Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Dwayne McAninch, friend of the department and primary donor of the geotechnical mobile lab, received the 2006 Engineering News Record (ENR) Engineer of the Year Award for his work in using GPS in earthmoving. See the April 10, 2006, issues of ENR.

These alumni were involved in two Cedar Valley Corporation projects given “Excellence in Concrete Pavement” awards from the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA):

• William Calderwood (BSConE 1980), senior vice-president
• Scott Crosser (BSConE 1982), estimator
• Steve Jackson (BSConE 1975), president
• Brian Moore (BSCE 1996), engineer
• Matt Proctor (BSConE 2000), project manager

[Thanks to the ACPA for this information—Editor]

Nathaniel Fox (MSCE 1966, PhD 1966) won the Wallace Hayward Baker Award from the ASCE Geo-Institute.

Mary K. Hurd (BSCE 1947) received the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Bloem Award for Distinguished Service for her outstanding leadership of ACI Committee 124, Concrete Aesthetics. She is best known for her “green bible” Formwork for Concrete.

Richard Johnson, friend of the department, Story Co. Construction, was the recipient of the 2005 Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Iowa Contractor of the Year award. Johnson is the only person in the history of ABC of Iowa to have been elected to serve as president twice.

Larry Mattusch (BSCE 1966) won the 2004 100,000 TON AWARD from the Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa.

David Sanders (BSCE 1984) is the 2006 recipient of the Professional Progress in Engineering Award (PPEA) from the Iowa State University College of Engineering. The PPEA was established in 1989 to recognize outstanding professional progress and distinguished community service by engineering alumni under the age of 46.

Rao Y. Surampalli (PhD 1985) was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Last year only 15 engineers were elected in the world.