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Three civil engineers win four NRC prestigious awards from ASCE
Michael Constantinou, Andrew Whittaker and Teng Wu were honored with preeminent awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The four awards they received are recognized as prestigious by the National Research Council.
Michael Constantinou, SUNY Distinguished Professor, received the Walter P. Moore, Jr. Award from ASCE's Structural Engineering Institute. According to ASCE SEI, Constantinou is recognized for his "outstanding and significant contributions to the practice of structural and earthquake engineering in the U.S., and abroad, with a focus on seismic protective systems, including 2D and 3D seismic isolation and damping systems, with applications to buildings, bridges and infrastructure."
Andrew S. Whittaker, SUNY Distinguished Professor and member of the National Academy of Engineers, is recognized for advancing structural engineering with the Ernest E. Howard Award. This honor is presented annually to an ASCE member whose definitive contributions have advanced structural engineering, either in research, planning, design or construction, including methods and materials.
Teng Wu, professor, is a recipient of both the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize and is part of a writing team that received the State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award. The Huber Prize is the highest-level mid-career research award in all areas of civil engineering, and recognizes Wu's impact on advancing performance-based wind engineering and hurricane-resilient infrastructure, among other critical challenges. As a member of the team to receive the State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, Wu and other authors are honored for their work on their 2024 book "Effects of Climate Change on Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructure Systems."
