ESIG NAMES JAMES OKULLO DIRECTOR OF SYSTEM PLANNING
Reston, Va. – The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG), the leading source of global expertise for energy systems integration and operations, announced today that James Okullo has been named Director of System Planning. He joins ESIG with more than a decade of experience in the power industry. Prior to joining ESIG, Okullo was Manager, Strategic Assessments at the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). In this role, his areas of focus included forward-looking resource adequacy an...
Robert J. Wills is Named Recipient of AISC Lifetime Achievement Award
Photo: Robert J. Wills, P.E. (center) receives the prestigious AISC Lifetime Achievement Award from AISC President Charles Carter (right) and AISC Board of Directors Chairman Steve Knitter. WASHINGTON, DC – American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Vice President of Construction Robert J. Wills, P.E., was recognized with the prestigious American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Lifetime Achievement Award at NASCC: The Steel Conference on April 12, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina...
DFI Announces Paul Mayne, Ph.D., P.E., as Osterberg Memorial Lecturer
Presentation at SuperPile ’23, June 7-9 in Atlanta Hawthorne, N.J.: Paul W. Mayne, Ph.D., P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, has been invited to present the DFI Osterberg Memorial Lecture at SuperPile ’23. The annual SuperPile conference, hosted by DFI in partnership with ADSC, is being held in Atlanta on June 7-9. The lecture, " Application of Seismic Piezocone Soundings to Bi-Directional Load Test Response ," takes place on Thursday, June 8. Mayne will discuss th...
Announcing ISM's 9th Lizzi Scholarship Winner
The International Society for Micropiles (ISM) announces that Kelly Flanagan, Ph.D. candidate and adjunct instructor at North Carolina State University, is the winner of the 9th Lizzi Scholarship. The scholarship award includes travel and accommodations expenses for attendance at the 15th International Workshop on Micropiles in Vail, Colorado, from May 31-June 2, 2023; complimentary workshop registration; and a selection of micropile publications. During the workshop, Flanagan will give...
HDR’s Alexa Mitchell Elected to buildingSMART International Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure Room Steering Committee Advances Global Open Data Standards for Digital Design and Construction OMAHA, Neb. — Alexa Mitchell, HDR’s transportation BIM program manager, has been elected to the steering committee of buildingSMART International’s Infrastructure Room. This influential group of global industry leaders is developing, sharing and promoting the open data standards that will define how the world’s infrastructure is designed and built in the coming decades. ...
GrizForm Design Architects Adds New Architectural Designer to Growing Team
Tamara Dennis-Gamage Brings a Scientific Approach to the Firm’s Design Process WASHINGTON, D.C. — GrizForm Design Architects, a leading hospitality design and architecture firm based in Washington D.C., is excited to announce that Tamara Dennis-Gamage has joined the team as an architectural designer. Dennis-Gamage brings a collaborative and science-driven design approach to the firm’s growing team, and will work directly with clients and consultants to create functional and beautiful spaces p...
Resilient Roads Roundtable Announces Spring 2023 Innovators and Influencers List
Transportation Infrastructure Sector Leaders Recognized for Advancing Road Resilience (Atlanta, GA, April 11, 2023): The Resilient Roads Roundtable has released its Spring 2023 list of Resilient Roads Innovators and Influencers. The purpose of the bi-annual Resilient Roads Innovators and Influencers list is to spotlight those whose efforts and advocacy have driven the development and adoption of new materials, methods, and models to enhance transportation infrastructure resilience. The...
Civil engineering historian to speak on ‘great projects’ for S&T’s 2023 Stueck Lecture
ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri University of Science and Technology has announced Raymond “Paul” Giroux as the speaker for its 2023 Stueck Lecture. Giroux’s lecture will focus on lessons that can be learned from “great projects” for North American infrastructure engineering and construction. This year’s lecture will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 14, in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. This event is free and open to the public, both in person and through Zoom. To attend the lecture...
Adam Zingrone joins NELSON Worldwide as Studio Leader, Mixed-Use
Zingrone will lead the multifamily and mixed-use practice in the firm’s Chicago office CHICAGO — Award-winning architecture, design, and strategy firm NELSON Worldwide welcomes Adam Zingrone as Studio Leader, Mixed-Use. In this role, Adam will lead the multifamily and mixed-use studio in the Chicago office, leading business development throughout the city and the larger Midwest market. “Adam approaches each project with the client and end user in mind,” says Chairman and Chief Executi...
S&T professor emeritus inducted into Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association Hall of Fame
ROLLA, Mo. – When Dr. David Richardson began his bachelor’s degree studies in civil engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology in the late 1960s, he says he never could have dreamed how exactly his career would progress — and how many high-profile awards and accolades he would earn along the way. Now, Richardson, who also earned his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from S&T, has one more award he can add to his mantle, as he was recently inducted into the Mis...