Daniel W. Mead Prize for Younger Members
Nomination Deadline: February 1st
This prize was established and endowed in 1939 by Daniel W. Mead. The prize was established and endowed in 1939 by Daniel W. Mead, Hon.M.ASCE, a Society past president.
Read the 2018 Award-Winning Paper
2019 Topic: In 2017, ASCE added a new canon,
Canon 8.
What value does this Canon add to the civil engineering profession and student chapters?
Things to consider:
- Diversity and inclusion in the industry and its effects on ASCE's Vision 2025
- Implications (positive or negative) this ethical code has on innovative problem solving and its changes to the civil engineering industry and student chapters
- Ways civil engineers and students can use Canon 8 to promote diversity, equality, and inclusion in the workplace, student chapters and in accessible design
- The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and how Canon 8 can help achieve them
Rules
I. The Daniel W Mead Prize for Younger Members of the
society may be awarded annually on the basis of papers on professional ethics.
Each year the Committee on Younger Members shall select the specific topics of
the contest for the forthcoming year.
II. Younger Members of the
Society who are in good standing at the time their papers are submitted are
eligible, unless they have previously received the national award for which they
are competing. For the purpose of this prize, Younger Members are defined as
Affiliate Members, Associate Members or Members 35 years of age or less on
February 1 on the year of the award.
III. Papers for the national
contest shall (a) not exceed 2,000 words in length; (b) be written by only one
person; and (c) not have previously been published in Society publications.
IV. Papers shall be judged by the Committee on Younger Members (CYM). The
Committee shall select one nominee as the national winner. Certificates of
Commendation may be given to other deserving nominees. The nominations, if any,
shall be presented to the Executive Committee of the ASCE Board of Direction for
approval.
V. The recipients of Certificates of Commendation shall
receive an appropriate certificate recognizing their achievements. The national
winner shall receive a plaque and cash prize determined annually by and subject
to the approval of the Executive Committee of the ASCE Board of Direction based
on the income from the award endowment. The papers written by the national
winners shall be forwarded to an appropriate Society journal for consideration
to print.
VI. Active voting members of CYM shall not be eligible for
the award. Corresponding Members of CYM are eligible.