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SPECIAL AWARDS

Orlando, Florida

Young Member Awards

Young engineers from throughout the country provided their thoughts on the structural engineering profession. From these creative and insightful responses NCSEA selected eight scholarship winners to attend this year’s Summit. We would like to recognize the award winners.

Young Member Awards

Colby Baker Ruby+Associates, Inc. Structural Engineers Association of Michigan SEAMi Austin Curnutt Kansas State University Student Structural Engineers Association of Kansas and Missouri SEAKM Leif Ericsson KPFF Consulting Engineers Structural Engineers Association of Oregon SEAO Samantha Fox BCE Consulting Engineers, Inc. Structural Engineers Association of Montana SEAMT Solomon Ives Korda Engineering Group Structural Engineers Association of Southern Nevada SEASN Ben Mall Macnamara / Salvia Structural Engineers Structural Engineers Association of Massachusetts SEAMass Brian Post Thornton Tomasetti Structural Engineers Association of Massachusetts SEAMass Charlotte Van Voast Lopez Smolens Associates Structural Engineers Association of Colorado SEAC

Young Member Awards

We would also like to recognize the following Young Member Groups: Finalists Structural Engineers Association of Arizona (SEAoA) Structural Engineers Association of Idaho (SEAI) Minnesota Structural Engineers Association (MNSEA) Oklahoma Structural Engineers Association (OSEA) Outstanding Young Member Group of the Year Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI)

NCSEA Service Award

This award is presented to an individual who has worked for the betterment of NCSEA to a degree that is beyond the norm of volunteerism. It is given to someone who has made a clear and indisputable contribution to the

• rganization and therefore to the profession.

NCSEA Service Award

Past Winners 1999

• W. Gene Corley

Ronald F. Nelson 2000 James T. Slider
 2001 Norm Scheel 
 2002 Fred Cowen 
 2004 Craig Cartwright 2006 Stephanie Young 2007 Ronald Hamburger 2008 Jon Schmidt 2009 Timothy Mays 2010 Edwin Huston 2011 Marc Barter 2012 Michael Tylk Emile Troup 2013 Greg Schindler 2014 Susan Jorgensen 2015 Craig Barnes

NCSEA Service Award

Carrie Johnson, P .E., SECB

• Principal and Chief Information Officer of Wallace

Engineering Structural Consultants, Inc.

• Bachelor of Architectural Engineering and Master of

Architectural Engineering from Oklahoma State University

• NCSEA Past-President
• 2009-2015 NCSEA Board
• 2003-Present Chair of NCSEA Excellence in

Structural Engineering Awards

• 2009-2015 Chair of NCSEA Advocacy-General Public

and Media Subcommittee

• 2010-Present Co-Chair, NCSEA Continuing

Education Committee

• 2015-Present Chair of NCSEA Structural Engineering

Summit Committee

• 2001 and 2009 Oklahoma Structural Engineers

Association President

• 2002-2007 - NCSEA Delegate for OSEA

James Delahay Award

This Award is presented at the recommendation of the NCSEA Code Advisory Committee to recognize outstanding individual contributions towards the development of building codes and standards. It is given in the spirit of its namesake, a person who made long and lasting contribution to the code development process.

James Delahay Award

Past Winners
 2004 James Rongoe 2005 John Hooper 
 2006 Ronald Hamburger 
 2007 David Bonneville 
 2008 Michael Valley 
 2009 Larry Griffis Edwin Huston 2010 Robert Bachman 2011 James Harris 2012 Jim Robinson 2013 Alan G. Steinle 2014 James Cagley James Malley 2015 Don Scott

James Delahay Award

David Bonowitz, S.E.

• Graduate of Princeton University
• Master's degree in Structural Engineering from U.C.

Berkeley

• Engineering experience includes work in Indonesia,

Japan, Micronesia, and Pakistan

• Significant research following the Loma Prieta, Guam,

Northridge, and Humboldt County earthquakes

• Since 2012, U.S. delegate to the U.S.-Iran Joint Seismic

Workshop.

• Chairs the NCSEA Existing Buildings subcommittee of

the Code Advisory Committee

• 2004 Recipient of SEAONC's Edwin Zacher Award for

Outstanding Service to the Structural Engineering Profession

• 2005 Recipient of EERI Northern California's Award for

Innovation and Exemplary Practice in Earthquake Risk Reduction

• 2011 Named a Fellow of the Structural Engineers

Association of California

Robert Cornforth Award

This Award is presented to an individual for exceptional dedication and exemplary service to a Member Organization and to the profession. Nominees are submitted to the NCSEA Board by the Member Organizations.

Robert Cornforth Award

Past Winners
 2001 Emile Troup
 2003 Benjamin Baer Marc Barter 
 2004 Mike Tylk 2005 Craig Barnes 2009 David Bonneville 2010 William Holmes Robert B. Johnson 2011 William Lavicka Edwin Huston 2012 Ronald Milmed 2014 Dustin Cole 2015 Carl Josephson

Robert Cornforth Award

Robert Paullus, Jr., P .E., SECB

• President of the West Tennessee chapter of the Tennessee

Structural Engineers Association (WTNSEA)

• Brought the three Tennessee SEA groups together to form

the Tennessee Structural Engineers Association (TNSEA).

• Served as TNSEA President and was honored with the title
• f “Distinguished Member” in 2015
• TNSEA’s first delegate to NCSEA and subsequently served

as an NCSEA Board member

• 2008-2009 NCSEA President
• Served on two NCSEA Code Advisory Subcommittees

(Seismic and Wind)

• Served on NCSEA SEER Committee
• ASCE 7 Main and Seismic Subcommittees
• ASCE 7 Seismic and Wind Loads Subcommittees
• Member of the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Review

Committee

• Tennessee Task Force One, a FEMA Urban Search and

Rescue Team