Nationally Recognized Engineers Named Distinguished Members of Professional Society
American Society of Civil Engineers Give Highest Honor to Professionals
Reston, Va. – The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently named 10 exemplary civil engineers as Distinguished Members of the Society. Formerly known as Honorary Membership, Distinguished Membership is the Society's highest accolade and recognizes those who have achieved eminence in a branch of engineering. The Distinguished Membership roster is currently comprised of only 198 of the Society's 146,000 members worldwide. The new Distinguished Members will be formally inducted Oct. 29, 2009 at ASCE's 139th Annual Civil Engineering Conference in Kansas City, Mo. The 2009 class of Distinguished Members are:
Bernard Amadei, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, professor of engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, in honor of his commitment to humanity, which is exemplified through his role in founding Engineers Without Borders-USA. For more information, visit http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/display_press.cfm?uid=4538.
Jared L. Cohon, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, president of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, in honor of his leadership on critical environment and energy issues and for his leadership at Carnegie Mellon University. For more information, visit http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/display_press.cfm?uid=4539.
Billy L. Edge, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, professor of ocean and civil engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, in honor of his contributions to coastal and hydraulic engineering and for his dedication to engineering education. For more information, visit http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/display_press.cfm?uid=4540.
Wilfred D. Iwan, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, professor emeritus of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., in honor of his research on the seismic performance of structures. For more information, visit http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/display_press.cfm?uid=4541.
Jon D. Nelson, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, vice president of the EAS Group of Tetra Tech in Tulsa, Okla., in honor of his leadership which resulted in the new law requiring additional education for the professional practice of engineering. For more information, visit http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/display_press.cfm?uid=4542.
Donald V.N. Roberts, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, founder of the Hazardous Waste Coalition and the World Engineering Partnership for Sustainable Development, in honor of his contributions to bringing the principles of sustainability into the lexicon of the engineering profession. For more information, visit http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/display_press.cfm?uid=4543.
Jeffrey S. Russell, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in honor of his leadership in engineering education and the advancement of the professional practice of civil engineering. For more information, visit http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/display_press.cfm?uid=4544.
Clifford J. Schexnayder, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, Eminent Scholar Emeritus at Arizona State University's Del Webb School of Construction, in honor of his more than four decades of service to the civil engineering profession as an international expert in heavy construction equipment, as well as his work mentoring young engineering educators. For more information, visit http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/display_press.cfm?uid=4545.
Robert L. Street, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, co-founder of the internationally-known Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at Stanford University in California, in honor of his seminal contributions to the field of fluid mechanics and the numerical simulation of fluid flows. For more information, visit http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/display_press.cfm?uid=4546.
Rao Y. Surampalli, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE, engineering director with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in honor of his leadership in environmental engineering. For more information, visit http://www.asce.org/pressroom/news/display_press.cfm?uid=4547.
Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 146,000 civil engineers worldwide and is America's oldest national engineering society. For more information, visit www.asce.org.
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