2016 ANNUAL AWARDS AND STUDENT RECOGNITION

BANQUET

March 8, 2016 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Peppermill Capri Ballrooms

BANQUET PROGRAM

5:30 No-Host Cocktails PurchaseRaffleTickets

6:15 Call to Dinner Welcome:JohnBonnett,P.E. OpeningRemarks:KristinaSwallow,P.E. 6:45 Keynote Address: Eric Edelstein, President of the Reno Aces ASCE Student Chapter: Tanya Flint, Student Chapter President

• Student Chapter Update• Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of the Year

ASCEAnnualAwards:KristinaSwallow,P.E.• Project of the Year

- Environmental- Structural/Geotechnical-Transportation

• Young Engineer of the Year• Engineer of the Year

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StudentRecognition:Dr.AhmadItani,Professor,UNR• DepartmentServiceAwards• OutstandingSeniorAward

ScholarshipAwards:KristinaSwallow,P.E.• RecognitionofChuckYeagerASCEScholarshipRecipient• ASCEScholarshipPresentations($2,000total)

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ClosingRemarks:JohnBonnett,P.E.

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President:JohnBonnettVice President: Amber SosaTreasurer: Dan StuckySecretary: Randall Rice Past President: Kelly DoyleWebmaster: Jon Lau

Newsletter:MattBarton Director at Large: Randi ReedDirector at Large: Garth OksolYMF President: Bryan ByrneStudent President: Tanya Flint

ASCE TMB BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ASCE TMB PAST PRESIDENTS

1967-None(BranchFounded)1968-JoeHoward1969 - Bruce Hicks1970 - John Anderson1971 - John Anderson1972 - Bruce Douglas1973 - Thomas Trabert1974 - Mike Brierley1975 - John Bird1976 - Mike Blakely1977 - Mike Blakely1978 - Raymond Pezzonella1979 - Raymond Pezzonella1980 - Nick Vestbie1981 - Greg McKenzie1982 - James Nichols1983 - Michele Dennis1984-JohnLawder1985 - Daniel McGill1986 - Jim Arden1987-ChristineWelch1988 - James Federici1989 - Mehdi Saiidi1990-CraigL.Wesner

1991 - Ken Krater1992 - Richard Faber1993 - Manos Maragakis1994-ShawnGooch1995 - John Bronder1996 - David Sanders1997 - Steve Seeds1998-DavidStikkers1999 - John Welsh2000 - Rick Warner2001-ScottGibson2002-ScottGibson2004 - Tom Greco2005 - Allen Tryon2006-DustinWaters2007 - Joanna Ambroz2008-ElaineTerriSvetich2009 - Doug Buck2010-DeanMottram2011-DanSt.John2012 - Mike Wilhelm2013 - Brian Janes2014 - Trina Magoon 2015 - Kelly Doyle

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BANQUET SPONSORS

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STUDENT RAFFLE

Raffleticketscost$5eachor5for$20.AllproceedsfromtherafflewillgodirectlytotheStudentChapter.Theyarebusypreparingtocompeteinthe2016Mid-PacificConference,whichtheyarehostingthisyearinRenofromApril7-9.TheSteelBridgeandWaterTreatmentCompetitionswillbeonFriday,April8insideLawlorEventCenterandtheConcreteCanoe

raceswillbeonSaturday,April9attheSparksMarina.

Thisyear’sraffleprizesinclude:

RoundofgolffortwoattheMarvByarsMemorialGolfTournament Two-nightstayatthePeppermillanda$100foodcreditFour courtside seats to a Reno Bighorns basketball game

OnenightstayattheAtlantis$100bowlinggiftcardtoShelter

Remotecontrolledquadcopterwithcamera(sponsoredbyCAGroup)WaterproofBluetoothportablespeaker(sponsoredbyNCE)Campingsetwithtentandmattress(sponsoredbyCME)

SPEAKER BIOS

Eric Edelstein iscurrentlythePresidentfortheRenoAces,Triple-Aaffiliateofthe Arizona Diamondbacks and USL Reno 2017, the future professional soccer franchiseinReno.OwnedbySKBaseball,withrealestatemagnateHerbSimonasmanagingpartner,hesupervisesallbusiness,baseball,andsocceroperationsofthefranchisesatAcesBallparkinReno.

Inhisfirsttwoseasonsatthehelm,theAceshaveachievedfranchiserecordsin the important revenuestreamsof sponsorshipsalesandgroupevents. Inaddition,theAceshavelaunchedasignificantnon-baseballeventsplan,witha

hauntedhouse,icerink,andnumerousotherplanssettoexpanduseofAcesBallparkintothefuture.

Edelstein,37,joinedtheacesinJune,2013,after10yearswiththeDouble-AaffiliateoftheKansasCityRoyals,workinginWichitaandNorthwestArkansasundertheownershipofRichProductsCorporation.Priortothe2008Naturalsinauguralseason,EdelsteinorchestratedasmoothtransitiontoNorthwestArkansasbyoverseeingtheconstructionoftheballpark,sales,marketingandcommunityrelations.

Before moving to Wichita, Edelstein served as General Manager of the Jamestown Jammers inJamestown,NY.Theteam’sparentclub,theFloridaMarlins,wontheWorldSeriesin2003,earningEdelsteinaWorldSeriesring.

