Louisiana Tech University chapters of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) and Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society honored outstanding students in the College of Engineering and Science recently at their winter banquet. The ASCE and AGC honored five outstanding juniors and seniors during the event for their commitment to academic excellence and dedication to the civil engineering and construction engineering technology programs. Each student received a scholarship for their achievements. “This banquet is a chance to show our faculty and staff, peers and organizational leaders what we have achieved over the past year, and to lay out what we plan to achieve in the next year,” said Mary Voisin, student president of ASCE. “I am truly honored to be part of ASCE and proud to be awarded the Outstanding Junior Civil Engineering Student Scholarship.” Banquet speaker Ali Mustapha, Region 5 Governor of the ASCE, also spoke about benefits that civil engineering and construction engineering technology students can get from being part of the ASCE organization. The outstanding juniors and seniors for the AGC and ASCE are: • Tyler Harrell, AGC, Senior, Construction Engineering Technology, AGC/NASTT Philanthropist; • Katherine “Katie” Lybrand, ASCE, Senior, Civil Engineering, ASCE Concrete Canoe Captain; • James Ethan Nugent, AGC, Senior, Construction Engineering Technology, AGC/NASTT President; • Mary Voisin, ASCE, Junior, Civil Engineering, ASCE President, Chi Epsilon President, Tau Beta Pi Corresponding Secretary; and • Mallory Walters, AGC, Senior, Construction Engineering Technology, AGC/NASTT Treasurer. “I am proud of Katie and Mary,” said Dr. Sanjay Tewari, ASCE team advisor and assistant professor of civil engineering and construction engineering technology at Louisiana Tech. “In addition of being outstanding students of civil engineering they are excellent leaders of ASCE student chapter.” Dr. Shaurav Alam, NASTT student chapter advisor and research assistant professor of civil and construction engineering technology, added that he is also proud of the NASTT/AGC outstanding students. “Ethan, Mallory and Tyler are excellent leaders of NASTT/AGC student chapter along with their good standing in the Construction Engineering Technology.” Dr. Norman Pumphrey, associate professor of civil engineering and construction engineering technology, and program chair of construction engineering technology, notes that the students who won the awards have been actively involved in leadership within their organizations and have been ambassadors for Tech. “These students have been excellent representatives of the civil engineering and construction engineering technology programs and of Louisiana Tech University, and all are deserving of these scholarships,” said Pumphrey. “They have been actively involved in the leadership of Tech’s student chapters of Associated General Contractors and the North American Association for Trenchless Technology and the American Society of Civil Engineers, attending conferences and competitions. “The construction engineering technology students have also attended national conferences and assisted national organizers with operational needs and networking with professionals.” The scholarships are intended to help outstanding students with tuition, books and other educational expenses. Written by Brandy McKnight – mcknight@latech.edu