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ESD Annual Dinner—Celebrating Today; Engineering Tomorrow
Featuring the 36th Annual ESD C&D Awards, the ESD Alpha Awards™, and the ESD Leadership Awards

Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at the SoundBoard Theatre, located inside the MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit, Michigan.

One man’s vision made Detroit the Motor City.  And one group’s determination created what is now The Engineering Society of Detroit 115 years ago. As we celebrate our rich history and pay tribute to our founders and visionaries, we are re-inventing Michigan right here at ESD. 

Together with our ESD Institute, we are creating new opportunities and breaking down barriers for Michigan’s economy and workforce through unique initiatives such as the Green Enterprise Zone, and the Clean Energy and Blue Economy symposiums.  

We invite you to join us at the dynamic SoundBoard theatre located inside the MotorCity Casino Hotel, as we salute our champions of engineering and science and share with you how ESD and its Institute are re-engineering the future of Michigan.

The evening will kick off with a networking hour. It will be followed by dinner and the presentation of awards at 7 p.m. The cost is $125 for ESD members and $150 for non-members. A table of $10 is $1,125. There will be a cash bar. Business attire is appropriate. For more information or to register, call 248-353-0735, or e-mail esd@esd.org. Please RSVP by June 14.

AWARDEES:

Horace Rackham Humanitarian Award

• John Rakolta, Jr., FESD, Chairman  & CEO, Walbridge

Lifetime Achievement Award (posthumous):

• Ralph Kummler, PhD, FESD

Honorary Membership:

• Pat Devlin, CEO, Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council

ESD College of Fellow Inductees:

• James A. Anderson, PE, President & CEO, Urban Science Applications
• Timothy A. Fino, PE, President, Mini/Micro Computer Application
• Donald E. Goodwin, Retired Vice President of Global Services, Chrysler LLC
• David S. Meynell, President & CEO, Durr Systems, Inc.
• James L. Newman, CEM, LEED AP, Newman Consulting Group
• Rebecca M. Spearot, PE, PhD, Director, Allegiant Global Services, LLC
• Robert A. Stevenson, PE, LEED AP, Senior Vice President/Partner, Ghafari Associates, LLC

ESD Harold Slaight Ellington Leadership Award:

• Roy H. Link, FESD, President & CEO, Link Engineering Co.

Ann O. Fletcher Distinguished Service Award:

• Edith J. Fly, Retired, ESD Executive Assistant

Distinguished Service Awards:

• Shani J. Allison, Product Development Engineer, Ford Motor Company
• William A. Moylan, PhD, PMP, FESD, Professor, Eastern Michigan University
• Jeff Naber, PhD, Associate Professor, Michigan Technological University

Outstanding Committee, Council or Institute Leadership Award:

• Andrew L. Gerhart, PhD, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Lawrence Technological University
  ESD Young Engineers Council
• Kamesh Gupta, PE, CEM, Chair, ESD Institute Global Advisory Council
  ESD Institute
• Richard L. Hurford, Esq., Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PLLC
  ESD Institute
• Margaret E. Matta, AIA, LEED AP, TMP Associates Inc.
  ESD Institute
• Robert Threlkeld, Manager Green Initiatives, General Motors Corporation
  ESD Institute

Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year:

• Ryan Maibach, Vice President, Industrial Group,
  Barton Malow Company

Outstanding Student of the Year:

• Jasmine Way, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Outstanding High School Student of the Year:

• Brianna Johnson, Cass Technical High School, Detroit

ESD Alpha Award Winners:

• AlphaSphere Orbital Implant, Addition Technology, Inc.
  EcoDryScrubber, Dürr Systems
• Alpha Award Honorable Mention:
  NextEnergy Center Alternative Fuel Platform, Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.

ESD Construction & Design Award Winners:

• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  Astorino
  Barton Malow Company
• Mutual Building Historic Rehabilitation/Christman National Headquarters
  The Christman Company
  SmithGroup
  The Christman Company
• Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education
  College for Creative Studies
  Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.
  Walbridge
• National Alabama Corporation Railcar Manufacturing Facility
  National Alabama Corporation
  Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.
  Yates-Walbridge Joint Venture

ESD Construction & Design Award Special Recognition for Economic & Social Advances

• The Nusbaum House, A Barrier Free “Green” Group Home
  JARC, A Michigan Non-Profit Corporation
  The Frankel Organization, LLC
  The Frankel Organization, LLC

ESD Construction & Design Honorable Mentions:

• Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, Henry Ford Health Systems
• Wayne State University, Marvin I. Danto Engineering Development Center, Wayne State University