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Recognizes Centennial and WASHINGTON (03 May 2004) — With more than 100 friends and colleagues from the engineering community, the United Engineering Foundation (UEF) recognizes its 100th-Anniversary today, while the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) honors outstanding achievements in engineering at its 25th annual awards ceremony. The dual celebration is being held at the National Academy of Engineering. “Over the past century, UEF has had a strong vision for U.S. engineering,” said AAES Chair John A. Parker. “With its help in establishing the National Research Council, the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology, and the National Academy of Engineering, it has clearly been the center of the engineering profession for 100 years.” Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie provided the United Engineering Foundation with the seed money it need to become a chartered organization in New York in 1904. Today, UEF advances engineering arts and sciences for the welfare of humanity. The American Association of Engineering Societies, representing the U.S. engineering societies, presents a number of awards at its annual ceremony. Andrew Reynolds, deputy science and technology advisor at the U.S. Department of State, will be presented this year’s AAES Chair’s Award. Mr. Reynolds is being honored for encouraging and supporting AAES and the engineering community to participate in both the United States’ reentry to UNESCO and the U.S. reconstruction effort in Iraq. With its Chair’s Award, AAES honors engineers whose leadership and dedication to the engineering community helps advance engineering in the United States. Dr. John A. Swanson, the founder of ANSYS, Inc., the global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, receives the prestigious John Fritz Medal. Dr. Swanson is being recognized for contributions in the field of finite-element methods to engineering. The Fritz Medal was established 102 years ago in 1902 as a memorial to the great engineer whose name it bears. The award honors scientific or industrial achievement in any field of pure or applied science. Daniel R. Benigni, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is the winner of the National Engineering Award, AAES’s highest honor. The National Engineering Award was established in 1979 to honor engineers whose leadership and accomplishments benefit humanity. Mr. Benigni is being recognized for his unique ability to work effectively and to promote cooperation, understanding, and unity among U.S. engineering societies. An engineer who played a vital role in studying building performance after the September 11, 2001, attack on New York's World Trade Center, Dr. William Gene Corley, will receive the Norm Augustine Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Communications. Dr. Corley is a senior vice president of Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc. in Skokie, Illinois. He is being recognized for his superior engineering communications, highlighted most recently by his extraordinary expertise after 9/11 in assisting the recovery and reconstruction efforts at the World Trade Center. The Norm Augustine award is presented annually to an engineer who communicates the excitement of engineering to the public. Parker said Dr. Corley is a “wonderful example of how good engineers can be great communicators.” Retired Lt. General Henry J. Hatch, with a distinguished 35-year career in the U. S. Army, will be presented the Kenneth Andrew Roe Award. General Hatch is being honored for his outstanding leadership as chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and his continued work toward creating a global understanding of the engineering. The Roe Award was established in 1986 to honor AAES founder Kenneth Andrew Roe. The award recognizes leadership and dedication to those who strive to create a unified engineering community. AAES and the National Audubon Society will jointly present Donald V. Roberts, an environmental and geotechnical engineer, with the Joan Hodges Queaneau Palladium Medal. Mr. Roberts is being recognized for outstanding achievement in environmental conservation as one of the engineering professions’ most eloquent spokespersons for sustainable development. Don Roberts has more than 50 years experience as a civil and environmental engineer. He has been involved in a variety of professional society activities, including vice president of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO). In October 2003 he received the WFEO Gold Medal for “Distinguished Service to Humanity.” The Palladium Medal was established in 1977 to recognize an engineer who encourages cooperation between engineering professionals and environmentalists to create innovative solutions to environmental problems. The American Association of Engineering Societies is a federation of engineering societies dedicated to advancing the knowledge, understanding, and practice of engineering. AAES’s membership represents more than one million engineers in the United States. For more information, go to http://www.aaes.org. ###
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