The Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (Huber Award) is the highest level mid-career research award in all areas of

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. The award is annually given to individuals with notable achievements and contributions in research with respect to all disciplines of civil engineering. This award was first established by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) board of direction in 1946 and was given for the first time in 1949.

History

Walter L. Huber (1883-1960) was an

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, and conservationist. His research interests mostly were in the field of structural, hydroelectric, and irrigation projects. He also made some studies in the field of

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control, municipal

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supplies, seismic forces and

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resistance. The awards were authorized for the first time as annual awards by the

ASCE The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, it is the oldest national engineering soci ...

board of direction to encourage

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activities in

in July 1946. These prestigious annual awards were endowed in honor of Walter L. Huber, Past President of the

, by his wife Alberta Reed Huber in 1964.

Award condition

Based on the rules of the award, "the nominees must either be under 40 years of age or have worked no more than 12 years since receiving their doctoral degree at the time of nomination, whichever is less restrictive". Huber awardees are "generally younger than 45 and have demonstrated a level of achievement and excellence that bodes well for a long and fruitful career."

Past recipients

The following list is based on the information provided by the ASCE. {, class="wikitable" !Year !Recipients , - , 2023 , Sybil Derrible, Shihong Lin, Steve WaiChing Sun, and Thomas Wahl , - , 2022 , Amir H. Gandomi, Megan Konar, Carol C. Menassa, Gaurav N. Sant, Hao Wang , - , 2021 , Alexandros A. Taflanidis, Ning Lin , - , 2020 , Amir AghaKouchak, Michele Barbato, Eleni Chatzi, John D. Fortner, Zhiyong J. Ren , - , 2019 , Christopher P. Higgins, Sinan Keten, Dimitrios Lignos, Shaily Mahendra , - , 2018 ,

José E. Andrade José E. Andrade (born November 30, 1979) is a professor of civil and mechanical engineering at the California Institute of Technology, where he holds the George W. Housner professorship. From January 2016 to February 2022, he served as Executiv ...

, Jack W. Baker, Yuri Bazilevs, Mani Golparvar Fard, Zhen Jason He , - , 2017 , Amit Bhasin, Mikhail V. Chester, James K. Guest,

Kaveh Madani Kaveh Madani (; born 1981 in Tehran) is a scientist, activist, and former Iranian politician. He previously served as the Deputy Head of Iran's Department of Environment (also Iran's Deputy Vice President). He also served as the Vice President of ...

, Jamie E. Padgett {{Cite web, url=http://news.asce.org/asce-honors-influential-research-work/, title=ASCE Honors Influential Research Work {{! ASCE News, website=news.asce.org, language=en-US, access-date=2017-05-15 , - , 2016 , Alexandria B. Boehm, Claudia K. Gunsch, Amit Kanvinde, John S. McCartney, Narayanan Neithalath , - , 2015 , Scott J. Brandenberg, Faisal Hossain, Vineet R. Kamat, Yanfeng Ouyang, Ming Ye , - , 2014 , Alexandre M. Bayen, Larry A. Fahnestock, William J. Likos, Jerome P. Lynch, Enrique R. Vivoni , - , 2013 , Jason T. DeJong, Laurie A. Garrow, Jaehong Kim, Kimberly Kurtis, Patrick J. Lynett , - , 2012 , Christian Hellmich, Scott M. Olson, Santiago Pujol, Patrick M. Reed, Julie B. Zimmerman , - , 2011 , Ahmet H. Aydilek, Casey Brown, Eric M.V. Hoek, Ertugrul Taciroglu, W. Jason Weiss , - , 2010 , Kara M. Kockelman, Gustavo J. Parra-Montesinos, Ellen M. Rathje, Benjamin W. Schafer, Thorsten Wagener , - , 2009 , Tarek H. Abdoun, Lori Graham-Brady, Gregory V. Lowry, Srinivas Peeta, Eric B. Williamson, , - , 2008 , Arpad Horvath, Aaron I. Packman, Thanos Papanicolaou, Andrew W. Smyth, Jonathan P. Stewart , - , 2007 , Reginald Desroches, Sherif El-Tawil, Burcu H. Akinci, Feniosky Pena-Mora, Kenichi Soga , - , 2006 , Youssef M.A. Hashash, Khalid M. Mosalam, Roseanna M. Neupauer, Lutgarde M. Raskin, Brian L. Smith , - , 2005 , Henri P. Gavin, Joseph B. Hughes, Mathew G. Karlaftis, Franz-Josef Ulm and Paul K. Westerhoff, , - , 2004 , Rao S. Govindaraju, Glaucio H. Paulino, Rodrigo Salgado, Bozidar Stojadinovic Chandra R. Bhat , - , 2003 , Marc A. Edwards, Barbara S. Minsker, Younane N Abousleiman, Juan M. Pestana-Nascimento, Jerome F. Hajjer , - , 2002 , Teresa B. Culver, Kevin E. Lansey, Ross W. Boulanger, Darcy M. Bullock, Iris D. Tommelein , - , 2001 , J. David Frost, Norman L. Jones, Nicos Makris, Charles S. Melching, David V. Rosowsky , - , 2000 , Craig H. Benson, Gregory G. Deierlein, Roger G. Ghanem, Rakesh K. Goel,

