Purdue University - Ft. Wayne Professor David P. Devine
has won the national Daniel W. Mead Prize for 2003. The presentation of the
award was made at the National ASCE Convention held in Nashville, TN on
November 1-4, 2003. The Indiana Section is indeed proud of his
accomplishment as the single winner of a national competition. Dave also won
the ASCE District 9 Daniel V. Terrell Award competition in 1997.
The topic of the 2003 Mead Prize competition was: "Is it
Ethical to Profit from Engineering Work Arising from Natural or Manmade
Disasters?’
The Daniel W. Mead Prize for Younger Members was
established in 1939 to honor the memory and accomplishments of the 67th
President of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The talents of many of
the leaders of the profession were first recognized in previous contests for
this significant professional honor. The current contest provides an
opportunity for alert young civil engineers to further their professional
development and gain national attention.
Mr. Devine received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil
Engineering with concentrated studies in Environmental and Water Resources
Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Science Degree
in Civil Engineering with concentrated studies in Hydraulics and
Environmental Engineering from Purdue University. He has also continued
study in the fields of GIS, surveying, and business. He served as a
Municipal Sanitation Engineer while a volunteer in the United States Peace
Corps in Oumé, Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. He is conversant in French and
enjoys both learning other languages and international travel. He has
traveled in 20 countries including several in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Mr.
Devine currently works as an assistant professor on the Purdue University
Faculty and teaches civil engineering and construction technology classes at
the Indiana University-Purdue University campus in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He
also continues work with consulting engineering companies. Past projects
include a combined sewer investigation project then estimated at $90 million
in construction work, a reverse osmosis water treatment plant,
transportation corridor studies, environmental audits, site planning, and
development.
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