July/August 2019

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Full-service engineering, architecture, and environmental science consulting firm Freese and Nichols has added Holly Ahumada, P.E., to its North Texas Storm Water Group. Ahumada previously worked on multiple watershed studies in Texas and Louisiana and has expertise in advanced 2D modeling for large-scale water resources projects. She holds a master’s degree in water resources engineering and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University and was named the 2018 Fort Worth Young Engineer of the Year by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers.

Donald Nims, P.E., was recently named Engineer of the Year by the Rochester Engineering Society. Nims is the principal and practice leader for the hydropower group in the Northeast Infrastructure Division for the national architecture, engineering, and planning firm Bergmann. Over his career, Nims has served in technical and leadership positions for infrastructure, construction, and restoration projects, including dams, highways, and bridges. Nims, a Clarkson University graduate, recently led a project to restore the historic Flight of Five locks on the Erie Canal.

Global civil and environmental engineering, architectural, and management consulting firm Greeley and Hansen has named Michael Hope, P.E., executive vice president of eastern operations. In this position, Hope will lead the firm’s eastern-based operating groups and serve as a member of the firm’s executive management team. Hope has served in numerous officer and committee roles during his career, such as on the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Advisory Committee and as president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers.

L. Robert “Larry” Smith, P.E., F.NSPE, has been elected to the National Board of Governors of the Order of the Engineer. For 25 years, Smith was president of Waterman Engineering Co., the oldest civil engineering and surveying firm in Rhode Island, before selling the company to practice as a forensic engineer on a part-time basis. Over his career, Smith has been heavily involved in promoting the profession, serving in almost every role within the Rhode Island Society of Professional Engineers, chairing the North Providence Building Board of Review, and volunteering on several NCEES exam committees. Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the City College of New York and a master’s from Brown University.

Jay Goldberg, Ph.D., P.E., has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. The clinical professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Healthcare Technologies Management program at Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin holds six patents for urological devices. Goldberg has worked in a variety of medical device research and development roles and leads the master’s program in Healthcare Technologies Management in Marquette’s Opus College of Engineering.

The Missouri University of Science and Technology has inducted Thomas Feger, P.E., into the Missouri S&T Academy of Civil Engineers, which recognizes outstanding alumni for professional success. Feger, from Springfield, Illinois, is a part-time special consultant for Hanson Professional Services Inc. He previously worked for the Illinois Power Co. as a utility engineer; the City of Springfield as a planning, construction, and sewer system engineer; and for Hanson as a senior civil engineer. Feger has been active in the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers and has held leadership positions at the American Public Works Association.