2011 NCEES Engineering Award winners
The University of New Mexico Department of Civil Engineering is the grand prize winner of the 2011 NCEES Engineering Award for Connecting Professional Practice and Education. The award jury met June 7, 2011, in Clemson, S.C., to select the $25,000 grand prize winner.
The department received the prize for its submission, Integrated Infrastructure Improvements for a Youth Scout Ranch. For the project, teams of civil engineering and construction management students worked with professional engineer mentors to design infrastructure improvements for a youth camp. Each team addressed one of four areas necessary for the camp’s future growth and improved safety: drinking water and fire protection; drainage, erosion control, and emergency road access; wastewater collection and secondary treatment; and structural improvements, including a new pedestrian bridge and trading post.
The jury praised the project for incorporating various subdisciplines of civil engineering as well as construction management and for giving students “practical understanding of the routine work environment of practicing
professional engineers.”
Additional winners
The jury selected five additional winners to receive awards of $7,500 each.
- California State University, Los Angeles
Department of Civil Engineering
Connecting Professional Practice and Education through a Civil Engineering Capstone Project: Mud Flow Barrier - Lawrence Technological University
Department of Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering Capstone Project Recovery Park - Seattle University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Flood Control Channel Design for a River in Northwest Haiti - Seattle University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Structural Design of Dam Sluice Gate Walkway Slabs: Retrofit and Replacement Options - University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Civil Engineering
Development of a Sustainable Infrastructure Management System for a City
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