Current Award Forms
Previous Winners
| Outstanding Service to Section Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Recipient | Details |
| 1990 | Gerald R. Swihart | – |
| 1991 | Ervell A. Staab | – |
| 1992 | Alraf U. Rahmen | – |
| 1993 | Maher K. Tadros | – |
| 1994 | Bruce N. Harris | – |
| 1995 | Nathaniel W. Beezley | – |
| 1996 | Kirby D. Woods | – |
| 1997 | Nathaniel W. Beezley and Kirby D. Woods |
– |
| 1998 | William C. Arneson | – |
| 1999 | David A. Meier | – |
| 2000 | J.B. “Brad” Chambers | – |
| 2001 | Mark R. Stark | Legislative Work |
| 2002 | Joseph A. Waxse | – |
| 2003 | John M. Hill | – |
| 2004 | Marie Maly | Younger Member Group |
| 2005 | Dave Ayala | First Transportation Conference |
| 2006 | Phil Rossbach | Engineers Roundtable |
| 2007 | Mike McIntosh | FutureCity |
| 2008 | Marie Maly | Outreach Kits / Displays |
| 2009 | John Hill | President-Elect, Treasurer, and Truss Bustin’ |
| 2010 | – | – |
| 2011 | Joe Flaxbeard and Andres Torres | Younger Member Group Co-Chairs |
| 2012 | Mike Sklenar | – |
| 2013 | John Hill | – |
| 2014 | Andres Torres | Organizing Region 7 Assembly and Visits by Region Director Burress & President-Elect Stevens |
| 2015 | John Smith | E-Week School Blitz |
| 2016 | Ryan Hanson | Truss Bustin’ Competition – More schools, more teams, new testing machine |
| 2017 | Matthew Hubel | Chairing the Centennial Committee |
| 2018 | Mark Egger, Brandon Gardels, Chris Podany, and Isabella Walsh | Planning/Hosting the 2018 Multi-Region Leadership Conference for Regions 3, 6, & 7 |
| 2019 | Shannon DeVivo | National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark |
| 2020 | – | – |
| 2021 | – | – |
| 2022 | Sarah Hruby | Newsletter Editor |
| 2023 | Mike Sklenar | Webmaster and Truss Bustin’ |
| Special Achievement for Long Term Service Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Recipient | Details |
| 2006 | Bruce Harris and Kirby Woods | Truss Bustin’ and FutureCity (“retiring” chairs) |
| 2008 | Loras Klostermann | – |
| 2009 | – | – |
| 2010 | – | – |
| 2011 | Brian Havens | Geotechnical Technical Committee / Conference |
| 2012 | John Hill | – |
| 2013 | John Hill | – |
| 2014 | Scott Gilliland | Past Chair of the Structural Technical Committee |
| 2015 | Brian Havens | Past Chair of the Geotechnical Committee / GEO-Omaha |
| 2016 | Patricia (Ticha) Rohan | Transportation Conference / Scholarship Work |
| 2017 | Marie (Maly) Stamm | Serving the Board for 15 Years in a variety of positions |
| 2018 | (not awarded) | – |
| 2019 | (not awarded) | – |
| 2020 | (not awarded) | – |
| 2021 | (not awarded) | – |
| 2022 | (not awarded) | – |
| 2023 | Dave Nielsen | Future City Competition Chair |
| ASCE Nebraska Civil Engineering Scholarship Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Recipient | Details |
| 2018-2019 | Teresa Blankman | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2018-2019 | Katherine Fye | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2018-2019 | Gage Parsons | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2018-2019 | Samuel Sobczyk | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2018-2019 | Brendan Barnes | Nebraska Section ASCE Scholarship/Fellowship Fund |
