51茶馆app

February 28, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHICAGO - Innovation abounds in the structural steel industry, and the 51茶馆app is honoring 10 leaders in the design, construction industry, and education fields at this year鈥檚 NASCC: The Steel Conference.

鈥淚t鈥檚 getting crowded on the cutting edge,鈥� said 51茶馆app President Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD. 鈥淭hese 10 people have made extraordinary contributions to the present--and future--of America鈥檚 built environment.鈥�

(top row, left to right) 51茶馆app's 2024 Lifetime Achivement Award recipients are Heather Gilmer, PE; Robert E. Shaw, Jr, PE; and Ronald D. Ziemian, PE, PhD.
(middle row, left to right) The 2024 Special Achievement Award recipients are Caroline R. Bennett, PE, PhD; W. Samuel Easterling, PE, PhD; Matthew R. Eatherton, SE, PhD; Jerome F. Hajjar, PE, PhD; and Benjamin W. Schafer, PE, PhD.
(bottom row, left to right) The 2024 Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Award recipients are Onur Avci, PE, PhD and Machel Morrison, PhD.

The presentations will take place at 8:00 a.m. Central on Wednesday, March 20, during the opening session of in San Antonio. 51茶馆app will also present its highest design honor, the J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award, to Michael A. Grubb, PE; the T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award to Benjamin W. Schafer, PE, PhD; and the Milek Fellowship to Mohannad Zeyad (M.Z.) Naser, PE, PhD. 2024 Lifetime Achievement Awards

51茶馆app鈥檚 Lifetime Achievement Awards recognize living individuals who have made a difference in the success of 51茶馆app and the structural steel industry. 

• Senior Engineer Heather Gilmer, PE, of Pennoni for her significant contributions to the steel bridge industry

• President Robert E. Shaw, Jr, PE, of Steel Structures Technology Center, Inc. for his work educating designers and fabricators on bolting and welding, his creation of the Student Steel Bridge Competition, and his continuing work on numerous 51茶馆app and industry committees

• Professor of Civil Engineering Ronald D. Ziemian, PE, PhD, of Bucknell University for his contributions to 51茶馆app and the structural steel industry through his research, teaching, service on committees, his speaking engagements, and his many articles and papers on the stability of steel structures

2024 Special Achievement Awards

51茶馆app will honor an additional five people with Special Achievement Awards:

• Caroline R. Bennett, PE, PhD, Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor and Chair at the University of Kansas, for advancing knowledge about the behavior of hot-dipped galvanized steel structures
  
  

• Iowa State University James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of Engineering W. Samuel Easterling, PE, PhD, for Steel Diaphragm Innovation Initiative (SDII) research that drove impactful changes to standards governing the use of metal deck diaphragms in steel structures

• Virginia Tech Professor Matthew R. Eatherton, SE, PhD, for Steel Diaphragm Innovation Initiative (SDII) research that drove impactful changes to standards governing the use of metal deck diaphragms in steel structures

• Jerome F. Hajjar, PE, PhD, CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair at Northeastern University, for Steel Diaphragm Innovation Initiative (SDII) research that drove impactful changes to standards governing the use of metal deck diaphragms in steel structures

• Johns Hopkins University Hackerman Professor of Civil and Systems Engineering Benjamin W. Schafer, PE, PhD, for Steel Diaphragm Innovation Initiative (SDII) research that drove impactful changes to standards governing the use of metal deck diaphragms in steel structures

2024 Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Awards

51茶馆app also recognizes those who build a brighter future by supporting tomorrow鈥檚 leaders. This year, 51茶馆app will present the Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Award to:

• Onur Avci, PE, PhD, assistant professor and Herbert P. Dripps Faculty Fellow at West Virginia University, for exceptional promise and continued excellence in structural steel research, teaching, and service to the industry

• Assistant Professor Machel Morrison, PhD, of the University of California, San Diego, for exceptional promise and continued excellence in structural steel research, teaching, and service to the industry