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2009 Recipient:Arthur L. Wolek, P.E.Principal Engineer, Bridge & Tunnel Division Parsons
Arthur received the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Research Fellowship from the Federal Highway Administration's Aerodynamics Laboratory, where he analyzed the dynamics of cable-stayed and suspension bridges, and he has performed research at the Virginia Transportation Research Council. Arthur also served as an adjunct instructor teaching the Finite Element Method at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU. Arthur has been an enthusiastic member of ASCE during his academic and professional careers. As an undergraduate student at RPI, Arthur assumed a lead role in the student steel bridge design competitions. More recently, Arthur served as Chair for the ASCE Metropolitan Section Structures Group, and he was also the Chair of the ASCE New York State Report Card Committee on Bridges. Arthur was very proud to be able to represent ASCE as Co-Chair of the 125th anniversary celebration of the Brooklyn Bridge. Arthur enjoys all aspects of bridge engineering. He has over 17 years of bridge analysis, design, inspection, and construction experience; and he has worked on segmental bridges, heavy rail structures, elevated light-rail guideways, cable-supported bridges and truss bridges. He has managed teams of engineers tasked with completing assessments of very large and complex bridges, and has presented papers at both the TRB International Bridge Engineering Conference and at the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania International Bridge Conference. Arthur is currently involved in a MAGLEV research project at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU as a part of his Ph.D. program. Arthur hopes to help advance the design and construction of MAGLEV structures, a technology that could very well prove to be the future of transportation. Past Recipients:
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