| 2018-2019 | Pascual Mauricio | Nebraska Section ASCE Student Support Fund for Transportation Engineers |
| 2018-2019 | Timothy Adams | Nebraska Section ASCE Student Support Fund for Transportation Engineers |
| 2019-2020 | Binyam Mammo Bekele | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2019-2020 | Caleb Craven | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2019-2020 | Francisco Garcia | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2019-2020 | Jingtao Zhang | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2019-2020 | Miras Mamirov | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2019-2020 | Noelle Mware | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2019-2020 | Jack Post | Nebraska Section ASCE Student Support Fund for Transportation Engineers |
| 2019-2020 | Max Meyer | Nebraska Section ASCE Student Support Fund for Transportation Engineers |
| 2020-2021 | Sydney James | Nebraska Section ASCE Student Support Fund for Transportation Engineers |
| 2020-2021 | Lane Applegarth | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2020-2021 | Jordan Jurgens | Peck/Benak Engineering Achievement Scholarship Fund |
| 2021-2022 | Braden Labenz | Nebraska Section ASCE Scholarship/Fellowship Fund |
| 2021-2022 | Ryan Weyers | Nebraska Section ASCE Student Support Fund for Transportation Engineers |
1997David OlsonAndrew Melville1999James HillPaul Dierking
| Outstanding Senior (initiated in 1985) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | UNO | UNL |
| 1985 | Tom Thiele | John Dallman |
| 1986 | Scott Gilliland | Tom Shipporeit |
| 1987 | Jenni Benak | Mary Berlin |
| 2003 | Jeremy Bowers and Tony Krause | |
| 2004 | Jay Ling | Jason Hascall |
| 2005 | Matt Kleymann | Derek Kowalski |
| 2006 | Dan Samson | Amanda Larson and Diane Rossbach |
| 2007 | Christie Hasenkamp | Katie Vlock |
| 2008 | Lianne Lau | Sarah Schroeder |
| 2009 | Kenton McBride | Greg Seib |
| 2010 | Melissa Letak | John Coburn |
| 2011 | Corey Schram and Lauren Swadner | |
| 2012 | – | – |
| 2013 | – | – |
| 2014 | Nicholas Johnson and Nathan Jensen | Gemma Haake and Steven Stauffer |
| 2015 | Rachel Schulz and Sean Mascia | Amanda Dunekacke and Cara Woldt |
| 2016 | Nicholas Williams and Joseph Meuret | Andrew Eisenbraun and Jeremiah Dixon |
| 2017 | Jesse Walsh | Elizabeth Railsback |
| 2018 | Cory Staashelm and Matt Roth | Austin Kellogg and Sussan Moussavi |
| 2019 | – | Matthew Wynegar |
| 2020 | – | – |
| 2021 | Ethan Hall | Elizabeth (Lizzy) Humphus |
| 2022 | James Johnson | Khalil Sultani |
| 2023 | Katrina Meier | Ben Goeman |
Life Members
Life Member status is an honor awarded to members that have made a lifetime commitment to ASCE and the civil engineering profession by remaining members for the full length of their professional career.
According to current policy, to obtain the Life Member status with ASCE, a member must be at least 65 years old; have paid dues for at least 35 years; and have paid dues for at least 10 consecutive years immediately preceding the attainment of Life Member.