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, - , 1999 , Lawrence C. Bank, Maria Q. Feng, Kyle M. Rollins, Shahram Sarkani, Timothy D. Stark , - , 1998 , George Deodatis, W. Samuel Easterling, Marcelo H. Garcia, Miroslaw T. Skibniewski, Andrew T. Whittle , - , 1997 , Nicholas Jones, David Dzombak, Jiann-Wen Woody Ju, Bilal M. Ayyub, Jonathan D. Bray , - , 1996 , Jeffrey Russell, Menachem Elimelech, Steven L. Kramer, Raymond B. Seed, and Jay R. Lund , - , 1995 , Gregory L. Fenves, Dan A. Brown, Charles Shackelford, Richard M. Vogel, and Y.K. Tung , - , 1994 , Alexander Cheng, Filip C. Filippou, Richard J. Finno, Peter K. Kitanidis, Hugo A. Loaiciga , - , 1993 , Rafael Bras, Albert J. Clemmens, John P. Dempsey, William R. Knocke, Nicholas Sitar , - , 1992 , Medhat A. Haroun, James T. Kirby, Stelios Kyriakikes, Richard N. Palmer, Shuaib Haroon Ahmad , - , 1991 , Hayley H. Shen, John C. Crittenden, Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder, Robert H. Dodds, Jr., Gary Parker , - , 1990 , Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Jack Moehle, William J. Rasdorf, Bruce E. Rittmann, Stein Sture , - , 1989 , Ahmed M. Abdel-Ghaffar, Chris T. Hendrickson, Pol D. Spanos, Jery R. Stedinger, Michael K. Stenstrom , - , 1988 , Armen Der Kiureghian, Mark H. Houck, George Gazetas, Thomas D. O'Rourke , - , 1987 , Achintya Haldar, Yannis Dafalias, Joseph H. Sherrard, Jean-Louis Briaud, and Earl Downey Brill, Jr. , - , 1986 , William F. Maloney; Yi-Kwei Wen; Enrique Luco; Michael O'Neill; Keith W. Bedford , - , 1985 , David Darwin; Louis F. Cohn; Sterios A. Dendru; Jerald Lee Schnoor; Thomas M. Keinath , - , 1984 , Patrick J. Ryan; James K. Edzwald; Charles Linwood Vincent; Ross B. Corotis; and Erik H. Vanmarcke , - , 1983 , J.N. Reddy; Kenneth H. Stokoe; Gerhard H. Jirka; Stephen A. Mahin; and Gary S. Logsdon , - , 1982 , Ajaya K. Gupta; Raymond E. Levitt; Fred H. Kulhaw; and Adib K. Kanafani , - , 1981 , Douglas A. Haith; Gary C. Hart; Klaus-Jurgen Bathe; Joseph L. Hammack; and William F. Marcuson Iii , - , 1980 , Robert M. Clark; Vincent P. Drnevich; Clive L. Dym; Bruce R. Ellingwood; Boyd C. Paulson, Jr. , - , 1979 , Daniel W. Halpin; Ju-Chang Huang; Hon-Yim Ko; Ruh-Ming Li; And Keith D. Stolzenbach , - , 1978 , John D. Borcherding; Thomas J.R. Hughes; Tin-Kan Hung; James O. Jirsa; and Phillip L.-F. Liu , - , 1977 , Ted B. Belytschko; G. Wayne Clough; David H. Marks; James P. Tullis; and Harry G. Wenzel , - , 1976 , Zdenek P. Bazant; Danny L. Fread; Lester A. Hoe; Paul H. King; And John Lysmer , - , 1975 , Anil K. Chopra; Izzat M. Idriss;

