Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

The CCEE department congratulates the following undergraduate and graduate students on their recent accomplishments:

• Khalil Ahmad, graduate student in environmental engineering, received the second place award for best poster at Purdue University’s Remote Sensing Conference Student Poster Competition for his poster about crop biosecurity in the United States. The conference was sponsored by the Great Midwestern Regional Space Grant Consortia and participants came from several diverse disciplines.
  

• Nicole Bell, senior in construction engineering, won the university’s Exemplary Returning Peer Mentor Award at the 6th Annual Peer Mentor Recognition Celebration last April. Bell was a Construction Engineering Cornerstone Learning Community peer mentor for three consecutive semesters.

• Luke Johanson, senior in civil engineering, was selected for the Iowa State University Alumni Association’s Homecoming Cardinal Court. Members of the Cardinal Court receive a scholarship and must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Award applicants are judged on their character, outstanding achievement in academics, dedication to the university/community, and two short essay questions.

• Nels Overgaard, who graduated in December 2006, won the W.A. Klinger Award for Outstanding Senior. The award recognizes senior construction engineering students who best exemplify the qualities of scholarship and service in preparing for a career as a professional constructor.

• Mary Rasmussen, PhD student in environmental engineering with a co-major in biorenewable resources and technology, was recognized for earning the top score in the course evaluations of the two-week Intensive Program on Renewable Biomaterials held in Toulouse and Tarbes, France, last May. Rasmussen competed with graduate students from the United States and 15 European countries to receive this honor.