District of Columbia
Council of Engineering
 and Architectural Societies (DCCEAS)

Celebrating 76 Years of Service to the DC Metro Area

Proclamation Luncheon

Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 11:30 am
Pier 7 Restaurant
650 Water St SW, Washington, DC, 202-554-2500
Complimentary 3 hours of parking, or walk from the Waterfront Metro

The event features networking and a buffet lunch, followed by technical talk from an industry leader.

Speaker: Mr. Fernando Pons, PE

Chair- ASCE Infrastructure and Research Policy Committee
Topic: Sustainable Approaches to Managing Underground Risks

TICKETS: $30.00 PER PERSON, OR TABLES OF 10: $300.00

Awards Banquet

Saturday, 25 February 2012, 6:00 pm
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Silver Spring
8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301-589-0800
4 Blocks from Silver Spring Metro. Free parking behind hotel.

The program will include DCCEAS awards to local engineering students, the Engineer and Architect of the Year awards, lifetime achievement award, and a keynote address.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. James W. Mitchell

Dean of Engineering, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Topic: Imagining and Engineering the Future

TICKETS: $50.00 PER PERSON, OR TABLES OF 10: $500.00
DRESS: BLACK TIE OPTIONAL

  • Reservations for both luncheon and banquet are due to Khaled Alamdeen by February 18, 2012, at KAlamdeen@alaengr.com
  • Checks should be made out to DCCEAS. You may mail checks to P. O. Box 18842, Washington, DC 20036-8842, or pay at door.

 

Important Notice- Advance payment is required. No shows will be billed.

We’d like to thank all of you who were able to attend our annual Luncheon and Banquet this year. 

Here is a summary of speakers and awardees from this year’s 75 Anniversary events:

Luncheon

Speaker; Dr. Lawrence Schuette, Director of Innovation, Office of Naval Research

Topic: Innovation Opportunities in the Department of the Navy

 

Banquet

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charles Nguyen - Dean, School of Engineering, The Catholic University of America

 

                                                                Award Winners:

Young Architect of the Year

Kevin Moran, LEED AP, Associate AIA 

Bowie Gridley Architects

                                                            Young Engineer of the Year

                                                            Jonathan D. Applequist

                                                            Gibbs and Cox, Inc.

Architect of the Year

C.R. George Dove, FAIA

WDG Architecture

                                                            Engineer of the Year

                                                            Darryl A. Gomez, PhD

                                                            Northrop Grumman Corporation

Lifetime Achievement Award

Eugene M. Bentley, III, PhD, PE, BCEE

Founder & President, EBA, Incorporated

                                                            Meritorious Service Award

                                                            Eunices Simon-Alexander

                                                            Tishman Construction Corporation of DC

Celebrating 75 Years of Service

to the DC Metro Area

 

Proclamation Luncheon

Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 11:30 am

Pier 7 Restaurant

650 Water St SW, Washington, DC, 202-554-2500

Complimentary 3 hours of parking, or walk from the Waterfront Metro

 

Join us to proclaim Engineers Week in the Washington DC area! The event features networking and a buffet lunch, followed by a technical presentation from:

 

Dr. Lawrence Schuette, Director of Innovation,

Office of Naval Research

Topic: Innovation Opportunies in the Department of the Navy

 

Tickets: $30.00 per person, or Tables of 10: $300.00

 

Awards Banquet

Saturday, 26 February 2011, 6:00 pm

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Silver Spring

8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301-589-0800

4 Blocks from Silver Spring Metro. Free parking behind hotel.

 

 

                The program will include DCCEAS awards to local engineering students,

    the Engineer and Architect of the Year awards, DC Future Cities Competition winners,

                                                       and a keynote address from:

 

Dr. Charles Nguyen, Dean of Engineering,

The Catholic University of America

Topic: The Impact of Globalized Education on College Students

 

Tickets: $50.00 per person, or Tables of 10: $500.00

Dress: Black Tie Optional

 

  • Reservations for both luncheon and banquet are due to Khaled Alamdeen by February 20, 2011, at KAlamdeen@alaengr.com

 

  • Checks should be made out to DCCEAS and mailed to P. O. Box 18842, Washington, DC 20036-8842

 

        For each banquet reservation, please specify one of three dinner entr�: 1) Breast of Chicken, 2) Salmon Fillet, or

                3) Vegetarian. If no preference is specified, the default choice of Breast of Chicken will be assumed.

 

No shows will be billed

We’d like to thank all of you who were able to attend our annual Luncheon and Banquet in 2010. 

 

Here is a summary of speakers and awardees from LAST year’s events:

 

Luncheon

Speaker: Leonard Benson – Acting Chief Engineer at DCWASA

 

Banquet:

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charles Vest – President - National Academy of Engineering

President Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Keynote Pressentation is available, click here. 

 

Award Winners:

Young Architect of the Year:

Josef A. Fuentes (AIA, AfHdc)

Architect at RTKL Associates

 

Young Engineer of the Year:

Dr. Guruprasad Madhavan (IEEE-DC)

Program Officer at the National Academies

 

Engineer of the Year:

Natalie Givans (SWE, AFCEA)

Senior Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton

 

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Dr. Elaine Oran (AIAA, SWE, NAE, APS, AAAS, AGU, ASME, CI , SIAM )

Senior Scientist for Reactive Flow Physics at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

 

Meritorious Service Award:

Ruplu Bhattacharya (ASEI)

Equity Research Associate at Bank of America , Merrill Lynch

 

Future Cities – DC Regional Competition Winners

City Name: Yeshilist

School: Pinnacle Academy , Oakton , VA

Students: Nurbanu Simsek, Zehra Yilmaz, Selin Altintas, Madina Khurishanova

Teacher: Hatice Evci

Mentor: Emre Ozkan