From staff reports

Two employees at the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg have received top honors by the Mississippi Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Lucy Priddy is ASCE’s Young Engineer of the Year, while Jeb Tingle is Engineer of the Year.

The Young Engineer of the Year award recognizes an ASCE member 35 or younger who exhibits technical competence, improves attitudes about the engineering profession, contributes to public service outside the job and displays character and integrity.

Priddy is a research civil engineer who has been a principal investigator on projects, including airfield damage repair modernization, airfield evaluation and rapid airfield construction. She has authored publications on pavement maintenance management, airfield damage repair technologies, unsurfaced pavement evaluation and Army airfield evaluations.

Priddy received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Mississippi in 2002, and in 2005 a master’s from Mississippi State. A member of the Transportation Research Board, she received ERDC’s Award for Outstanding Team Effort in 2008 and, in 2007, the Award for Operation Support. She was selected as a New Face in Engineering by both the National Engineers Week Council and the ASCE. Priddy previously served as ASCE secretary and president of the Vicksburg branch, secretary of the Mississippi section and a representative for District 14.

The Engineer of the Year award recognizes an ASCE member who has been a civil engineer for at least 15 years, with five of those at the senior level. Tingle is a research engineer who specializes in chemical and mechanical stabilization, geosynthetic applications, airfield damage repair, dust control and semi-prepared pavements. His research has led to advancements that have established ERDC as the authority on chemical soil stabilization research and an industry leader in geosynthetic research, as well as the Department of Defense leader in airfield damage repair technology.

Tingle has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering from Mississippi State University and is finishing doctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a registered professional engineer and was honored with the ERDC Program Development Achievement Award, the ERDC Award for Excellence in Operation Support, the ERDC Award for Outstanding Team Effort, The Herbert D. Vogel Engineer Award and the Army Superior Civilian Service Award.

ASCE was created in 1852 and represents approximately 146,000 civil engineers across the country.