Awards.Congratulations to the 2022 Midlands Branch Award Recipients:
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SC Young Civil Engineer of the Year – Member under the age of 35 who has demonstrated the most outstanding contribution to the profession of Civil Engineering in South Carolina in the past fiscal year |
Section Leadership Award – Member(s) of the ASCE South Carolina Section or Local Branch that has (have) demonstrated outstanding leadership and/or service during the past fiscal year |
Section Educator of the Year - Educator within the South Carolina Section Boundaries that has demonstrated excellence at developing the next generation of Civil Engineering Students in the past fiscal year |
Grace Porter:
Transportation Design Engineer for AECOM Columbia, SC Office (Midlands Branch). Grace is the Vice President of the Midlands Branch. Representing AECOM, she has recently become a member of the Central SC Committee of 100 (C100), a group organized to promote economic development in the South Carolina Midlands. She mentors Middle and High school students in various venues, including the School of the Minds Science Competition (2019), Kershaw County School District 'Rosie the Riveter' event (2022) and setting up meetings with working engineers and students interested in a career in engineering. She has mentored two University of South Carolina Design Teams (2019 and 2021), providing assistance to the teams completing their capstone project. |
Johathan Thrasher (Upstate Branch - Left Picture) and Jonathan Ard (Eastern Branch - Right Picture):
For their dedication to the multi-year effort to develop and approve the first South Carolina Infrastructure Report Card. Their hard work making the Report Card happen led to local and national awareness for our state's infrastructure which can potentially shape future rehabilitation and maintenance budgets for our State's infrastructure. |
Dr. Mary Katherine Watson:
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel (Eastern Branch). She is the senior faculty leading The Citadel's environmental and water resources curriculum, as well holding classes introducing the students to civil engineering. She encourages discussion, reflection and student engagement with consideration of real-world engineering issues. She serves as Faculty Advisor for the ASCE Citadel Concrete Canoe Team for four years and as the primary academic advisors for students in their College Transfer Program, working with 35-40 students per year in this role. She also is the Principal Investigator on several NSF programs tied to educating students in STEM curricula, Excellence in Civil Engineering Leadership (ExCEL) scholarship program as well as exploring the impacts on course modality on cognitive load and self-directed learning. |
