Nomination Deadline: May 1st

The Student Leadership Award is given each year by the Committee on Student Members to students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership to their ASCE Student Chapter.

Recent winners

2025:

  • Jack Bussiere, S.MASCE, California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona (winner)
  • Abdulwahab Abdulmohsen Abdulwahab Altabtabaei, M.ASCE, Kuwait University (finalist)
  • Benjamin Ayon, S.M.ASCE, Purdue University Northwest (finalist)
  • Madisyn Bietz, S.M.ASCE, Colorado State University (finalist)
  • Jospeh Binil, M.ASCE, Saintgits College of Engineering (finalist)
  • Tomas Cabrera, M.ASCE, Norwich University (finalist)
  • Jewell Capps, S.M.ASCE, Lamar University (finalist)
  • Ashley Esquerra, S.M.ASCE, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (finalist)
  • Lauren Lee, M.ASCE, University of California, Los Angeles (finalist)
  • Victoria Maidana Dure, S.M.ASCE, Columbia University (finalist)
  • Heba Masri, S.M.ASCE, An-Najah National University (finalist)
  • Cristian Mireles, M.ASCE, University of Texas at El Paso (finalist)
  • Ryan Nguyen, M.ASCE, University of California, Irvine (finalist)
  • Gia Had Nguyen, M.ASCE, University of North Florida (finalist)
  • Madison Richards, S.M.ASCE, University of Akron (finalist)
  • Gage Santa Cruz, M.ASCE, University of Washington (finalist)
  • Rishant Thakur, M.ASCE, Punjab Engineering College (finalist)
  • Elisa Woodham, M.ASCE, University of California, Berkeley (finalist)
  • Samantha Yakscoe, S.M.ASCE, University of Massachusetts Amherst (finalist)

View all winners

Rules

  1. Student must be a national ASCE member and a student chapter member in good standing at the time of application.
  2. Student must have demonstrated extraordinary leadership in a Student Chapter through various activities (e.g., serving as a chapter officer, leading special events, interacting with university administration and ASCE Sections/Branches).
  3. Nomination must come from Faculty or Practitioner Advisor, Department Head or Section/Branch Officer.
  4. Only 1 nomination will be accepted from each student chapter.
  5. Student must an undergraduate at the nominating school during the Spring semester of the year of the award.

Nominations

To nominate, submit a single PDF file containing:

  1. A completed nomination form (PDF)
  2. A personal statement from a student or other advisor

The name of the file shall follow this format:

Last Name of Nominee - Name of University.pdf

Send submissions to [email protected] no later than 5 p.m. EDT, May 1.