Congratulations Tracy, Mike, and Dr. Brena!
Student(s) of the Year Award(s)
Warm congratulations go to Tracy Donoghue and Michael Morano for being named the 2015-16 ASCE Students of the year! Tracy and Mike were co-captains of our Seismic Design team which placed sixth internationally at the EERI Seismic Design Compeition in San Francisco. Highly organized and motivational leaders, they not only inspired their team members to attend late-night build days, but also to be active in the Chapter by attending Chapter Meetings. Their passion and charisma was as important as their attention to detail and hard work in the success of the Seismic Design team, and it has not gone unnoticed! Tracy is a senior and is focusing her studies on structural engineering. Tracy was recognized this spring with the BSCES Howe-Walker Award and the BSCES/ASCE Bertram Berger scholarship from UMass Amherst. This summer, she worked on a research project with Dr. Scott Civjan involving investigation of bat roosting sites on bridges in the Northeast. Mike Morano is also a senior and is focusing his studies on structural engineering with a special interest in earthquake engineering. This summer, he interned with the engineering design firm GeoDesign out of Middlebury, Connecticut. |
Faculty Award
The 2015-16 ASCE Faculty Award went to Dr. Sergio Brena. Dr. Brena taught Strength of Materials and Design of Reinforced Concrete in the spring of 2016 and received high praises from sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Since the Fall of 2015, Dr. Brena has also been the Faculty Advisor to the ASCE Student Chapter. The Executive Board thanks him graciously for his dedication and direction.
The 2015-16 ASCE Faculty Award went to Dr. Sergio Brena. Dr. Brena taught Strength of Materials and Design of Reinforced Concrete in the spring of 2016 and received high praises from sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Since the Fall of 2015, Dr. Brena has also been the Faculty Advisor to the ASCE Student Chapter. The Executive Board thanks him graciously for his dedication and direction.
Past recipients
Student of the Year Recipients
2003 Phil Dixon 2004 Kyle Murphy 2005 Justin deMello 2006 Raymond Lapage 2007 Josh Robero 2008 Samuel Gregorio 2009 Robert House 2010 Megan Krupka 2011 Aimee O'Brien 2012 Matthew Soltys 2013 Stephanie McCarthy 2014 Edward Rivard & William Howe 2015 Daniel Clasby 2016 Michael Morano and Tracy Donoghue |
Faculty Award Recipients
2003 Dr. Michael Switzenbaum 2004 Dr. Alex Chajes 2005 Dr. Sergio Brena 2006 Dr. Scott Civjan 2007 N/A 2008 Dr. Thomas Lardner 2009 Dr. Alex Chajes 2010 Dr. Mike Knodler 2011 Dr. Don DeGroot 2012 Thomas Lardner 2013 Scott Civjan 2014 Behrouz Shafei 2015 Michael Knodler 2016 Sergio Brena |