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








