Individuals in Engineering and Technology Recognized for STEM Achievements & Community Contributions
CHICAGO (Sept. 3, 2021) – The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) announced today the recipients of its annual awards program, a nod to those movers and shakers who are making significant contributions to the STEM community and the advancement of women in engineering. SWE award recipients include professionals and collegiates from influential businesses, corporations and universities across the globe. “The men and women recognized this year have lived and learned through significant contribution...
Scantinel Photonics Receives the 2021 Best Practices Technology Innovation Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan
Ulm (Germany), 30. August 2021 – Scantinel Photonics, a German start-up and ZEISS Ventures spin-off that has developed a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system based on future technology photonics, has been awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2021 Best Practices Technology Innovation Leadership Award. Frost & Sullivan, the global consulting, market research, and analysis firm, continually identifies and evaluates companies and growth opportunities in various industries, technologies, and regions wo...
National Building Museum Announces Mabel O. Wilson As 2021 Vincent Scully Prize Recipient
Architect, Scholar, and Author -- whose work focuses on the intersection of Design and Black History and Culture -- is Annual Prize’s 23rd Awardee WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today the National Building Museum announced that Mabel O. Wilson, the Nancy and George E. Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, is the 23rd recipient of the Museum’s annual Vincent Scully Prize. Established in 1999, the Scully Prize recognizes excellence in practice, scholarship, or...
U.S. Student From California Wins International Water Research Competition
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Eshani Jha of San Jose, Calif. was selected as the winner of the 2021 Stockholm Junior Water Prize, a prestigious international competition for students to present solutions for water challenges. Jha conducted research on how to remove contaminants from freshwater by replacing active carbon with biochar for use in efficient and less costly water filters. Watch a video of Jha presenting her research. Jha’s research, titled "Thiol Functionalized and Manganese Dioxide Dop...
Transportation Awards Given To Six Northeastern State DOTs
Four state departments of transportation won six regional awards on August 18 during the Northeast Association of State Transportation Officials virtual video presentation. [Above photo by PennDOT] Those four Northeastern state DOTs – based in Delaware, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania – earned regional recognition for transportation projects that provided safer multi-modal options around a popular state park, allowed for better community access to outdoor recreational activitie...
Vectorworks, Inc. Chief Human Resources Officer Wins Silver Stevie® Award in 2021 International Business Awards®
Tania Salgado-Nealous Honored in the Human Resources Executive of the Year Category Columbia, MD (August 18, 2021)—Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. proudly announces Chief Human Resources Officer Tania Salgado-Nealous, PHR, SHRM-CP was named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the Human Resources Executive of the Year Category in the 18th Annual International Business Awards®. The International Business Awards (IBAs) are the world’s premier business awards...
AISC Offers $5,000 for the Next Great Connection Idea
CHICAGO - Structural steel is already the gold standard for rapid erection. But what if we could make it even faster? The American Institute of Steel Construction has launched a challenge. We're looking for back-of-the-napkin ideas that could turn into the next revolutionary, non-proprietary structural steel connection system. And we're offering up to three winners a $5,000 prize! The key words are FAST and EASY--to design, fabricate, and erect safely. The ideal solution will be fast...
AISC, ASCE Team Up for Student Steel Bridge Competition, Starting in 2021-2022
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) today announced a renewed partnership for the Student Steel Bridge Competition, starting with the 2021-2022 school year. The annual Student Steel Bridge Competition, which began in 1987, challenges student teams to develop a scale-model steel bridge to fit a given hypothetical environment. Each team must determine how to design and fabricate a bridge and then plan for an efficient...
Simpson Strong-Tie Announces 2021–2022 Scholarship Winners
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced the recipients of its Student Scholarship for the 2021–2022 academic year. Recipients are undergraduates in their junior and senior years, majoring in architecture, civil/structural engineering or construction management from over 100 eligible schools. One hundred scholarships of $2,000 each were awarded to students across the country. The Simpson Strong-Tie® Student Sch...
Eight Southern State DOT Projects Win Regional Awards For Improving Community Safety, Access, And Efficiency
WASHINGTON—State department of transportation projects in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina earned regional recognition in the America’s Transportation Awards for projects that provided innovative transit options in rural communities, improved roadway safety, and boosted freight movement efficiency, among other benefits. “As the COVID-19 pandemic forced many Americans to drastically change work patterns, state DOT employees continued the harrowing work of keeping...