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Congratulations Tracy, Mike, and Dr. Brena!


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Tracy and Mike pose with their spring 2016 tower just after the last floor was installed
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
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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

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  • Home
  • About
    • About the Chapter
    • Awards
    • Membership
    • Sponsors & Donors
  • Projects
    • Community Service
    • Concrete Canoe
    • Seismic Design
    • Steel Bridge
  • Mentorship
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • NE Regional Conference
  • Zoom Meetings