UMaine College of Engineering presents its top annual awards
The chief engineer of the Maine Department of Transportation is among the recipients of the University of Maine College of Engineering’s top annual awards to alumni, faculty, staff and students.
Joyce Taylor, chief engineer for MaineDOT and a 1986 graduate, received the Edward T. Bryand Distinguished Engineering Award. Others honored at the 42nd Annual Edward Bryand Awards Ceremony were William Desisto, professor of chemical engineering, Ashley S. Campbell Award; Lauren Ross, assistant professor of hydraulics and water resources engineering, Early Career Research Award; Meredith Kirkmann, assistant professor of construction engineering technology, Early Career Teaching Award; Kimberly Goff, large center development associate, Vice President for Research Office, Leila C. Lowell Award; Saman Zare, mechanical engineering; Graduate Assistant Research Award; Brandon Dixon, chemical and biomedical engineering, Graduate Assistant Teaching Award.
This year’s Bryand Awards Ceremony was a hybrid event on Jan. 20th that included a small group of award winners, and their friends and family, gathered in Wells Conference Center on campus, and dozens of participants virtually.
The annual event was established in 1979, by Engineering Dean Jim Clapp The first College Recognition Banquet was held in 1980. Criteria were established for two awards: Ashley S. Campbell Award and the Edward T. Bryand Distinguished Engineering Award. Other awards for individuals and students have been added throughout the years, and the ceremony has continued every year since 1980, including the Leila C. Lowell Award for staff members that began in 1983.
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