Steven L. Brandau, P.E., of Cambridge, Ill., was recently awarded the 2014 Professional Engineer in Government Achievement and Service in the United States (PEGASUS) Award by the National Society of Professional Engineers and its Professional Engineers in Government group at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The PEGASUS award recognizes an engineer who has made outstanding contributions to the advancement and practice of engineering. The PEGASUS award honors a registered professional engineer employed by a state, regional, county, special district, or municipal government.

Barry E. Isett, P.E., PLS, F.NSPE of Perkiomenville, Pa., was recently awarded the 2014 Distinguished Service Award by the National Society of Professional Engineers at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

L. Robert “Larry” Smith, P.E., F.NSPE, received the National Society of Professional Engineers' most prestigious award for professional engineers at the recent 2014 annual meeting in Washington, D.C. He was recognized for the many contributions he has made to the engineering profession, for his work as a civil and forensic engineer, and the numerous volunteer leadership roles he has undertaken on behalf of NSPE and the engineering profession over the past four decades.

Nadir Yilmaz, Ph.D., P.E., was recently named the 2014 Young Engineer of the Year by the National Society of Professional Engineers at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

E. Terence Foster, Ph.D., P.E., F.NSPE, of Omaha, Neb., was recently awarded the 2014 Professional Engineers in Higher Education Engineering Education Excellence Award by PEHE and the National Society of Professional Engineers at the annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

The House of Delegates of the National Society of Professional Engineers recently approved a new strategic plan for the organization during its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The plan seeks to refocus the organization while remaining committed to the values set 80 years ago by Society Founder David Steinman, P.E.

The National Society of Professional Engineers urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to consider NSPE’s recently approved Position Statement 1771: FEMA Levee Certification. Specifically, NSPE respectfully requests that FEMA revise its levee certification program requirement to shift the responsibility and liability to the parties in the best position to assume that responsibility and liability – the levee boards, owners, and operators.

Leaders of America’s engineering, design, and construction industries— along with building owners and operators—for the first time have agreed to promote resilience in contemporary planning, engineering, building materials, design, construction, and operational techniques as the solution to making the nation’s aging infrastructure more safe and secure.

The National Society of Professional Engineers has named 22 professional engineers to its 2014 class of Fellow members. The Fellow membership grade honors those active NSPE members who have demonstrated exemplary and devoted service to their profession, the Society, and their community.

The National Society of Professional Engineers has urged Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) to reconsider his bill S. 496, the Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship (FUELS) Act. The FUELS Act would substantially weaken the current EPA Spill, Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule, placing the public and the farmers it seeks to protect at increased risk of devastating oil spills.