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, Coalitions Distinguished Service Award, Community Service Awards, and the ACEC Distinguished Service 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 the Awards Lunch at the ACEC Fall Conference.
Young Professional of the Year Award
The Young Professional 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 promote the image of engineering as an exciting and open profession 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:
Sarah Carroll, Creighton Manning, a GAI Company
Syracuse, NY
Tevis Holzer, Banner Associates
Brookings, SD
Alison Love, STV
Boston, MA
Samantha Miller, CHA Companies
Syracuse, NY
Melissa Pennington, Halff
Tallahassee, FL
The College of Fellows
The College of Fellows (COF), consisting of distinguished and recognized engineering leaders within ACEC and their communities, shall enhance the image of the profession by undertaking activities including recognition programs, outreach through scholarship, and unique educational opportunities.
The College of Fellows strives to improve the overall image of the consulting engineering profession by recognizing engineering accomplishments. It continues to search for opportunities to serve ACEC member firms.
This Year’s Inductees Are:
Douglas Alvine, Alvine Engineering
Omaha, NE
Ed D. Alizadeh, UES
St. Louis, MO
Terry Atkins, Lamp Rynearson
Omaha, NE
Eric Burke, Moffatt & Nichol
Richmond, VA
Robert Burkholder, Clark Nexsen
Virginia Beach, VA
Matt Crafton, Crafton Tull
Rogers, AR
Shahin Hekmat, Chen Moore and Associates
Fort Lauderdale, FL
John Kissinger, GRAEF
Milwaukee, WI
Daniel Larson, AET, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
Dan Meckes, Crawford, Murphy & Tilly
St. Louis, MO
Jeffrey D. Meiter, Valued Engineering, Inc.
Upland, CA
Jeffrey S. Mulliken Carolina Transportation Engineers & Associates, PC
Columbia, SC
James O'Connor, JMT
Mt. Pleasant, SC
Karlene Thomas, Pinyon Environmental, Inc.
Lakewood, CO
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 Winner Is:
Michael P. Senger, HEAPY Engineering, Inc.
Dayton, OH
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:
Dave Mykins, Lynch Mykins Structural Engineers
Raleigh, NC
ACEC Distinguished Service Award
This award recognizes someone who has provided exemplary service to ACEC.
This Year’s Winners Are:
Lisa A. Brothers, Nitsch Engineering
Boston, MA
Lauren Evans, Pinyon Environmental, Inc.
Lakewood, CO
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.
