Save the Date / October 20–23, 2024 / Hyatt Regency New Orleans
ACEC Awards & Scholarships
The Awards Lunch is hosted every year during the ACEC Fall Conferences and honors the New College of Fellows Inductees, Scholarship Winners, and winners of the Young Professional of Year Awards, Community Service Awards, Coalitions Distinguished Service Award and Chair Emeritus Award.
ACEC Scholarship Program
ACEC, through the ACEC Research Institute, supports engineering students through various scholarship grants each year. The recipients of the ACEC Scholarship Program are recognized during an awards ceremony that takes place at the ACEC Fall Conference.
This Year’s Scholarship Winners Are:
College of Fellows – Scholar of the Year: Michael Drummond
University of Cincinnati
Morrissey Goodale Diversity: Grace Whisler Lipford
Kansas State University
Morrissey Goodale Needs-Based: Isabella Bernard
The Catholic University of America
Lee Rice (LRE) Water:
Kyle Van Horn
Ohio Northern University
Life/Health Trust: Jayci Tsuhako
University of California – San Diego
a/e ProNet: Jillian Dlouhy
University of Nebraska – Lincoln at Omaha
Small Firm Coalition: Jaclyn Bashore
University of Cincinnati
J.A Watts Diversity in Engineering: Madison Allen
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Kimley-Horn Diversity in STEM: Angel Randell
Prairie View A&M University
Kimley-Horn Diversity in STEM (Needs-Based): Alex Chau
San Diego State University
Stanley Consultants, Inc. Diversity in Engineering (Needs-Based): Morgan Tretcher
The Catholic University of America
Stanley Consultants, Inc. Helping Hands (Needs-Based): Katlynn Vicuna
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Young Professional of the Year Award
The Young Professionals Award strives to promote the accomplishments of young engineers by highlighting their engineering contributions and the resulting impact on society. The campaign is designed to enhance and improve the image of engineering by recognizing young, diverse, and talented engineers, thereby portraying engineering as an exciting profession open to everyone. Our Young Professional of the Year will be chosen among five finalists and announced during the Awards Lunch.
The Finalists For This Year’s Young Professional of the Year Are:
Ryan Delves, Stanley Consultants
Chicago, IL
Jonathan Markt, HDR, Inc.
Omaha, NE
Jessica Ross, Watts Architects & Engineers
Buffalo, NY
Jessica Splittgerber, EMCS, Inc.
Wausau, WI
Erik Walega, RESPEC Company, LLC
Rapid City, SD
The College of Fellows
ACEC, through the ACEC Research Institute, supports engineering students through various scholarship grants each year. The recipients of the ACEC Scholarship Program are recognized during an awards ceremony that takes place at the ACEC Fall Conference.
This Year’s Inductees Are:
Matt Hirst, CRS Engineering & Surveying
Salt Lake City, UT
Gary Hartong, The Wooten Company
Raleigh, NC
Gary Raba, Raba Kistner, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
Derek Clyburn, ECS Southeast, LLP
Raleigh, NC
Andrew McCune, Wade Trim
Taylor, MI
Rizwan Siddiqi, EBA Engineering, Inc.
Laurel, MD
Community Service Awards
This national ACEC award recognizes an individual who is a principal or manager of an ACEC Member Firm and who has made outstanding contributions to the quality of life in his or her community.
This Year’s Winners Are:
C.K. Satyapriya, CTL Engineering, Inc.
Columbus, OH
Rizwan Siddiqi, EBA Engineering, Inc.
Laurel, MD
Coalition Distinguished Service Award
The Coalition Distinguished Service Award recognizes the accomplishments of an individual that has contributed significantly and/or has sustained volunteer performance within ACEC’s Coalitions.
This Year’s Winner Is:
John Burns, Burns Engineering
Philadelphia, PA
Chair Emeritus Award
The Chair Emeritus Award recognizes someone who has provided exemplary service to ACEC.
This Year’s Winner Is:
John L. Carrato, Benesch
Chicago, IL
QBS Special Recognition Award
Every year, ACEC and NSPE partner to administer the QBS Awards, recognizing public and private entities and/or individuals making exemplary use of the Qualifications-Based Selection process at the federal, state, and local levels.
This Year’s Winner Is:
Senator Clyde Chambliss, Alabama State Senate
Montgomery, AL