarship Fund ($6,250 each) Yaser Zafari, graduate student, is the recipient of the Bernard F. Langan Scholarship at Purdue University. Kim Hertz, graduate student, received the Donald J. Murphy Memorial S...
Lexicon’s Magen Schlesier Named NAWIC Woman of the Year
(Photo, from left): Megan Williams, Vice President of Chapter Development for Associated Builders and Contractors of Arkansas, Magen Schlesier, Lexicon, Inc. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Lexicon, Inc. project administrator Magen Schlesier has been named Woman of the Year for the Greater Little Rock chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC). The chapter recognized Schlesier at its monthly meeting during Women in Construction week (March 3-9). As project administrator at L...
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