Student Notable Achievements

Civil engineering students participate successfully in numerous competitions throughout the year gaining valuable extra curricular experiences.

George Mason University’s Dewberry Department of Civil Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering Engineers for International Development (EfID) STUDENTS WON a 2021

National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Engineering Education

$10,000 award for their water supply, distribution, and storage project in San Pablo de Amali, Ecuador.

NCEES is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing professional licensure for engineers and surveyors. The award submissions are evaluated on: • Successful collaboration of faculty, students, and licensed professional engineers • Protection of public health, safety, and/or welfare of the public • Multidiscipline and/or allied profession participation • Knowledge or skills gained • Effectiveness of display board, abstract, and project description

STUDENT PROJECT AWARDEES: • Jonathan Parker • Anna Close • Giorgio Barchitta • Grace Morrissey • Moises Herrera • Nick Tenorio • Hannah Thompson • Karla Pineda • Katharine Simpson • Caleb Hanneman • Ben Tieu • Mubeen Farukh • Sylvia McLain • Paul Cipparone • Stephanie Thomson

GMU CEIE/EFID students competed and earn first place in both the competitions noted below for the 18th Annual, State of Virginia, Virginia Water Environment Association Student Design Competition.

FIRST PLACE Wastewater Design Competition – Roanoke WWTP Digester and Biogas Production

• Caleb Hanneman – Co Project

Manager • Katharine Simpson – Co Project

Manager • Martin Henke – Technical Lead • Nicolas Tenorio – Technical Lead • Ivan Gonzales-Maguina – Technical

Lead (non-presenter) • Chris Mata – Technical Lead (non-presenter)

FIRST PLACE Environmental Design Competition – Piney Run Tributary Stream Restoration • Jonathan Parker – Project Manager • Romelia Belteton – Technical Lead • Grace Morrissey – Technical Lead • Camille Fulton – Technical Lead • Nasima Sadr – Technical Lead

For the wastewater team, this is the fourth consecutive year that the students earned first place.

GMU CEIE/EFID students competed and earned second place in the Water Environment Foundation (WEFTEC)

2021 International Student Design

Competition which was held in Chicago, Illinois. This rigorous competition included 23 elite student engineering teams from five different countries. This is only the second time a Virginia engineering school has

reached the podium in the 20-year history of the competition.

SECOND PLACE Environmental Design Competition – Piney Run Tributary Stream Restoration

• Grace Morrissey – Project Manager • Jonathan Small – Technical Lead • Crystal Bowers – Technical Lead

GMU CEIE/American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) students Beverly Duran, Rayan Elmisurati, and Caleb Hanneman won 2021 ASCE National Capital Section Scholarships. All applicants must demonstrate their dedication to ASCE, academic excellence, and submit an essay outlining their participation in the ASCE student chapter. All three of the recipients are part of the Mason concrete canoe team.

Sid Rayaprolu won the department’s

2021 Outstanding Graduate

Teaching Assistant award. Sid is a doctoral student in transportation engineering, with his primary research emphasis in spatiotemporal userbehavior and policy design practices of shared micromobility services. He has been a graduate teaching assistant for multiple undergraduate and graduate courses in the civil engineering department. After his graduation, Sid is looking forward to pursuing his passion for teaching while working as a transportation consultant. Before joining Mason, Sid worked as an independent consultant with the International Association of Public Transport (India) and Bengaluru Metro Transportation Corporation. He holds a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Utah, with more than four years of experience in engineering and infrastructure development projects. Sid is an outdoor enthusiast and is interested in hiking, cycling, and camping. g December 2021 graduates in front of the Nguyen Engineering Building. Front row L to R: Jocasta Criscila Palacio De Oliveira, Jessica Pauline Sykioco, Grace Ellen Morrissey, Daniel Evan Nee, Anh K Nguyen, Shimaa Abdel Monem Awwad, Mahdy M. Hassan, Maryam Zavareh. Middle row L to R: Burhanuddin Behzad, Marisa Migliore, Cristian Marrero, Katharine Teresa Simpson, Jordan Tran, Navdeep Singh Bhogal. Back row L to R: Abrar Samimi-Darzi, Behrouz Sabah, Eric J Reca, Fidelle Tchamba Wangue, Naren Hamar Raju, Shir Khan Qudusi Slimankhel.