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TONY KAPPELL,
P.E. (BCE 2001, MS 2003), has been named an Associate at McMAHON, a Midwest engineering and architectural rm.
Kappell has 13 years of experience
in planning, design, and project management of wastewater treatment, biosolids management, and water supply, treatment and distribution projects. His experience spans municipal, industrial, and private sector applications.
THOMAS LAMB, PE, LEED (BCE 1980)
was recently hired by American Engineering Testing, Inc., as a prin- cipal engineer and engi- neering manager in the
company’s regional Duluth of ce. Lamb will be responsible for providing senior geotechnical and materials engineering services and project management. He has worked in multiple areas of consult- ing including geotechnical engineering, concrete testing, building forensics, owner representative services, environ- mental consulting and building condition assessments.
JOHN F. ORSBORN (MS 1960) died at his home in Port Ludlow, Washington, on January 21, 2016. Orsborn was a faculty member in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Washington State University from 1964- 1991. In the course of his career, Ors- born received many honors including Engineer of Merit (inland Empire Section of ASCE) and ASCE Fellow.
JOHN SACHI (BCE 1982) retired in July after 25 years as the City Engineer and Public Works Director for City of South St. Paul.
UMN alumni stood out at the annual meeting of American Council of Engineering Companies of Minnesota in May. PAT MCGRAW (BCE 1997), a past president of Stantec, was honored by ACEC for his leadership over the past year. Incoming President Dan Murphy of Meyer Borgman Johnson presented McGraw with an honorary gavel in recognition of his service to the
association. JAKE TURGEON, PE (BCE 2009; pictured, right), who works at HGA Architects and Engineers, won the Emerging Leader Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Minnesota. JONATHAN WACKER, PE (BCE 2004) is now the Associate Vice President of HGA Architects and Engineers and was honored with the ACEC Distinguished Service Award.
MARK WINSON (BCE 1978) is the Special Projects Manager for the City
of Las Cruces, New Mexico, a city of over 100,000 people. Winson also has a master’s degree in strategic leadership from Mountain State University in Beck- ley, West Virginia. He previously worked in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Duluth, Minnesota.
STUDENTS
KAYLEA BRASE, a master’s student, was awarded a Walter H. Judd Inter- national Graduate & Professional Fellowship from the Global Programs and Strategy Alliance in the amount of $2,500 to support her research project in India. In addition, Kaylea Brase and CHRISTOPHER BULKLEY-LOGSTON
won the graduate division of the EIX student Venture Competition, an addi- tional $10k toward their pilot project.
Two SAFL/CEGE students received Outstanding Student Paper Awards from the American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting: JON CZUBA wrote “Near-channel sediment sources
now dominate in many agricultural landscapes: The emergence of riv- er-network models to guide watershed management.” ZEINAB TAKBIRI was recognized for his work on “Microwave Signatures of Inundation Area.”
EMILY ERHART received a WAAIME scholarship through the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration. The WAAIME Scholarship fund provides scholarships to students pursuing earth science degrees including mining, geo- logical sciences, metallurgy, petroleum, mineral sciences, materials science and engineering, mineral economics, chemical engineering and other related studies.
A team of three students won the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Midwest Region Traf c Bowl competition in June. Traf c Bowl is a jeopardy style game with questions on transportation standards and prac- tices—and these student members of UMN’s Interdisciplinary Transportation Student Organization (ITSO) know traf- c! BENJAMIN NAULT-MAURER, ELLIE (MEEKYUNG) LEE, and JACKIE NOWAK competed under the guidance of ITSO member Miguel Andrews against 5 other schools and secured rst place. The team earned a $1,000 check and travelled to California for the ITE Interna- tional Conference.
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