Whilewith Rich Products, ownership sponsored the Bedlington Terriers Football Club in NorthernEngland,givingEdelsteinanopportunitytospendtwomonthsconsultingwiththeclubduringthefallof2011.Headvisedonallareasoftheoperationincludingeventpresentation,salesandmarketing,andorganizationalstructure.Inthefallof2014,EdelsteincontinuedconsultinginternationallywiththeDurhamCountyCricketClubinNorthernEngland. AnativeofCleveland,OH,EdelsteinearnedadegreeinsportorganizationmanagementandaminorinmarketingfromBowlingGreenStateUniversity. Hestartedhiscareer inprofessionalbaseball inhighschoolasaninternforhishometownteam,theClevelandIndians.Overthecourseofhiscareer,EdelsteinhasfilledmanyrollsforseveralprofessionalsportsteamsincludingtheBuffaloBisonsandtheClevelandLumberjacksProfessionalHockeyClub.

Dr. Ahmad Itani is a professor and the chair of the Civil and Environmental EngineeringDepartmentattheUniversityofNevada,Reno.Prof.ItanijoinedtheCEEdepartmentin1994.HeisregisteredProfessorEngineerintheStatesofNVandCAandStructural Engineer in theStateofCA. Hismainareasofresearch and teaching interests include: the analysis and design of bridge structures, evaluation and rehabilitation of bridges, seismic assessment andretrofit of bridges and steel structures, earthquake-resistant design of steelstructures,andthedevelopmentoflarge-scalestructuraltestingtechniques.Hewas the 2011 recipient of the AASHTO/AISI Richard S. Fountain Award. He

conducted large-scale experiments on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, including the Western andthenewEasternSpans;theRichmondSanRafaelBridge;theMasconeCenterinSanFrancisco;andtheUCLAHospital.Hedevelopedandtestedanewseismicframingsystem,theSpecialTrussMomentFrame,thatisnowpartoftheIBCandtheAISCSeismicProvisions.HisresearchhasbeenfundedbytheCaliforniaDepartmentofTransportation,FederalHighwayAdministration,andtheAmericanIronandSteelInstitute.HehasconductedmanyshortcoursesontheseismicanalysisanddesignofsteelplategirderbridgestomanystatedepartmentofTransportation.HeisfellowmemberofASCEsince2004.

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Kristina Swallow is a Program Manager in the Public Works Department of the CityofLasVegas. In that role sheoverseesa teamofengineers responsiblefor public infrastructure development, varying from roads to parks and trails to floodcontrolandsanitarysewersystems.Herteamalsoincludesmanagementof the Special Improvement District Program. Since joining the City, shealso served as one of City’s lobbyists in Carson City during the 2013 Nevada Legislative Session. Prior to joining the City, she spent three years on theCongressionalstaffofSenatorTomUdall,workingontransportationpolicyandotherinfrastructureissues.

Swallow’sinvolvementwithASCEincludesservingastheASCECongressionalFellow.SheiscurrentlyontheTransportationPolicyCommitteeandservesasaGovernorontheUtilityEngineeringandSurveyingInstitute.Previously,shewastheRegion8Director,PresidentoftheNevadaSectionandamemberandChairmanoftheNevadaStateInfrastructureReportCardCommittee.OtheraccomplishmentsincludereceivingtheASCEEdmundFriedmanYoungEngineerAwardandbeingrecognizedastheAlumnaoftheYearbytheUniversityofNevada,LasVegas’HowardR.HughesCollegeofEngineering.

She received her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Arizona in 1994 and her master’sdegreeincivilengineeringfromtheUniversityofNevada,LasVegasin2004.

SwallowishappilymarriedtofellowcivilengineerDavid.Shelovestorun,bike,travel,eat,and,inthepastyear,hastakenupaerialfitness.

John Bonnett isthecurrentPresidentofASCETruckeeMeadowsBranch.John’sinvolvementwithASCEbeganin2012whenheservedasaDirectoratLarge.TypicalfortheTruckeeMeadowsBranch,hethenservedasSecretary,Treasurer,President-Elect,andnowPresident.Inadditiontoadministeringhisdutiesandsupporting local ASCE events, for two years he also hosted the semi-annualASCEP.E.ReviewCourse,supportinglocalengineersinpreparationfortheCivilP.E.Exam.Morerecently,JohnattendedthePresidentsandGovernorsForumatASCEHeadquarters in Reston, VA. In addition tomeeting and learning fromfellowengineersfromaroundthenation,healsohadtheopportunitytomeet

ExecutiveDirectorThomasSmithandPresidentMarkWoodson. JohnisagraduateofLongBeachStatewithaB.S.C.E.andisalicensedengineerinNevadaandCalifornia.Johnhasavarietyofexperiencewithcivilengineeringdesign includingUrbanLand,TransportationandStructuraldesign.ProjectexperienceincludestheB.A.R.T.ExtensioninSouthSanFrancisco,CA,theLawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratories–LaserBuildingBuildout,Livermore,CA,theCarsonCity Middle School Site Improvement Project, Carson City, NV and the Southeast Connector Project Phase-1,Reno,NV.JohnisemployedatJensenPrecast inSparks,NV,designingavarietyofprecastconcreteproductsfortheconstructionindustry. OutsideofworkJohnenjoysanyformofathletics(especiallygolf),hiking,andisalsoanavidsportsfan.JohnalsoenjoysspendingqualitytimewithhisfamilyandindoingsosupportinglocalBoyScoutTroop443andFlipsGymnastics.

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