2012 NCEES Engineering Award winners
The Florida Atlantic University Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatics Engineering is the grand prize winner of the 2012 NCEES Engineering Award for Connecting Professional Practice and Education. The award jury met May 31, 2012, in Clemson, S.C., to select the $25,000 grand prize winner.
The department received the prize for its submission, Dania Beach Nanofiltration Plant Expansion (PDF). For the project, civil engineering students collaborated with faculty, professional engineers, and city officials to find innovative and cost-effective solutions to designing a new water treatment facility for the city, resulting in the construction of the world’s first LEED Gold-certified water treatment plant.
The jury praised the project for incorporating many aspects of civil engineering and renewable energy, noting the student contributions from concept through construction and obtaining LEED Gold certification.
Additional winners
The jury selected five additional winners to receive awards of $7,500 each:
- Oklahoma State University
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Roadway and Water Feature Design at the Botanic Garden (PDF) - Seattle University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Design of an Orphanage, Learning and Community Center in Ethiopia (PDF) - Seattle University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Historic Dam Guardrail and Vehicle Barrier Retrofit for Public Safety (PDF) - University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Civil Engineering
Multidisciplinary Smart Design of Fire Station 513 (PDF) - Valparaiso University
College of Engineering
Maji for Masaera: Rehabilitation of a Man-Made Irrigation Canal (PDF)
NCEES Engineering Award Book
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