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Gordon Maskew Fair Award
The Gordon Maskew Fair Award honors one of the pioneers of environmental engineering. Dean Fair, in addition to his own exemplary career, spawned a living legacy during his lifetime -- those that he taught are now teaching us.
In establishing the Fair Award, the Academy sought to identify Board Certified Environmental Engineers and Board Certified Environmental Engineering Members who have contributed to the status of the environmental engineering profession by:- Exemplary professional conduct
- Recognized achievements in the practice of engineering
- Significant contributions to the control of the quality of the world's environment.
For the full list of eligibility criteria and information on how you can submit nominations for a worthy Environmental Engineer, click here.
2010 Gordon Maskew Fair Award Recipient: Rao Y. Surampalli, Ph.D, P.E, BCEE, F.AAAS, Dist.M.ASCE
Dr. Rao Y. Surampalli received M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering from Oklahoma State and Iowa State Universities, respectively. Rao is an Engineer Director with United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and has been with EPA for the past 25 years. Additionally, he is an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Engineering at six universities.
Dr. Surampalli is a Registered Professional Engineer in the branches of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and also a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) of the AAEE since 1985.
He has authored more than 450 technical publications and has traveled to many developing countries to share his Environmental Engineering expertise. He has provided technical assistance, facilitated technology transfer, and built technical capacity for numerous developed and developing nations including Brazil, India, Nepal, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Namibia, Kazakhstan, Panama, Germany, Slovenia, Hong Kong, Ghana, China and Korea.
Dr. Rao has received ASCE's National Government Civil Engineer of the Year Award in 2006, for applied research Rudolph Hering Medal in 2006 and 2008, State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award in 2007, Wesley Horner Medal in 2006, and WEF's Phlilip Morgan Award in 1986 and AAEE's Kappe Lecturer in 2009. A Distinguished Engineering Alumnus of both the Oklahoma State University and Iowa State University, Dr. Surampalli was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005, a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) in 2008, and a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2009.
Past Winners
2009 -- Thomas E. Wilson
2008 -- R. Tim Haug
2007 -- Jim F. Stahl
2006 -- Philip C. Singer
2005 -- Robert C. Marini
2004 -- Richard A. Conway
2003 -- Charles C. Johnson, Jr.
2002 -- Theodore M. Schad
2001 -- Cecil Lue-Hing
2000 -- Frederick G. Pohland
1999 -- W. Wesley Eckenfelder
1998 -- Gerald T. Orlob
1997 -- Paul H. Woodruff
1996 -- Raymond J. Loehr
1995 -- Walter J. Weber, Jr.
1994 -- Jerome B. Gilbert
1993 -- Charles A. Sorber
1992 -- William J. Carroll
1991 -- Paul L. Busch
1990 -- Walter E. Garrison
1989 -- John C. Geyer
1988 -- Henry L. Longest, II
1987 -- Robert A. Canham
1986 -- Joseph F. Lagnese, Jr.
1985 -- Vinton W. Bacon
1984 -- Joseph F. Malina, Jr.
1983 -- Arthur C. Stern
1982 -- Earnest F. Gloyna
1981 -- Gerard A. Rohlich
1980 -- William R. Gibbs
1979 -- Joseph C. Lawler
1978 -- Stanley E. Kappe
1977 -- Roy F. Weston
1976 -- Earnest Boyce
1975 -- Wesley E. Gilbertson
1974 -- Frank A. Butrico
1973 -- John H. Ludwig
1972 -- Daniel A. Okun
1971 -- James B. Coulter