Nomination Deadline: October 1

The Wesley W. Horner Award was instituted in 1968 by the Sanitary Engineering Division (now the Environmental & Water Resources institute) of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and is endowed by Horner & Shifrin, Inc. and the family of Wesley W. Horner, Past President of the Society.

Recent winners

  • 2026: Zhongyu Zhang, Umesh Adhikari, Christopher Saffron, Wendy Barrott, Andrea Busch, Xavier Almansa, John Norton, and Steven Safferman for the paper, “Technoeconomic Analysis for Renewable Energy Development Using Anaerobic Digestion and Pyrolysis at a Water Resource Recovery Facility,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, January 2025.

Read the 2026 award-winning paper

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Rules

  1. The award recognizes papers dealing with hydrology, urban drainage, or sewerage.
  2. The paper is eligible for consideration when it appears in an online ASCE journal between July and June of the year preceding the year of award.
  3. The eligible papers will be reviewed by a committee of the Environmental and Water Resources institute, which shall select a nominee for final action by the Executive Committee of the ASCE Board of Direction.
  4. The award may be made to the author(s) of the paper that makes the most valuable contribution to the environmental engineering profession, with preference given to those authors who are in the private practice of engineering.
  5. Membership in the Society is not a requirement for consideration.
  6. The award shall consist of a plaque and an honorarium determined annually by and subject to the approval of the Executive Committee of the Board of Direction, with the advice of the Governing Board of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute, based on the income from the award fund. The lead author shall receive the plaque and cash prize. All other authors shall receive only a certificate.

Nominations

To nominate, submit the following via the nomination form:

  • A cover letter, signed by the nominator.
  • 1 copy of the paper as it appears in print
  • A completed list of contributing authors (PDF)

For questions, or concerns regarding the nomination process, please reach out to Awards & Honors at [email protected].

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