ASCE IL Section 2021 ASCE Awards

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2021-2022 ASCE SOCIETY PRESIDENT ADDRESS

2021-2022 ASCE Society President Address.......................................1

Outgoing/Incoming IS-ASCE President Address................................ 2

Recognition of Service – Illinois Section............................................. 4

New Illinois Section Officers................................................................ 6

2021 Society Award Winners..............................................................15

2021 ISASCE Award Winners............................................................. 21

2022 ASCE Life Member Bios............................................................ 44

Stay Connected................................................................................... 58

OUTGOING ASCE ILLINOIS SECTION
PRESIDENT ADDRESS

INCOMING ASCE IL SECTION PRESIDENT ADDRESS

Past President – Brian L. Pawula, P.E., PMP

INCOMING ASCE IL SECTION PRESIDENT ADDRESS

President - Andrew Walton, P.E.

2020 – 2021
RECOGNITION OF SERVICE – ILLINOIS SECTION

2021 – 2022
RECOGNITION OF SERVICE – ILLINOIS SECTION

ILLINOIS SECTION BOARD MEMBERS
Brian Pawula, President
Megan McDonald, Past President
Andrew Walton, President-Elect
Matt Huffman, Secretary
Sandra Homola, Treasurer
Megan Elberts, Director to 2021
Thomas Janicke, Director to 2021
Anne Marie Jensen, Director to 2021
Jeana Gowin, Director to 2022
Zach Pucel, Director to 2022
Nihar Shah, Director to 2022

TECHNICAL GROUP CHAIRS
Justin Weisberg, Construction Institute
Steve Randolph, Environmental & Water Resources Institute
James Hambleton, Geo-Institute
Irsilia Colletti, Structural Engineering Institute
Colleen Miller, Transportation & Development Institute
Pamela Whitfield, Urban Planning & Development Group
Benjamin Ostermann, Younger Member Group

COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND APPOINTMENTS
Thomas Janicke & Jean Gowin, Annual Dinner
Anne Marie Jensen & Zach Pucel, Awards
Katie Bell, Communications & Website Chair, Newsletter Editor
Kenneth Gomez, Social Media Chair
Megan McDonald, Past Presidents Council
Tom Borges, Membership Committee Chair
Elizabeth Jensen, Engineers Without Borders Chair
Sandra Homola, Finance Committee Chair
Matt Kirby, Government Relations Chair
Taylor Leahy, Student Outreach Chair
Kirsten Mawhinney, Sustainability Committee Chair
Timothy Scully-Granzeier, Web Advertising
Nihar Shah, Diversity and Inclusion Chair

2021 – 2022
RECOGNITION OF SERVICE – ILLINOIS SECTION

ILLINOIS SECTION BOARD MEMBERS
Andrew Walton, President
Brian Pawula, Past President
Sandra Homola, President-Elect
Matt Huffman, Secretary
Thomas Janicke, Treasurer
Jeana Gowin, Director to 2022
Zach Pucel, Director to 2022
Nihar Shah, Director to 2022
Irsilia Colletti, Director to 2023
Steve Randolph, Director to 2023
Tina Revzin, Director to 2023

TECHNICAL GROUP CHAIRS
Muhammad Ali, Construction Institute
Saki Handa, Environmental & Water Resources Institute
Alex Potter-Weight, Geo-Institute
Patrick Laux, Structural Engineering Institute
Brian Castro, Transportation & Development Institute
Saad Khatri, Urban Planning & Development Group
Kyle Sant, Younger Member Group

FACULTY ADVISORS TO STUDENT CHAPTERS
Stephen Kleps PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology
Jim Hambleton, PhD, Northwestern University
Mohsen Issa, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago

PRACTITIONER ADVISORS TO STUDENT CHAPTERS
Srikanth Panguluri, PE, Jacobs, Illinois Institute of Technology
Kris Salvatera, PE, Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc., Northwestern University
Mustafa Mahamid, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Didem Ozevin, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago

NEW ILLINOIS SECTION OFFICERS

President - Andrew Walton, P.E.

Andrew Walton is the Vice President of Transportation at Orion Engineers, PLLC. With over 17 years of experience in the planning, study, and design of transportation projects for various private, local, and state agencies, he has a specialty focus on roadway geometric design, traffic-control, complex maintenance of traffic concepts, and design/construction contract packaging for major interstate highway improvements. Mr. Walton is knowledgeable of traffic control requirements for local, arterial, and expressway type facilities and his background includes management of budget, scope, schedule, staff, and quality control for multiple projects. He is responsible for the business development activity, sales/growth, and technical competency of Orion’s transportation department.

Mr. Walton received his Bachelor of Science in Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Dayton, is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois, and an NCEES Record Number holder. He has been involved with ASCE for over 16 years, serving on the Illinois Section Board and the Illinois Section’s Transportation & Development Institute (IS-ASCE T&DI) in various roles leading up to President. He is currently assisting with the development of the 2022 ASCE Report Card for Illinois’ Infrastructure and is an active participant in the Illinois Section’s operations, events, and activities as the 2021-2022 President. He resides in the Lakeview East neighborhood in the City of Chicago and is the proud father of 11-year-old son Jack.

NEW ILLINOIS SECTION OFFICERS

Past President – Brian L. Pawula, P.E., PMP

Brian Pawula is a Senior Project Manager with Thomas Engineering Group, LLC. He has over 19 years of experience in urban and rural highway planning and design including evaluation and development of intersection and interchange design studies, Phase I project reports, Phase II preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates, right of way plans and plats, stage construction, complex maintenance of traffic plans, and streetscapes. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Illinois and a Project Management Professional. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in General Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2002.

Mr. Pawula has been active with the IL Section of ASCE for over 15 years, and his resume includes: Chair of Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI), member of multiple Annual Dinner Committees, participant of multiple Springfield Legislative Drive Downs, Roads Subcommittee Chair for the 2018 Report Card for IL Infrastructure update, 2-year term Director, Advertising Director, Treasurer, mentor in the Mentorship Program, President-Elect, Executive Committee member for the 2022 Report Card for IL Infrastructure, President, and now Past President. In the future, he plans to carry on his ASCE volunteerism and is already searching for his next role. He lives in the southwest suburbs with his wife and four sons.

NEW ILLINOIS SECTION OFFICERS

President-Elect – Sandra Homola, P.E.

Ms. Homola is the Department Manager of Water Resources at EXP US Services (EXP). She has over 20 years of professional experience in complex hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, water resources/drainage design, and stormwater and floodplain permitting. She currently manages a group of water resource engineers that work with EXP’s municipal, federal, transportation, aviation, and private land development clients across the US and Canada. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Illinois as well as a Certified Floodplain Manager. She received her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Ms. Homola has been involved with ASCE since 2007 and is a Past Director of the Illinois Section as well as a Past Chair of the ASCE IL Section Environmental and Water Resource Institute whose board she served on for 5 years. She lives on the north side of Chicago in the Lincoln Square neighborhood.