CEE at Illinois Alumni Dinner in Chicago Chicago-area alumni, CEE faculty, students and friends of the department gathered March 12 at the Union League Club in Chicago for the annual CEE at Illinois Alumni Dinner in Chicago. The event included a cocktail reception, dinner, the presentation of the CEE Alumni Association awards, and a department update by Professor and Interim Head Benito J. MariĂąas. Assistant Professor Daniel B. Work also spoke about his research. Earlier that day, a group of CEE students toured local engineering firms Alfred Benesch & Company and Milhouse Engineering & Construction. Representatives of each company generously gave their time to show students around the firms and share insights about what they could expect as entry-level engineers. The department would like to thank the following individuals for hosting the tours and speaking to the students: Joe Zurad, Adam Hardy, Marcus Woods, Michelle Ross-Montgomery, Carl Larson, Andrew Keaschall and Scott Wojteczko. With gratitude, CEE acknowledges the following sponsors of the alumni dinner: Gold Level Greeley and Hansen Hanson Professional Services Inc. Milhouse Engineering & Construction Trotter and Associates Inc. Silver Level AECOM Bowman, Barrett & Associates Inc. CBI Technical Services CH2M Hill RJN Group Sargent & Lundy LLC TranSystems
Bronze Level Clark Dietz Inc. Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc. Donahue & Associates Inc. A. Epstein and Sons International Inc. F. H. Paschen John Frauenhoffer HDR Inc. HNTB Ingenii LLC Larry Jaworski Tracy Lundin MWH Global Primera Engineers Ricondo & Associates Inc. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP T.Y. Lin International W. E. O’Neil Construction
Photos at right, top to bottom: Darwin Valenzuela (MS 08), Bryan Wickert (MS 10); Wilbur Milhouse (BS 94, MS 95), David Ariola (BS 90); Matthew Pregmon (BS 97, MS 98), Paula Pienton (BS 85); Tracy Lundin (BS 80, MS 82), Pedro Cevallos (MS 77, PHD 80), Michael Ewers (BS 83).