Every year, Iowa Section members are encouraged to nominate fellow members and projects for the awards showcased below. Nominations are due July 15th, 2025, with recipients announced and honored at the annual meeting in September.  Nomination forms are available in both Microsoft Word format and as an online form below. Please contact Dave Mulholland with any questions about eligibility or the nomination process. Thank you to all of the outstanding past award recipients who are going above and beyond on a daily basis to advance the civil engineering profession.

2025 Award Nominations - Deadline has passed

Directions: Visit each link where you would like to submit an individual nomination for each type of exceptional engineer to receive an award. The forms are located to the lower left and each nomination requires an email. The due date for nominations was July 15, 2025.

Iowa Section AwardPast Award Recipients
Special attention should be granted to the Iowa Section Award as it is the highest award given to an individual by the Iowa Section of ASCE. It is given to an engineer who has made outstanding contributions to his or her profession, public welfare and/or humankind. It is only awarded once every three years and is a high honor. Congratulations Jen on receiving this distinction and thank you for your service.
* Next awarded in 2027.		2024 Marlee Walton
2021 Jenifer Bates
2018 Rick Fosse
2015 Steve De Vries
2012 Mike Vander Wert
2009 Kenneth Dunker
2006 Don Jordison		2003 Ken Brewer
2000 Stan Ring
1997 Kenneth Bucklin
1994 Sulo Witala
1991 Donald Hattery
1988 Jon Cleasby
1985 Carl Ekberg, Jr.
Outstanding Associate MemberPast Award Recipients

This recognition is awarded annually to member of the Iowa Section of ASCE who:

  • is less than 35 years of age on June 1 of the year of the award
  • and who has been an Associate Member for at least three years
  • and who is judged to have attained significant professional achievement, by the degree to which the candidate has shown:
    • Service to the advancement of the profession
    • Evidence of technical competence, high character and integrity
    • Leadership in the development of younger member attitudes towards the profession
    • Contributions to public service outside of their professional career
    • Other evidence of merit which has advanced Society objectives

Link to Online Nomination Form (updated next cycle)

2024 Kelly Wollner
2023 Blake Peterson
2022 Michelle Riedinger
2021 Trenton Humphrey
2020 Luke Monat
2019 Blake Peterson
2018 Nick Hussey
2017 Nathan Hardisty
2016 Andy Burke
2015 Anna Smith
2014 Justin Widdel
2013 Patrick Schwickerath
2012 Todd Knox
2011 David Salazar
2010 Chis Bauer
2009 Benjamin Cole
2008 Dave Panos
2007 Tom Lisi
2006 Brian Boelk		2005 Todd Penisten
2004 Ben Long
2003 Jeff Magner
2002 Ron Griffith
2001 James Merchlewitz
2000 Ron Knoche
1999 Mark Land
1998 Dave Mulholland
1997 Rick White
1996 Jon Conzett
1995 None
1994 None
1993 Mark Federle
1992 Mark Nahra
1991 None
1990 Bret Pilney
1989 Tom Jacobson
1988 Rick Fosse
Outstanding Government Civil EngineerPast Award Recipients

Awarded annually to a licensed civil engineer (P.E.) within the geographical boundaries of the ASCE Iowa Section, with preference given to an ASCE Member of Fellow (excluding Honorary Members) who has attained this status for at least five years, and who is judged to have contributed substantially to the status of the engineering profession by:

  • An established reputation for profession service, with exemplary professional conduct in a specific outstanding instance.
  • Significant and lasting achievement in improving employment conditions under which civil engineers serve in public and private practice.
  • Significant contribution toward improving the professional aspects of civil engineering education.
  • Professional guidance of qualified young people who seek civil engineering as a career; and professional development of young civil engineers in the formative stage of their career.
  • Other evidence of merit by which the candidate has advanced Society objectives.

Link to Online Nomination Form (updated next cycle)

2024 Ron Knoche
2023 William Mabuce
2022 Jacob Hahn
2021 Darin L. Andresen
2020 Dave Claman
2019 Ben Cole
2018 Mark Mueller
2017 Gary Novey
2016 Dave Wallace
2015 Lyle Brehm
2014 Scott Larson
2013 Tim Ellis
2012 Gabriel Lee
2011 Jolee Belzung
2010 Christy Van Buskirk
2009 Tom Maze
2008 Roger Schletzbaum		2007 Wilfred Nixon
2006 Tom Stoner
2005 Mark Nahra
2004 Jeb Brewer
2003 Dan Holderness
2002 Jim Grove
2001 Rick Fosse
2000 Royce Fichtner
1999 Lloyd Witte
1998 Jim Hogan
1997 George Sisson
1996 J. Brian Morrissey
1995 Eldo Schornhorst
1994 Donald Linnan
1993 L.D. McMullen
1992 Robert Huber
1991 Harold Smith
Outstanding Civil EngineerPast Award Recipients

Awarded annually to a Member or Fellow (excluding Honorary Members) of the Iowa Section ASCE who is judged to have contributed substantially to the status of the engineering profession by:

  • An established reputation for profession service, with exemplary professional conduct in a specific outstanding instance.
  • Significant and lasting achievement in improving employment conditions under which civil engineers serve in public and private practice.
  • Significant contribution toward improving the professional aspects of civil engineering education.
  • Professional guidance of qualified young people who seek civil engineering as a career; and professional development of young civil engineers in the formative stage of their career.
  • Other evidence of merit by which the candidate has advanced the Society's objectives.