| Life Members of the Nebraska Section | |
|---|---|
| Year | Recipient |
| 2023 | Eric Keen |
| 2023 | David Meier |
| 2023 | Edward Thiele |
| 2023 | David Svingen |
| 2023 | Wayne Woldt |
| 2023 | Wesley Wahlgren |
| 2023 | George Little |
| 2023 | Reed Schwartzkopf |
| 2023 | Daryoush Razavian |
| 2023 | Edward Prost |
| 2022 | John Thomas |
| 2022 | Ka Squire |
| 2022 | Stephen Reiners |
| 2022 | John Kottmann |
| 2022 | Charles Huddleston |
| 2022 | Mark Ehrhart |
| 2021 | Dennis Hirschbrunner |
| 2019 | Nelson Jacobs |
| 2019 | John Dempsey |
| 2018 | Sorin Juster |
| 2018 | Doyle Petersen |
| 2018 | Michael Potter |
| 2018 | Jerald Schneider |
| 2018 | Walter Schultz |
| 2018 | Dennis Smith |
| 2018 | Daniel Sommer |
| 2018 | Loren Steenson |
| 2018 | James Wilkinson |
| 2018 | Ronald Yoder |
| 2017 | James E Rowings, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE |
| 2017 | Steven R Saye, P.E., M.ASCE |
| 2017 | Mark D Lafferty, P.E., M.ASCE |
| 2017 | Wayne J Vandertuin, P.E., M.ASCE |
| 2017 | Jerry J Westhoff, P.E., M.ASCE |
| 2017 | Michael J Muessel, P.E., M.ASCE |
| 2017 | John B Gregory, Jr., P.E., M.ASCE |
| 2017 | Leslie J Svatora, III, P.E., M.ASCE |
| 2017 | John D Cox, P.E., M.ASCE |
| 2016 | Michael Baumert |
| 2016 | Stephen Beall |
| 2016 | Randall Graham |
| 2016 | Bruce Harris |
| 2016 | Richard Kotan |
| 2016 | David Maystrick |
| 2016 | Robert Reisdorff |
| 2016 | Steven Schmidt |
| 2016 | Terry Sherman |
| 2015 | Steve Bottum |
| 2015 | Roger Figard |
| 2015 | Frank Kwapnioski |
| 2015 | Rick Voss |
The following Nebraska Section Members have previously achieved Life Membership (individuals in bold recognized within the past year):
Charles G. Alger (1987)
Dennis Allacher (2007)
Dewey R. Anderson (1996)
Charles M. Anson (1992)
Leroy E. Baker (2007)
Richard W. Barnett (1989)
Michael Baumert (2016)
Stephen Beall (2016)
Herbert L. Becker (2013)
Emil W. Beckman (1979)
Joseph V. Benak (1994)
Robert Bitner (2008)
Alan Blair (2015)
Axel C. Boilesen (1990)
Ron D. Bottorff (2013)
Steve Bottum (2015)
Henry E. Brass (2013)
Larry L. Briggs (2001)
Earl T. Brodman (1989)
Wayne E. Brugger (2004)
Carrol Brunken (1988)
George Bryan (2010)
Max A. Burroughs (1989)
Richard L. Buse (2003)
Walter W. Case (2006)
Edward A. Cecil (2000)
Melvin Cerny (2009)
James L. Chandler (1990)
Richard L. Chase (2000)
William D. Churchill (1993)
Royal S. Clark (1976)
Roy L. Cline (2002)
David V. Coe (2003)
Dean M. Connett (1997)
Elias A. Cooney (2000)
John D. Cox (2017)
Milo Cress (2010)
Arthur H. Dederman (1991)
John Dempsey (2019)
Richard Donovan (2009)
Wayne G. Dorough (2003)
Robert E. Dreessen (2001)
David H. Duin (1996)
Lorn P. Dunnigan (1996)
Charles W. Durham (1982)
Mark Ehrhart (2022)
Richard Erixson (2002)
Thomas W. Eversden (2006)
Roger Figard (2015)
Larry G. Fischer (2002)
E. Terence Foster (2006)
Kendall C. Fox (1984)
Monty W. Fredrickson (2011)
Harvey D. Funk (2001)
Jerry E. Galligan (1990)
Joseph L. Gerlt (1999)
