Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Larry Cormicle, senior lecturer, was chosen as this year’s Associated General Contractors of America Outstanding Educator. Cormicle also received the 2007 Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Teaching Award. The award, given by the CCEE department, honors a faculty member each year for his or her contributions to undergraduate teaching. The award includes a cash prize. Additionally, the Associated General Contractors of America ISU Student Chapter named Cormicle the CCEE department’s Outstanding Faculty of the Year.

LaDon Jones has been promoted from lecturer to senior lecturer in civil, construction, and environmental engineering.

Shashi Nambisan, professor and director of the Center for Transportation Research and Education (see more about him on page 15), received numerous awards before leaving his position at the University of Nevada to start at Iowa State in February. Nambisan was named Engineer of the Year by Nevada’s chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and he received the Leadership in Community Involvement Award from the Southern Nevada branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons also issued a proclamation declaring January 31, 2007 Professor Shashi Nambisan Day in Nevada to “thank and commend him for his devotion, honorable service, and dedication” to serving the citizens of Nevada. (To view the full proclamation, please visit gov.state.nv.us/PROCs/2007/2007-01-31ProfessorShashiNambisanDay.htm.)

Brad Perkins, Todd Sirotiak, and Larry Cormicle each received the Memorable Teacher Award from the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. The three were nominated by their students.

Chris Rehmann, assistant professor, was awarded the Charles W. Shafer Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service. The award includes a cash prize.

Tom Stout, lecturer, was named a fellow of the Institute for Transportation Engineers.

David White, associate professor, received the 2007 American Society of Civil Engineers’ Arthur Casagrande Award (see page 3 for more on this award). He also was promoted from assistant professor to associate professor with tenure.

Hans van Leeuwen, professor of environmental engineering; Shinnosuke Onuki, graduate student in agricultural and biosystems engineering; and Jacek Koziel, assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, have been awarded the Grand Prize for University Research by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. The honor rewards the researchers for their work in developing a more effective way to purify alcohol, and even turn fuel ethanol into beverage alcohol. Learn more about the award and this research at www.ccee.iastate.edu.