Awards

Current Award Recipients

Congratulations to the most recent recipients of ASCE and Region 4 awards!

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Award/Year - Winner Name, Title, Designation

D.V. Terrell Paper Competition

The Region 4 Assembly, which includes members of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in the states of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, sponsors an annual competition and award for a Younger Member who resides within Region 4.

A Younger Member is defined as a member, associate member, or affiliate of ASCE (not including student members) under 35 years of age on February 1.

The award is named after Daniel V. Terrell of the Kentucky Section. Terrell was Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Engineering and President of ASCE on the Society level in 1954. This award is presented annually for the outstanding paper submitted on a topic established by the Region 4Assembly. The winner of the D.V. Terrell award receives Society and peer acclaim as well as an impressive bronze plaque and cash prize in recognition of the time and effort put into this competition.

If one chooses to enter the Daniel V. Terrell competition, the paper must be submitted to the Terrell Committee by the entrant’s Section President by March 1 of the current Nomination Year.
Two (2) papers per Section may be entered in the Daniel V. Terrell Paper Competition.

The entrant must then present their paper during the Spring Meeting of the Region 4 Assembly.
Should the Region decide to meet in-person, financial assistance to travel and attend this meeting (i.e. travel stipend) may be available from the entrant’s Section and/or Branch, and should be requested by the entrant to their respective Section/Branch. The entrant’s registration and award dinner is covered by Region 4. Travel arrangements to the meeting should be coordinated with the entrant’s respective Branch and/or Section.

For additional information on the Daniel V. Terrell competition, please contact your Section Officers or the Committee members.

The following rules apply to the Daniel V. Terrell Paper Competition:

No individual may submit more than one paper in a given year.
Please include your ASCE member ID number, your name, and Section/Branch on the paper.
The paper shall be of such length that it can be presented orally in not more than fifteen minutes and contain no more than 2000 words.
Submit one electronic copy of the paper, preferably a PDF, with a cover letter to your Section President so that he/she can meet the March 1, 2022 submittal deadline.
- Entrants should coordinate with their respective Section well in advance of the submittal deadline, as the official submittal to the competition must come from the Section.
- Late submittals will not be accepted.
- Each Section is limited to two entries.
The paper must be presented orally, by the author, during the Region 4 Assembly at the Spring meeting.

Reference citations of the papers should conform to official ASCE Journal Submission Guidelines, which can be found on the
ASCE Publications website. Plagiarism is not acceptable and reference citations will be considered under scoring for Originality.

First Place

Bronze plaque + $500 cash prize

Second Place

$250 cash prize

Past Award Winners

Outstanding Section and Branch Website for Medium Section and Branch Award

2020 - Nashville Branch

Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award

2020 - Dr. Thomas L. Brandon, Ph.D, P.E., M.ASCE of the Roanoke Branch of Virginia Section

Ridgeway Finalists

2020 - Trine University

2020 - Western Kentucky University

Certification of Commendation

2020 - Libscomb University

2020 - Virginia Military Institute

2020 - Louisville University

ASCE Distinguished Chapter Award for Region 4

2020 - Trine University

Jack E. Cermak Medal

2020 - Dr. Peter J. Vickery, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE from the Eastern Branch of the North Carolina Section

Margaret S. Petersen Award

2020 - Dr. Teresa B. Culver, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE from the Blue Ridge Branch of the Virginia Section

Wesley W. Horner Award

2020 - Mr. Lewis N. Lloyd

2020 - Dr. Tony S. Singh, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE from the Blue Ridge Branch of the Virginia Section

2020 - Dr. James A. Smith, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE from the Blue Ridge Branch of the Virginia Section

Samuel Arnold Greeley Award

2020 - Mr. Mark Campbell, A.M.ASCE from the Louisville Branch of the Kentucky Section

2020 - Dr. Rengao Song, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE from the Louisville Branch of the Kentucky Section

Francis C. Turner Award

2020 - Dr. Y. Richard Kim, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE from the Eastern Branch of the North Carolina Section

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