The Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (Huber Award) is the highest level mid-career research award in all areas of civil engineering. 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 engineer, mountaineer, 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 flood control, municipal water supplies, seismic forces and earthquake resistance. The awards authorized for the first time as annual awards by the ASCE board of direction to encourage research activities in civil engineering in July 1946. These prestigious annual awards endowed in honor of Walter L. Huber, Past President of the ASCE, 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 , - , 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, Jack W. Baker,

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, Mani Golparvar Fard, Zhen Jason He , - , 2017 , Amit Bhasin, Mikhail V. Chester, James K. Guest, Kaveh Madani, 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,

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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,

Mary C. Hill Mary Catherine Hill is an American hydrology, hydrologist, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the winner of the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize and of the Dooge Medal of the International Association of Hydrological ...

, - , 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 Gregory Louis Fenves (born March 1, 1957) is a structural engineer, professor and college administrator who is the twenty-first president of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Fenves was elected a member of the National Academy of Enginee ...

, 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 Dennis P. Lettenmaier is an American hydrologist. Lettenmaier earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington in 1970, then attended George Washington University, where he pursued a master's degree in civil, ...

, 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 William F. Maloney is chief economist for the Latin America and Caribbean region in the World Bank Group. Previously he was chief economist for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, and Trade and Competitiveness; he was also Global Lead on I ...

; 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;

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; 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;

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; 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;

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; 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 ,

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; 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 ,

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; Phil M. Ferguson; Donald R. F. Harleman; Bruno Thurlimann; David K. Todd , - , 1959 , Charles L. Bretschneider; Norman H. Brooks; Arthur Casagrande; George S. Vincent; Daniel Frederick , - , 1958 , John Wood Clark; Hans A. Einstein; Warren J. Kaufman; Raymond D. Mindlin; 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