Eugene M. Gollehon (2002)
Randall Graham (2016)
John Billy Gregory, Jr. (2017)
Raymond J. Hajek (2001)
Paul Harmon (2014)
Bruce Harris (2016)
Alfred S. Harrison (1991)
Frederick L. Henry (2001)
Dennis Heitmann (2005)
Dennis Hirschbrunner (2021)
Donald Holloway (2004)
Norman D. Holly (2011)
Susan Hoppel (2012)
Charles Huddleston (2022)
Dan Jackman (2003)
Nelson Jacobs (2019)
Dale Jacobson (2010)
Lambert J. Jaroska (1993)
J. Michael Jess (2009)
Jaroslav Z. Jizba (1989)
Charles E. Johnson (1990)
Sorin Juster (2018)
Eric Keen (2023)
David Klostermeyer (2007)
Richard Kotan (2016)
John Kottmann (2022)
J. Daniel Kutilek (2010)
Frank Kwapnioski (2015)
Mark D. Lafferty (2017)
Kenneth D. Lathrum (2007)
Gerald W. Lee (2006)
Roberto L. Lenton (2012)
Clarence A. Lewis (1983)
Don W. Lieberknect (1999)
Bruce A. Lind (2006)
Ronald W. Liston (2004)
George Little (2023)
King K. Little (2013)
Robert H. Livesey (1988)
Melvin R. Loseke (2004)
Ralph R. Marlette (1985)
C.W. Martin (1997)
David Maystrick (2016)
Terry A. McCarl (2010)
Richard L. McCumber (1995)
Harley C. McDonald (2006)
David B. Mead (2014)
Virgil G. Meedel (1992)
David Meier (2023)
Warren J. Mellema (1998)
William D. Miller (2014)
Raymond Moore (2009)
Ronald Morrison (2001)
Michael J. Muessel (2017)
Dennis Murphy (2013)
Kenneth H. Nass (2002)
Norman Nelson (2009)
Steve Nickel (2009)
Richard M. Niedergeses (2014)
Carl J. Nussrallah (1990)
Andrzej Nowak (2010)
Jerome Obrist (2008)
John E. Olsson (1991)
Willard Opocensky (1990)
Doyle Petersen (2018)
Jerry Porter (2009)
Michael Potter (2018)
William B. Preston (2007)
Dean A. Prochnow (2013)
Gary E. Proskovec (2014)
Edward Prost (2023)
Alfred E. Rasmussen (1988)
David Rathjen (2008)
Daryoush Razavian (2023)
Thomas J. Reading (1980)
Stephen Reiners (2022)
Robert L. Reins (1987)
Robert Reisdorff (2016)
Charles E. Riggs (2014)
Richard L. Robinson (2012)
Robert J. Rohde (1997)
James Emerson Rowings, Jr. (2017)
Steven R. Saye (2017)
Meredith C. Schaff (1999)
Terry F. Schlaht (2002)
Steven Schmidt (2016)
Richard K. Schlenker (1999)
Jerald Schneider (2018)
Robert D. Schroeder (1999)
Walter Schultz (2018)
Reed Schwartzkopf (2023)
Terry Sherman (2016)
James B. Siebken (2003)
Ka Squire (2022)
Dennis Smith (2018)
Daniel Sommer (2018)
Loren Steenson (2018)
Charles D. Smith (1995)
Louis J. Sobcyzk (2004)
Wallace R. Stern (2000)
George H. Stickney (1990)
Jim Suttle (2009)
Leslie J. Svatora, III (2017)
David Svingen (2023)
Maher Tadros (2011)
Edward Thiele (2023)
Thomas L. Thelen (2014)
John Thomas (2022)
Arvid L. Thomsen (2004)
William P. Todsen (2000)
Kenneth L. True (2007)
David G. Tunnicliff (1996)
Wayne John Vandertuin (2017)
Rick Voss (2015)
Wesley Wahlgren (2023)
Paula Wells (2000)
Paul L. Welsch (2014)
Jerry J. Westhoff (2017)
Edward R. Wheling (2003)
James Wilkinson (2018)
George Williamson (1991)
John Woelfl (2013)
Wayne Woldt (2023)
Chester R. Worm (2007)
Ronald Yoder (2018)
Robert G. Zilly (1988)
Raymond P. Zink (1989)
George Ziska (2013)