Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

W. Scott Cameron (BSCE 1970, BSCE 1975) has been awarded Procter & Gamble's Professional Recognition for Individual Sustained Mastery (PRISM) Award. The award honors people who have made a real difference in Procter & Gamble through their sustained and exceptional technical contributions. It is awarded to just a few remarkable individuals worldwide every two years.

In a release about the award, Procter & Gamble says the award recognizes Cameron's 36 years of technical mastery across several business units. Cameron is broadly recognized as a technical expert in Project Management and Capital Systems Technologies. He has creatively applied his mastery to streamline and simplify project management and capital management processes which improve productivity and leverage the organization's capability to deliver successful, sustainable project results. Cameron and his organizations have successfully delivered close to $1 billion of Capital Projects throughout his career. He has coached and mentored many capital management practitioners who continue to deliver outstanding business results.

Thomas Murray (BSCE 1962) was award the Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering (PACE) from the ISU Alumni Association. The award honors superior technical or professional accomplishments in the areas of research, development, administration, education, and other engineering activity. The citation was established to recognize alumnae/alumni eminently known for their competence and creativity.

Mark Nahra (BSCE 1984) has won the Special Service Award from the Iowa County Engineers Association.

Larry Muttusch (BSCE 1966) received the NACE Service Award from the Iowa County Engineers Association.

William Anderson (BSCE 1967) and Nathaniel Fox (MSCE and PhD 1966) received the Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering from the ISU Alumni Association.

David W. Hanson (BSCE 1952, BS industrial engineering 1952) and Charles W. Wilson (BS Eng. 1941) were recently named titans of the precast concrete industry at the Precast Concrete Institute’s (PCI) 50th anniversary convention in October 2004.

The Titan Award was limited to 50 people, 32 living and 18 deceased, covering PCI's 50-year history. PCI is an international association of more than 2,000 members.

"These are the people," PCI Chairman Fred W. Heldenfels IV said, "who, through their pioneering spirit, and at times dogged determination, have made major contributions to building an industry."

In 1971, Hanson founded Fabcon in Savage, Minnesota, with many design and manufacturing innovations. He developed the SpanDeck eight-foot wide rolling bed system for floor and wall panels and introduced load bearing insulated wall panels in 1971 and 1974. He served as PCI Chairman in 1988, PCI executive committee member, and on PCI's Board of Directors for six years. He is a PCI Fellow.

Wilson is the founder and was the chief executive of the Wilson Concrete Company in Red Oak, Iowa. He has worked in the precast/prestressed concrete industry for more than 63 years. He developed innovative precast concrete systems for office and industrial buildings, parking structures, and bridges. He served as PCI President in 1970 and is a PCI Fellow.

[Thanks to the PCI Journal for providing information about these awards.—Editor]

Craig Denny (BSCE 1971, MSCE 1973) and his wife, Terry, were awarded the Lenexa Community Service Award for their many volunteer activities in their community, Lenexa, Kansas.

Chris Dudding (BSConE 2000) was assigned as the project director to renovate the chancery building (“chancery” is the term for a main embassy building) in Afghanistan, which was built in the 1960s. It is very historic and means a lot to many people. Even though he is the youngest Foreign Service Construction Engineer, he will be managing the whole project, which is very rare.

Elizabeth Hunter (BSCE 1997) was honored with the James A. Hopson Alumni Volunteer Award from the ISU Alumni Association.

David Sabatini (PhD 1989), Sun Oil Company Chair of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science at the University of Oklahoma (OU), recently was honored by OU with a David Ross Boyd Professorship. Established in 1945, the professorship carries a lifetime title to provide continuing recognition to faculty who have demonstrated superior teaching ability, leadership, and student guidance. It is named for OU's first president.

Chandrika Vardhan Jaggia (MSCE 1991, master's of architecture 1991) received R&D Magazine's 2004 Lab of the Year Award for the MIT Chemistry building (originally designed by I. M. Pei) for which she was the project architect.

The building underwent complete gutting and renovation of its interiors and systems while remaining functional through its three-year construction period. Jaggia also received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification last year.