2024 Outstanding Senior Award
The nominees were: Bradley Hashbarger and Sean Menkers (UD); Nicholas Snyder and Calvin Vondracek (CU).
2023 Outstanding Senior Award
The UD nominees were Julia Holstead, Liz Riedel, Tim Heflin, and Steve Musso. The CU nominees were Zachary Perkins, Clay Montgomery, and Jason Thornhill.
The 2023 Outstanding Senior Awards were presented to Liz Riedel and Clay Montgomery in June 2023.
Liz Riedel is a fifth year senior at UD. Her first internship with The Kleingers Group in 2020 involved traffic studies and CAD road design projects. Additionally, she has worked two summers (2021, 2022) for Kimley-Horn in Indianapolis, IN. Her experience has developed her passion for the environment. Her studies and out-of-class experiences have deepened her dedication to sustainable living, and expanded her knowledge concerning environmental resource management.
Clay Montgomery is a senior Civil Engineering student graduating in May 2023 from Cedarville University. Clay is from Gallipolis, Ohio, and will be moving to the Dayton area after graduation. He chose to pursue a degree in Civil Engineering because of the wide range of opportunities that the profession offers. During his time at Cedarville, Clay was the founding president of the Cedarville University Student ASCE Chapter, and worked with the Ohio Department of Transportation to begin an Adopt-a-Highway program for the Civil Engineering department. Clay has had internship experience working with P.R. Hutchins surveying during the summer of 2021, and with LJB Inc. during the summer of 2022. His internship opportunities have given him experience in surveying, water resources, and site design. After graduation, Clay will begin full-time employment with LJB Inc., in Miamisburg, Ohio, as a Civil Engineer (EI). Clay plans on taking the additional classes needed to receive a professional surveying license and continue working toward becoming a professional engineer. Clay is excited to move to the Dayton area and begin his career.
2020 Outstanding Senior Award
The nominees were: Nick Ginella and Amanda Peters (UD). The 2020 Outstanding award was presented to Nick Ginella and Amanda Peters in June 2020.
Nicholas Ginella is a 5th year senior who graduated magna cum laude from the University of Dayton with his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. Nicholas is from Canton, Ohio and chose to pursue a profession in civil engineering due to his interest in construction and enjoyment in working outdoors. Throughout his time at UD, Nicholas was very active within ASCE and started by participating in the Highway Cleanups each semester. From there, he stepped up and took on the roles of the Ohio Valley Student Conference Chair and captain of the Student Steel Bridge Team for two years. In addition to ASCE, Nicholas was fortunate enough to complete three semesters of co-ops while at UD and live in Rome, Italy for a month through a UD study abroad program. Upon graduation in May 2020, Nicholas accepted a full time position as a Design & Project Engineer with North Point Engineering in North Canton, Ohio.
Amanda Peters is a senior at the University of Dayton that will graduate in December 2020 with her bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. She is from Akron, Ohio and is currently working in Denver, CO for the Design Group with the Federal Highway Administration for this summer’s co-op term. Amanda also worked three previous terms with Shook Construction in Dayton. She ultimately chose to pursue a Civil Engineering degree at UD due to the broad range of possibilities within the Civil discipline, and also for her interest in site design and transportation. Amanda’s time with the ASCE Student Chapter has included two years on the OVSC Estimating Competition Team, the OVSC Steel Bridge Team, and she served as Treasurer of the Student Chapter. Outside of ASCE, she is a member of the UD Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, and was president of the UD UNICEF Campus Initiative for two years. Amanda plans to pursue a career in civil design after graduation, while working through her ‘bucket list’ goal of visiting each National Park across the country.