Life Members

ASCE Members that have long tenure with the Maine chapter reach life member status.  Here is the full roster of life members.

Annual Awards

The Maine Section of the ASCE presents the annual awards at the Annual Meeting, typically hosted in June.

Civil Engineer of the Year

Presented annually to an individual who is a P.E. in Maine, has demonstrated noteworthy engineering skills, and commendable contribution of their time to the betterment of society.

Winners:

  • 2021 - Tim Cote, PE
  • 2020
  • 2019 - Lauren Meek, PE
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016 - Timothy Merritt, PE

Young Civil Engineer of the Year

Recognizes the professional contributions of younger civil engineers. The recognition is made to an engineer who is an EIT or PE in Maine and is 35 years of age or less on May 1st of the year of the award and has attained professional achievement.

Winners:

  • 2021 - Ian Messier, PE
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016 - Lynn Farrington, PE

Maine Section Citizen Engineer

This award is to recognize Civil Engineers who are known for volunteering their expertise to help in their community or at a national level. These individuals have contributed significant personal energy to enhance the recognition of civil engineering as a respected profession through their involvement.

Winners:

  • 2021 - Rob Woodman, PE
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016 - Helen Watts, PE

President's Award

Winners:

  • 2021 - Esther Bizier, PE
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016 - Lauren Swett, PE

Kitty Breskin Project Award

Maine ASCE has instituted the project award in honor of the late Kitty Breskin, P.E., a Maine Department of Transportation engineer and a past-president of Maine ASCE.  The inaugural winner of the Kitty Breskin Project Award, presented at the May 14, 2015 annual meeting, was in fact the MaineDOT’s Kitty Breskin-Muscongus Bridge Project. The project was honored for its innovative use of technology and important contribution to infrastructure in Maine.

Winners:

  • 2021 - Grist Mill Bridge over the Soudabscook River Composite Tub Girder System.  AIT Bridges, T.Y. Lin International, and T Buck Construction.
  • 2020
  • 2019