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MET Section Awards
The MET section proudly presents yearly awards to it's members in six distinguished categories. Awards are presented yearly at the January Past President's meeting. See below for past year's winners.
Ivor S. Wisepart Transportation Engineer of the Year Award
Description of Award
2023 Marsha Anderson Bomar
2022 Amir Rizavi
2021 Michael Diculescu
2020 Shakil Ahmed
2019 Einah Reza M. Pelaez
2018 Adam Allen
2017 Paula Flores
2016 Naim Rasheed
2015 Jose Rivera
2014 Ray DiBiase
2013 Gordon Meth
2012 Michael Marsico
2011 Armando Lepore
2010 Patricia Ott
2009 Herb Levinson
2008 Michael Salatti
2007 Bob Brackman
2006 Andy Saracena
2005 Lynn A. LaMunyon
2004 Mayer Horn
2003 Mark Kulewicz
2002 Joseph Pecora
2001 Michael O'Rourke
2000 Henry Ney
1999 Walter Dunn
1998 Paul Streb
1997 Al Bauer
1996 Thomas Soyk
1995 Eva Lerner-Lam
1994 Elizabeth Theofan
1993 Richard King
1992 William McShane
1991 Paul Eng-Wong
1990 Clarence Nelson
1989 Bernie Adler
1988 Samuel Schwartz
1987 Alan Gonseth
1986 Walter Kraft
1985 Richard Strickland
1984 Ivor Wisepart
1983 Leon Goodman
1982 Louis Pignataro
1981 Warren Travers
1980 David W. Gwynn
1979 Samuel Hochstein
1978 Arthur Freed
Einah Reza M. Pelaez Young Professional Award
Description of Award
2023 Hasnain Ali Syed
2022 Anthony Mariani
2021 Daniel Quiroga
2020 Farukh Ijaz
2019 Andy Kaplan
2018 Keith Hall
2017 Tra Vu
2016 Adam Allen
2015 Grace Van Kirk
2014 Warren Michelsen
2013 Bill McMenamin
2012 Tommy Kwong
2011 Amir Rizavi
2010 Michael Flynn
2009 Michael Diculescu
Project of the Year Award
Description of Award
2020 Traffic Signals Oversight and Management - Automated Signal Performance Measures & Big Data Dashboards, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
2019 Goethals Bridge All Electronic Tolling (AET), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
2018 Freight NYC, VHB
2017 The Greater East Midtown Rezoning EIS, VHB
2016 World Trade Center Transportation Hub, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
2015 Replacement of Bronx River Parkway Bridges (at Crane Road), Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation
2014 Lincoln Tunnel Helix Rehabilitation, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
2013 Meadowlands Adaptive Signal System for Traffic Reduction, NJ Meadowlands Commission
2012 Tappan Zee Bridge EIS, AKRF
Leon Goodman Distinguished Member Award
Description of Award
2023 Paul Eng-Wong
2022 Bernard Adler
2021 Mayer Horn
2020 Armando Lepore
2019 Linda A. Mosch
2018 John Sarna
2017 Andy Saracena
2016 John Miller
2015 Walter Kraft
2014 Marv Gersten
2013 Gerard Soffian
2012 Theodore Elrich
2011 Mel Wasserman
2010 David Mendelson
2009 No Recipient
2008 Leon Goodman
2007 No Recipient
2006 Ken Kellaher
2005 Joan Cornell
2004 Walter Gardiner
2003 Robert Parisi
2002 William Feldman
2001 No Recipient
2000 Clarence Nelson
1999 Bob Olmsted
1998 No Recipient
1997 No Recipient
1996 Ed Conover
1995 James Riddem
1994 No Recipient
1993 Alan Gonseth
1992 Paul Streb
1991 No Recipient
1990 No Recipient
1989 No Recipient
1988 Richard Strickland and Jack Artale
1987 No Recipient
1986 Warren Quimby
1985 William McGrath
1984 John Cade
1983 Anthony Galioto and Francis Sullivan
1982 Robert Nolan
1981 Louis Bender and Herbert Klar
Louis J. Pignataro Memorial Transportation Engineering Education Award
Description of Award
2023 - Haggai Davis, New York University Tandon School of Engineering
2022 - Jose Holguín-Veras, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2021 - Abdelrahman Ismael, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2020 - Sarah M. Kaufman, New York University Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management
2019 - Jingqin Gao, New York University Tandon School of Engineering
2018 - Ashley Hyde, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)
2017 - Diego Correa Barahona , New York University Tandon School of Engineering
2016 - Dr. Tom Brennan, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)
2015 - Alexandra Gore, New York University Tandon School of Engineering
2014 - Dr. Elena Shenk Prassas, New York University Tandon School of Engineering
2013 - Anthony Mariani, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)
2012 - Professor Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University
2011 - Patricia K. DiJoseph, Graduate Engineering Student, New Jersey Institute of Technology
2010 - Dr. Floyd Lapp, Adjunct Professor of Planning, Columbia University/Executive Director of the Southwestern Connecticut Regional Planning Agency (SWRPA)
2009 - Tra Vu, Transportation Engineer, Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.
2008 - Dr. Maria P. Boile, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Rutgers University
2007 - Andrew G. Kaplan, Undergraduate Engineering Student, Stevens Institute
2006 - Branislav V. Dimitrijevic, Graduate Engineering Student, New Jersey Institute of Technology
2005 - Dr. Claire E. McKnight, Professor of Civil Engineering, City College of New York
2004 - Michail Golias, Graduate Engineering Student, Rutgers University
Transportation Advancement Award
Description of Award
2023 Mary K. Murphy
2022 Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti
2021 Janet Cox
2020 Diannae C. Ehler
2019 Ernest Athanailos
2018 No Recipient
2017 Cordell Schachter
2016 Rich Marsanico
2015 Sal Cowan
2014 Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim
2013 Edward Bolden
2012 John Fruin
2011 Barbara McCann
2010 Mayor Michael Bloomberg
2009 Howard Bolt
2008 Claudia Knezek
2007 Janette Sadik-Khan
2006 Honorable Governor Jon S. Corzine
2005 Timothy J. Gilchrist
2004 Assemblyman John Wisniewski
2003 Owen Johnson
2002 Peter Tully
2001 No Recipient
2000 George Meade
1999 Mitch Pally
1998 John Voglio
1997 Joan Cornell
1996 Joe Orth
1995 Steve Coleman
1994 Peter Tufo
1993 Alan F. Kiepper
1992 Robert Roe
1991 Daniel Patrick Moynihan
1990 Guy Baehr
1989 Walter Rand
1988 Norman J. Levy
1987 James J. Howard
1986 Alfred Del Vecchio
1985 John Sheridan
1984 Emil Porfido
1983 Anthony Ameruso
1982 William Hennessey
1981 F. X. Herbert
1980 John Caemerer
1979 Louis Gambaccini
1978 Francis McCormick