Building Science Holds 2015 Awards Banquet

The McWhorter School of Building Science held its Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in the Auburn University Student Center.

Many thanks to this year’s banquet sponsors: Alabama AGC; Brasfield & Gorrie General Contractors; Evergreen Construction; Fite Building Company Inc.; Hoar Construction; Holder Construction; Linbeck Group LLC; M.J. Harris Construction Services; and Robins & Morton

Congratulations to this year’s winners!

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Faculty Awards

Faculty Excellence Teaching Award: Mike Hosey
For outstanding dedication and continued commitment to providing the opportunity for undergraduate students to pursue excellence through participating in student competitions (Commercial Construction Team 1st place in Regionals) and service projects

Faculty Excellence Teaching Award: Paul Holley

For outstanding dedication and continued commitment to providing the opportunity for undergraduate students to pursue excellence through participating in domestic and international competition teams (First time we had competed in Birmingham, England and they won)

Faculty Excellence Teaching Award: Darren Olsen

For outstanding dedication and continued commitment to providing the opportunity for undergraduate students to pursue excellence through participating in student competitions (1st Place design build – regional) and service projects

Faculty Excellence Teaching Award: Ben Farrow

For outstanding dedication and continued commitment to providing the opportunity for undergraduate students to pursue excellence through participating in domestic and international competition teams (joint team from Auburn & BCU won the region 5 international design build competition in Dallas)

Faculty Excellence Teaching Award: J. Mark Taylor

For outstanding dedication and continued commitment to providing international learning opportunities for students through his leadership of the schools summer study abroad program, student exchange, and in providing the opportunity for undergraduate students to pursue excellence through participating in competition teams

Faculty Excellence Teaching Award: Mark Tatum

For outstanding dedication and continued commitment to providing international learning opportunities for students through his leadership of the schools summer study abroad program and in providing the opportunity for undergraduate students to pursue excellence through participating in competition teams

Outstanding Graduate Faculty: Scott Kramer

For his dedication, mentoring, and continued commitment to exhibit strong leadership qualities and excellence in innovative teaching performance. The graduate students in the building construction master’s program have selected him to receive the honor of being recognized as the outstanding teacher in the graduate program.

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Sigma Lambda Chi-Iota Chapter Ethics Award Winners

Project Controls Three: Luke Moser

Thesis Co-Winner: Nick Funck

Thesis Co-Winner: Stephan Jackson

Co-Op: Jaron Bennett

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McWhorter Book Awards

BSCI Freshman Book Award: Peter Sullivan

BSCI Sophomore Book Award: Erin Allee

BSCI Junior Book Award: Nolan Strom

BSCI Senior Book Award: Brandon Dykes

Outstanding Senior: Kelley O’Reilly

Outstanding Army Corps of Engineers Graduate Student: Jessica Napier

Outstanding Master of Building Construction Student: Alexandra Romigh

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Scholarship Recipients

Atlanta Building Science Alumni Scholarship

Travis Bruce

Bailey Harris Construction Company Presidential Endowed Scholarship

James Johnson

Batson Cook Annual Scholarship

Martin Briggs

BE&K, Inc. (KBR) Endowed Scholarship

John David Salter

Benjamin H. Craig, Jr. Endowed Scholarship

Hannah Redifer

Brasfield and Gorrie, Inc. Annual Scholarship

John Slayton

Brock Family Endowed Scholarship

Zachary Carden

Building Science General Scholarship

Zachary Adams

Blake Orum

CADC/BSCI Minority Scholarship

DeNard Stringer

Clement Group, LLC Endowed Scholarship

Judson Smith

Comer Foundation Annual Scholarship

Gary Durbin

Kennedy May

Comer Foundation Freshman Annual Scholarship

Christopher Rand

DPR Hardin Construction Annual Scholarship

John Carter

Gary R. Dent ’70 Endowed Scholarship

Kyle Keaton

Gerdau Ameristeel Annual Scholarship

Lucile Hutchinson

Maddox Wise

Golden & Associates Construction, LLC Annual Scholarship

Taylor Yancey

Gray Construction Annual Scholarship

Justin Stockdale

B. L. Harbert International Inc. Annual Scholarship

Erin Allee

Holder Construction Annual Scholarship

Richard King

Brandon O’Donnell

Imogene Powell/National Association of Women in construction Annual Scholarship

Lucile Hutchinson

Jack & Laura Fite Endowed Scholarship

Garrison Banks

James Matthew Mitchell Endowed Scholarship

Jacob Carrico

Nicholas O’Connor

James Robert Dugan, Jr. Endowed Scholarship

Forrest Bryant

John F. & Emily Straussberger, Jr. Endowed Scholarship

Martin Briggs

Kay Family Endowed Scholarship

Jack Bjork

Linbeck Construction Corporation Annual Scholarship

Zachary Martin

Marshall J. Conner ’40 Endowed Scholarship

Tucker Helms

M. J. Harris Construction Services Annual Scholarship

McKelvy Douthit

Martin & Cobey Scholarship for Fred Martin, Jr. Endowed Scholarship

Nicholas Chaplow

Montgomery Chapter of Construction Specifications Institute Endowed Scholarship in Building Science

Gary Durbin

Paul C. H. Brandt Annual Scholarship

Richard Spiker

R. K. Redding Construction, Inc. Endowed Scholarship

Ted Hobbs

R. N. Hoar Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Megan Chesnut

Richard A. & Barbara M. Price Endowed Scholarship

Justin Stockdale

Robins & Morton Corporation Annual Scholarship

Mitchell Smith

Sigma Lambda Chi

Sarah Phillips

Stone Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship

William DeAugustino

Jason McCay

Timothy Self Endowed Scholarship

Hannah Bartel

Walton Stone Endowed Scholarship

William Jackson Fite

Wesley Scott Bilbo Legacy Endowed Scholarship

Forrest Bryant

Western Construction Endowed Scholarship

Aaron Thomas

William A. Hunt ’55 Endowed Scholarship

Brandon Dykes

Nolan Strom

William P. Caddell, Jr. ‘58/Building Specialties Company Endowed Scholarship

Tom Rush

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External Scholarships

AGC Education and Research Foundation

Turner Construction Company Scholarship

Erin Allee

Andrew Blair Walton Memorial Scholarship

Mitchell Smith

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Endowed Professorships

Atlanta BSCI Alumni Professorship: Scott Kramer

Bob Aderholdt Professorship: Anoop Sattineni

Wilborn Professorship for Emerging Scholars: Salman Azhar

Wilborn Professorship for Senior Faculty: Paul Holley

Hunt Professorship: Ben Farrow