Section Awards (History and Description)

The Section through its awards program annually recognizes its members who by their example are considered outstanding by their peers in their careers and service to the engineering profession and their communities. The nominations originate from the branches and the selections are made by the Special Activities and Awards Committee; a standing committee of the Section. The Section Board of Directors adopted the following Section awards during a regular meeting in November 1994:

Outstanding Civil Engineer (MS Word format)

Outstanding Young Civil Engineer (MS Word format)

Outstanding Government Civil Engineer (MS Word format)

Outstanding Young Government Civil Engineer (MS Word format)

President's Medal

The Section Board of Directors adopted the following Section awards during a regular meeting in August 2001:

Lifetime Achievement (MS Word format)

Educator of the Year (MS Word format)

Wall of Fame (MS Word format)

Outreach (MS Word format)

Each of the four branches in the Section maintain a parallel branch awards program to recognize their outstanding members. Those so recognized may be nominated by their branch for consideration for the same recognition at the section level.