Awards

LA YMF seeks to recognize the leadership, talent and dedication exhibited by our members and associates. ASCE offers the opportunity to recognize our members, business associates, clients and companies for their outstanding achievements and accomplishments in civil engineering at the Society, Section, Branch, and YMF level. We encourage each of you to take a moment to consider at least one candidate for any of the 2013 ASCE Awards as they become available. Help us recognize individuals and organizations that represent excellence in our civil engineering community.

Nominations are currently being accepted in the following categories:

Committee on Younger Member (CYM) Awards

• 2013 ASCE Young Government Civil Engineer of the Year - Postmarked by Feb. 1, 2013
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• 2013 ASCE Outstanding Younger Member Group Website - Postmarked by Feb. 1, 2013
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• 2013 ASCE Outstanding Younger Member Group Award - Postmarked by Feb. 1, 2013
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• 2013 ASCE Daniel W. Mead Prize for Younger Members - Postmarked by Feb. 1, 2013
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• 2013 ASCE Edmund Friedman Younger Engineer Award - Postmarked by Feb. 1, 2013
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• 2013 ASCE Collingwood Prize - Postmarked by Feb. 1, 2013
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In addition, LA YMF is very proud to recognize the hard work and contributions exhibited by our award winning individual members, student chapters and LA YMF events that have made LA YMF a positive impact for the civil engineering profession and our local communities. We would like to congratulate the following award recipients who have been recognized by their ASCE peers for their dedication and accomplishments in the civil engineering community.

ASCE National Conference Student Sponsorship Recipients

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Outstanding Student Chapter Award Recipients

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2012 Award Recipients

2012 Engineers' Week Task Committee Recognition - Heren Molina

2011 Award Recipients

2011 Carl L. Blum Award - Marlon Calderon
2011 LA Section Philip Abrams Scholarship - Jerome Terrell (CSUF) and Heather Nielsen (CPP)
2011 LA Section Jeffrey Gordon Scholarship - Beena Ajmera (CSUF)
2011 LA Section Leo and Pat Hirschfeldt Scholarship - Chris Truong (CSULB)
2011 MLAB YMF GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP - Bradley Gerlick (UCLA)
2011 MLAB YMF OUTSTANDING STUDENT MEMBER - Katie Hickey (USC)
2011 MLAB YMF MOST DEDICATED OFFICER – Jane Tran
2011 MLAB YMF OUTSTANDING OFFICER – Laura Rockett
2011 MLAB YMF MOST VALUABLE OFFICER – Omar Sanchez & Maria Miranda
2011 LA SECTION OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGINEER IN COMMUNITY SERVICE: Jane Tran (Honorable Mention LA Section)
2011 LA SECTION & MLAB OUTSTANDING YOUNGER CIVIL ENGINEER: Chen-Min (George) Huang
2011 LA SECTION & MLAB OUTSTANDING FACULTY ADVISOR: Dr. Rupa Purasinghe (Cal State LA)
2011 LA SECTION & MLAB OUTSTANDING PRACTITIONER ADVISOR: Diego Cadena (Cal State LA)
2011 LA SECTION OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGINEER IN LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES:·Serge Haddad

2010 Award Recipients

2010 Harry Staubs Memorial Award for Community Service Recipient Los Angeles Council of Engineers and Scientists - MLAB YMF Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition
2010 Outstanding Younger Member Group Project - Western Region Younger Member Council - Engineers & Politics Seminar
2010 LA Section Jeffrey Gordon Scholarship - Carolyn Chou (UCLA)
2010 LA Section Philip Abrams Scholarship - Courtney Wong (UCLA)
2010 LA Section Leo and Pat Hirschfeldt Scholarship - Deborah Duan (UCLA)
2010 MLAB YMF GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP - Laura Klein (USC)
2010 MLAB YMF OUTSTANDING STUDENT MEMBER - Anthony Vital (CSULA)

2009 Award Recipients

2009 LA Section Leo and Pat Hirshfeldt Scholarship - Noel Dawit Abraham 
2009 LA Section Jeffrey Gordon Scholarship - Carlos Forero Garcia 
2009 LA Section Philip Abrams Scholarship - Drew A. Kirkpatrick (UCLA)
2009 LA Section Jack W. Pierce Scholarship - Drew A. Kirkpatrick (UCLA)
2009 MLAB Le Val Lund Memorial Graduate Scholarship - Kayvan Mahramzadeh (USC)
2009 MLAB Scholarship - Hamilton Ching (CSULA)
2009 MLAB Scholarship - Kimberly Boynton (USC)
2009 MLAB Scholarship - Kyle Burnham (USC)
2009 Patti Gadomski Memorial Scholarship - Jeffrey Lubberts (USC)
2009 MLAB YMF Outstanding Student Member - Stacey Toguchi

2008 Award Recipients

2008 LA Section Leo and Pat Hirshfeldt Scholarship - Benjamin Baker (UCLA)

2007 Award Recipients

2007 Carl L. Blum Award - Serge Haddad
2007 MLAB Outstanding Younger Civil Engineer - Julia Moye
2007 Metropolitan Los Angeles Branch Younger Member Forum 2007 Graduate Scholarship - Francisco Luc Nguyen, UCI
2007 Metropolitan Los Angeles Branch Younger Member Forum 2006-2007 Best Student Member Award - Joseph Weber, LMU
2007 LA Section Younger Member Forums 2006-2007 Best Student Chapter Award - UCLA

2006 Award Recipients

2006 ASCE Diversity Award - MLAB YMF
2006 ASCE Region 9 Outstanding Civil Engineer in Community Service - Julian Garcia, P.E.
2006 ASCE Region 9 Outstanding Young Civil Engineer - Serge M. Haddad, P.E.
2006 ASCE Practitioner Advisor Certificate of Commendation - Serge M. Haddad, P.E.
2006 ASCE WRYMC Outstanding Younger Member Group Project - MLAB YMF Annual Student Night and Job Fair
2006 ASCE WRYMC Outstanding Civil Engineer in Community Activities - Julian Garcia, P.E.
2006 MLA Branch Outstanding Civil Engineer in Community Activities - Julian Garcia, P.E.
2006 ASCE Employer Recognition - City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering

2005 Award Recipients

 2005 LA Section Outstanding Civil Engineer in Community Service - Julian Garcia, P.E.
2005 Zone IV Outstanding Practitioner Advisor Award - Serge Haddad, P.E.

2004 Award Recipients

2004 Employer Recognition Award - Infrastructure Engineering Corporation
2004 Diversity Zone Award Metropolitan - LA Section YMF
2004 Public Service Award Metropolitan - LA Section YMF
2004 Zone IV Outstanding Practitioner Advisor Award - Serge Haddad, P.E.