Welcome to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Professional Awards website! Each year USACE recognizes
employees' contributions of excellence in performance, leadership, professional development and
community support in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, interior design,
computer aided design & building information modeling, structural engineering, fire protection engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and the geospatial and control systems.
Anyone may access the instructions and information on the previous awardees but only USACE
activities may submit nominations. Do this by registering, and then logging on to the nomination
section of the site. After the nomination period concludes, a jury consisting of the leaders from
the appropriate Communities of Practice and additional qualified USACE peers will judge the
nominations based on the five evaluation factors outlined in the "Instructions" page and recommend
selections to the Chief of the Engineering and Construction for confirmation.
2021 Winners
| Architect of the Year | Douglas Kohns, MI (HNC) |
| Landscape Architect of the Year | Gary Harden, RLA (NWK) |
| Interior Designer of the Year | Heather Kimbrow, RID (SWF) |
| CAD/BIM Professional of the Year | Bryan Dirks, PE (MVS) |
| Structural Engineer of the Year | Christopher Strunk, P.E., S.E. (SWT) |
| Fire Protection Engineer of the Year | Vu Nguyen, FPE, PE (LRL) |
| Mechanical Engineer of the Year | Shawn Crossfield, PE (NAB) |
| Electrical Engineer of the Year | Marshall Miles, PE (NWK) |
| Geospatial Professional of the Year | Julie Vicars, GISP (MVK) |
| Control System Professional of the Year | James Walters III, RCDD, RTPM, CISSP (LRL) |
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