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; Larry A. Roesner; and Don James Wood , - , 1974 , Asit K. Biswas; Hugo B. Fischer; Alfred J. Hendron, Jr.; Thomas T. C. Hsu; and Paul C. Jennings , - , 1973 , Charles G. Culver; James M. Duncan; Lee E. King; John T. Oden; Chhih Ted Yang , - , 1972 , John A. Hoopes; William B. Ledbetter; Roy E. Olson; Masanobu Shinozuka; Robert L. Street , - , 1971 , Carl A. Cornell; Marvin Gates; Raymond J. Krizek; Norbert R. Morgenstern; Kam Wu Wong , - , 1970 , Kenneth L. Lee; Daniel P. Loucks; Lucien A. Schmit; Marshall R. Thompson; Jan Van Schilfgaarde , - , 1969 , John W. Fisher; Cyril J. Galvin; Charles C. Ladd; Arthur R. Robinson; and Ronald F. Scott , - , 1968 , Alfredo H. S. Ang; Bobby O. Hardin; Marvin E. Jensen; Eduard Naudascher; Jimmie E. Quon , - , 1967 , Jack G. Bouwkamp; George Bugliarello; Donald L. Dean; T. Cameron Kenney; James M. Symons , - , 1966 , Melvin L. Baron; Louis R. Shaffer; George C. Driscoll; William W. Sayre; Paul W. Shuldiner , - , 1965 , Herman Bouwer; James K. Mitchell; Joseph Penzien; Gordon G. Robeck; and Rudolph P. Savage , - , 1964 , Steve J. Fenves; Theodore V. Galambos; John F. Kennedy; Perry L. Mccarty; and Emilio Rosenblueth , - , 1963 , Peter S. Eagleson; Robert M. Haythornthwaite; Houssam M. Karara; Thorndike Saville, Jr.; Mete A. Sozen , - , 1962 , Ven Te Chow; William Joel Hall; Alan Hanson Mattock; Robert V. Whitman; Robert L. Wiegel , - , 1961 , Emmett M. Laursen; William H. Munse; H. Solton See; Anestis Veletsos; Stanley D. Wilson , - , 1960 , Ray W. Clough; Phil M. Ferguson;

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; Bruno Thurlimann; David K. Todd , - , 1959 , Charles L. Bretschneider; Norman H. Brooks;

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; George S. Vincent; Daniel Frederick , - , 1958 , John Wood Clark; Hans A. Einstein; Warren J. Kaufman;

Raymond D. Mindlin Raymond David Mindlin (New York City, 17 September 1906 – 22 November 1987) was an American mechanical engineer, Professor of Applied Science at Columbia University, and recipient of the 1946 Presidential Medal for Merit and many other awards ...

; Ivan M. Viest , - , 1957 , Mikael Juul Hvorslev; Bruce G. Johnston; Lorenz G. Straub , - , 1956 , Vinton Walker Bacon; Fred Burggraf; Chester Paul Siess , - , 1955 ,

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References

Awards of the American Society of Civil Engineers