Awards, Profiles, & Recognition

Linda C. Bridwell, KY A ’88, has received the 2010 Robert M. Gillim Professional Recognition Award from the Kentucky Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Bridwell is the director of water quality and environmental compliance at Kentucky American Water and the first female recipient of the award, which has been given annually since 1966. Read the full press release for more on Bridwell and the award.

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A reporter for The Arkansas Traveler, April Robertson, recently posted on her blog a profile of the Arkansas Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi at the University of Arkansas.

Included in the report was a quote from chapter president David Fryauf, AR A 2011: “My favorite thing about Tau Beta Pi is witnessing the power and prestige of our network. Many successful and influential engineers both in professional fields and in academia are members of Tau Beta Pi, and they always recognize the achievement and commitment it takes to become a member of this organization.”

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At Tufts University senior biomedical engineering major Ryan Orendorff, MA D 2011, has been recognized for a project “creating a visual map of a protein’s amino acid sequence that highlights areas of unique or repeating structure in an easy to interpret format.”

He is currently the president of the Massachusetts Delta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi and has been working with assistant professor Sara Su. Visit this Tufts blog page for the video and for more information on Ryan’s Proteios program.

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