Link to Online Nomination Form (updated next cycle)

2024 Christy Van BusKirk
2023 Nate Hardisty
2022 Della Caldwell
2021 Stephanie Then Hooge
2020 Russell Schroeder
2019 Luis Leon
2018 Chris Bauer
2017 Jason Holdorf
2016 William Eichinger
2015 David Claman
2014 Marlee Walton
2013 Jenifer Bates
2012 Justin Vander Werff
2011 Max Porter
2010 David Moeller
2009 Steve Jones
2008 Phil Larson
2007 Michael Vander Wert		2006 Robert Lentz
2005 Lowell Greimann
2004 Dale Moore
2003 Forrest Holly
2002 Jim Cable
2001 John Calhoun
2000 Jack Mickle
1999 Wallace Sanders
1998 Wayne Paulson
1997 Charles Spicher
1996 Robert Lentfer
1995 Kenneth Brewer
1994 Harrison Kane
1993 Kenneth Bucklin
1992 Rudolph Lubsen
1991 George Sisson
1990 Eldo Schornhorst, Jr.
1989 Dan Branson
Outstanding Civil Engineering Project AchievementPast Award Recipients (cont.)

Awarded annually, to both the engineers and owners, for a project built within the geographic limits of the Iowa Section ASCE. Given for the achievement - not to an individual - so that the many engineers who worked on the project are collectively recognized for their contributions.

Link to Online Nomination Form (updated next cycle)

2003 Iowa Interstate RR Bridge at First Avenue, – NNW, Inc., City of Iowa City
2002 Iowa Interstate Rest Area Renovation Project – French Reneker Associates
2001 Constructed Wetlands Leachate Treatment System – Foth and Van Dyke
2000 Cordova Park Observation Tower - Calhoun Burns & Assoc., Inc.
1999 Woolf Avenue Bridge, City of Iowa City – NNW, Inc.
1998 Robert J. Hibbs Medal of Honor Bridge, City of Cedar Falls - Earth Tech, Inc.
1997 Aerated Sludge/Yard Waste Compost Facility, City of Davenport - Shive-Hattery, Inc.
1996 Flood Protection Improvements - City of Des Moines
1995 U.S. Highway 6 Widening and Streetscape Improvements, City of Coralville - Howard R. Green Consulting Engineers
1994 Water Supply and Treatment System, City of Sigourney - French-Reneker Associates, Inc.
1993 Cedar River Retaining Walls, Cedar Rapids - Howard R. Green Consulting Engineers
1992 West Side Basin and Pump Station, Des Moines Integrated Community Area Project - Donohue & Associates/Metcalf & Eddy - Joint Venture
1991 Mines of Spain State Recreation Area Main Park Road - Brice Petrides Donohue
1990 Cedar Rapids 16th Avenue Bridge - Shive-Hattery Engineers & Architects, Inc
1989 Fort Madison Bluff Road - Ament Engineering
1988 Rockwell Resource Recovery - Howard R. Green Co.
1987 Walnut Street Transit Mall, Des Moines - Barton Aschman Assoc., Inc., Sires Architects PC, Britson Consultants, Inc., Krishna Engineering Consultants, Inc., and Veenstra & Kimm
1986 Appanoose County Railroad - French-Reneker Associates, Inc.
Past Award Recipients
2024 Des Moines US Courthouse - Merrill Elam Architects & Dept. of Justice
2023 Cedar Falls Downtown Parkade - Snyder and Associates & City of Cedar Falls
2022 Charley Western Trail - Calhoun - Burns & City of Charles City
2021 Sioux Center Wastewater Treatment Facility - Bolten & Menk & City of Sioux Center
2020 Missouri River Overflow Bridges - Stanley Consultants & Iowa DOT
2019 Gourley Bridge Over the Boone River
2018 Raising the Red Bridge – City of Des Moines & Stanley Consultants
2017 Lake Delhi Dam – Stanley Consultants
2016 Mehaffey Bridge Replacement – Johnson County & VJ Engineering
2015 Davenport West Side Diversion Tunnel - City of Davenport & Stanley Consultants 2014 Coralville Flood Protection System – City of Coralville, Shoemaker & Holland
2013 Trout Run Trail – City of Decorah/Erdman Engineering
2012 City of Waverly Dam Reconstruction
2011 First Street Improvements, Coralville / HR Green, Inc
2010 North Liberty Bioreactor – Fox Engineering
2009 Jordan Creek Channel Modifications, West Des Moines/Kirkham Michael Associates
2008 Lime Softening Water Treatment Plant, Camp Dodge, Iowa National Guard – Snyder & Associates, Inc.
2007 I-235 Pedestrian Bridge, IDOT, HNTB Inc.
2006 Iowa Power River Dam Pedestrian Bridge, Iowa City, Coralville, NNW Inc.
2005 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Des Moines – Earth Tech
2004 Ada Hayden Heritage Park, Ames, Iowa – Snyder & Associates, Inc.

Link to ASCE Region 7 Awards page