Young Alumnus Achievement Award - Chronological Listing of Past Winners

Established in 1968

1978

  1. Berns, Thomas Bernhard, BS 1968, CHM XE 1993, CE Award 1996   
     Berns, Clancy  & Associates, Urbana, Illinois.

1979

  2. Nair, R. Shankar, MS 1966, PhD 1969, CHM XE 1996, College Award 1998
Chief Structural Engineer, Alfred Benesch and Company, Chicago, Illinois.

1981

  3. Bartlett, Donald Larry, BS 1972, MS 1973
Structural Engineer, Hanson Engineers, Incorporated, Springfield, Illinois.

1983

  4. Garrott, Frederick Clinton, BS 1971
Capital Development, State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois.

1984

  5. Broz, Thomas Anthony, BS 1973
Manager, Business Development, Bechtel Power Corporation, Norwalk, California.

  6. Mifflin, John Anthony, BS 1972, MS 1974
President, Mifflin Construction Company, Springfield, Illinois.

1985

  7. Frauenhoffer, John Anton, BS 1975
President, John Frauenhoffer & Associates, Champaign, Illinois.

1986

  8. Burke, Thomas Leo, MS 1977
Vice President, Turner, Collie & Braden, Incorporated, Austin, Texas.

1987  

  9. French, Catherine Ellen Wolfgram, MS 1980, PhD 1984
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

10. Klein, Gary John, BS 1973, MS 1975
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Northbrook, Illinois.

1988

11. Hirsch, Allen Vernon, BS 1975
President & Chief Operating Officer, PLM Financial Services, Incorporated, San Francisco, California.

1990

12. Moehle, Jack Peter, BS 1977, MS 1978, PhD 1980
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California.

1991

13. Bourke, Paul R., BS 1981, MBA 1990
Village Engineer, Village of Bensenville, Illinois.

1992

14. Messmore, James P., BS 1985
Manager, Hanson Professional Services, Incorporated, Oak Brook, Illinois.

15. Zimmerman, Kathryn Ann Cation, BS 1983, MS 1985, CHM XE 2002
Director, Business Development, ERES Consultants, Incorporated, Savoy, Illinois.

1993

16. Michols, Kevin A., BS 1979, MS 1981
Assistant Manager, Construction Technology Laboratories, Incorporated, Skokie, Illinois.

1995

17. Fraser, John S., BS 1986
Project Engineer, John Carollo Engineers Corporation, Walnut Creek, California.

1996

18. Christopherson, Todd J., BS 1982, MS 1984
President and CEO, Amcon Corporation, Burnsville , Minnesota.

1997

19. Gilbert, Robert Bruce, BS 1987, MS 1988, PhD 1993
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Texas, Austin.
 

1998

20. Odencrantz, Joseph Eric, MS 1986, PhD 1992
President, Tri-S Environmental, Newport Beach, California.

1999

21. Brandau, Keith E., BS 1983, MS 1985
Chief Structural Engineer, Frauenhoffer and Associates, Champaign, Illinois.

22. Laîné, Jean Michel, MS 1989
Head Drinking Water Processes, Lyonnaise des Eau, Le Pecq, France.

23. Najm, Issam Nasri, MS 1987, PhD 1990
Manager, Applied Research Division, Montgomery-Watson Engineers, Pasadena, California.

24. Trotter, Robert Scott, BS 1990
Head, Water and Wastewater Department, Robert H. Anderson & Associastes, Incorporated, Saint Charles Illinois.

2000

25. Clark, Stephen J. BS 1987, MS 1989
Design Project Engineer, Ericksen Roed & Associates, Minneapolis Minnesota.

26. Fry, Gary Thomas, BS 1990, MS 1992, PhD 1995
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station.

27. Knappe, Detlef Rudiger Uwe, BS 1989, MS 1991, PhD 1996
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

2001

28. Adham, Samer S. PhD 1993
Manager, Applied Research Department, Montgomery-Watson Engineers, Pasadena, California.

29. Cal, Mark P. BS 1991, MS 1993, PhD 1995
Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro.

2002

30. Narayanan, Balakrishnan, MS 1990
          Director, Wastewater Process Technology, Carollo Engineers, Walnut Creek, California.

2003

31. Ariaratnam, Samuel T., MS 1991, PhD 1994
Associate Professor of Construction Management, Del E. Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

2004

32. Miller, Penney L., MS 1994
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana.

2005

33. Jones, Kimberly L., MS 1992
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC.

34. Perkovich, Brian A., BS 1993
Assistant Engineer of Treatment Plan Operations I (Operations Manager), Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

35. Umbright, Brian L., BS 1992, MS 1994
Vice President, Bowman, Barrett & Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.

2006

36. Campos, Carlos, MS 1996, PhD 1999
Managing Director, Research + Innovation, Division of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, Paris, France.

37. Eickenberg, Paul T., BS 1995, MS 1997
Civil Engineer, SRF Consulting Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2007

38. Davis, Benjamin L., MS 1999
Lt. Cdr., Chief, Civil Engineering Unit, US Coast Guard, Cleveland, Ohio.

39. Pekelnicky, Robert G., BS 2000, MS 2001
Design Engineer, Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, California.

2008

40. Tompkins, Mark R., BS 1996, MS 1998
Senior Technologist, Fluvial Geomorphology and River Restoration, Oakland, California.

2009

41. Brown, Jess C., BS 1998, MS 1999, PhD 2002
Manager, Research Group, Carollo Engineers, Sarasota, Florida.
 
42. Hashisho, Zaher M., PhD 2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.