UNM Professors Honored by NM Society of Professional Engineers

Assistant Vice President for Research and Economic Development and Professor of Civil Engineering Tim J. Ward, P.E. will receive the Outstanding Service Award from the New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers on Friday, June 29th at the Marriott Pyramid. Ward, who serves as the NMSPE Vice President for Education, will be presented with the honor for outstanding service to the State Society, the community and the engineering profession.

“I am honored to receive the service award, Engineering is about serving society at all levels, a concept to which I firmly subscribe,” said Ward. “I sincerely thank my peers for this recognition.”

Also receiving Special Service Awards for serving the state society through extraordinary donations of time, talent and funds over an extended period of time are Professor of Civil Engineering James D. Brogan, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering James R. Matthews, Assistant Professor of Civil, and of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mahmoud R. Taha, Regents Professor of Civil Engineering Bruce M. Thomson, and Professor of Civil Engineering John C. Stormont, all of whom are licensed professional engineers.

The awards banquet is part of the 2007 Annual Conference of the society which also offers a series of training events on topics ranging from space and aviation to LED lighting, traffic, mapping and agriculture.

Media Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627, E-mail: kwent2@unm.edu