Awards & Recognition - Richard A. Rula School of Civil & Environmental Engineering - Bagley College of Engineering - Page 15
CEE Graduate Student Wins Poster Competition
The STRIDE Regional Center Poster Competition hosted by the University of Florida was at the 92nd Annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference. The theme of the competition was improving transportation sustainability. Jay Shannon presented his poster titled “Improving Transportation System Sustainability Using Portland-Limestone Cement”. The competition included 30 graduate students from schools in the southeast. Each…
Graduate Student Joins National Committee
Congratulations to Rene Camacho, a PhD Student in CEE on being selected, following a committee vote, for full membership in American Society of Civil Engineers/Environmental and Water Resources Institute’s Task Committee on Total Maximum Daily Load, analysis and modeling. He was also selected for membership in a technical subcommittee. This is the first time that…
CEE Alumnus Receives Professional Engineering Award
Ernest H. Randall, Jr., P.E. Presdient and CEO of Randall and Associates, an Engineering and Real Estate Consulting Firm, was honored by the Preston Trail Chapter of TSPE at a Luncheon in September 2012. The Award was presented for Randall’s longtime leadership and contributions to the professional Engineering Society and his outstanding Civic activities. He…
CEE Student Selected for Jim Henry Swain Endowed Scholarship
Congratulations to Katye Lauren Miller of CEE being selected for the Jim Henry Swain Endowed Scholarship from several applicants.
CEE Alumnus’ Project Receives National Award from CMAA
Gwinnett County Department of Water Recourses contracted with CH2M HILL and two other engineering firms to do construction management for a $250,000,000 upgrade to one of their treatment plants. Jeff Maxcy of CH2M Hill and 2 other engineering firms receive a National Award from Construction Management Association of America in the category of “Infrastructure Project…
Statewide water association names McAnally president during November conference
STARKVILLE, Miss. – William H. McAnally will officially take the helm of the Mississippi Water Resources Association during a meeting in Biloxi, Miss. The associate director of Mississippi State University’s Geosystems Research Institute and fellow of the Northern Gulf Institute will be sworn in Nov. 9, the final day of the organization’s annual conference.
Truax selected for leadership in national, state engineering organizations
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The head of civil and environmental engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering now sits on the executive boards of two engineering organizations. Dennis D. Truax was installed as assistant treasurer of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at an October meeting. He became secretary of the Mississippi Board of Licensure…
Student Receives Honor from National Civil Engineering Society
Reston, Va.— Andrew Odenthal, a civil engineering student at Mississippi State University, was recently named a New Face of Civil Engineering by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) through its first annual New Faces of Civil Engineering – College Edition program. Odenthal is one of only 10 students nationwide who are being recognized for…
Ramirez Paper
Doctoral student, John J. Ramirez-Avila was awarded first place in the ASCE EWRI Student Technical Paper Competition for his paper titled, “Suspended Sediment Transport in a Southeastern Plains Watershed. His paper was presented at the EWRI World Congress meeting in Providence, RI in May.
International organization awards ‘Fellow’ status to CEE assistant professor
Dr. Li Zhang, an assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, has been named a Fellow with the Institute of Transportation Engineering (ITE). Election to the grade of fellow of the ITE recognizes transportation professionals who have met stringent requirements in the areas of professional experience, level of responsibility, professional registration and peer evaluation. The…