When she moved to Wellington to start her career with Holmes, she joined the Engineering Without Borders’ Wellington chapter committee and later became its President. Her involvement with Engineers Without Borders began in Christchurch, where she was both Engagement Officer and Marketing and Communication Coordinator for the student chapter. Since her student days, Lauren’s volunteer work has made an impact on the profession and the wider community. The 2019 Engineering New Zealand Fulton-Downer Silver Medal is awarded to Lauren Croft. The Fulton-Downer Silver Medal is awarded by the President to an Emerging Professional member who demonstrating outstanding achievement. Ron has received the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services for science and engineering and in 2010 won the Engineering New Zealand Supreme Technical Award for Sustainability. Ron’s professional leadership is reflected in the various roles he has held in support of the professions’ advancement, including many years as a member of the Engineering Practice Advisory Committee, key roles within the NZ Society for Sustainability Engineering and the Sustainability Society, and as a member of the Engineering New Zealand Governing Board. His work includes consultancy services to the United Nations in sustainable development. Ron McDowall has more than 30 years’ experience as a consulting engineer and has spent more than 20 years teaching. In 2005 he received a University of Auckland Sustained Excellence in Teaching award. He was Head of the Department of Civil Engineering from 1994 to 1998, Acting Dean of the Engineering Faculty in 1997, and between 20 he was Associate Dean International in the Engineering Faculty. He has been employed by the University of Auckland since 1977 and has been Professor of Geotechnical Engineering since 1985. Since 2003, he has been a Visiting Professor to the European School for Advanced Studies in the Reduction of Seismic Risk, University of Pavia, Italy. In 2018, he was invited by the British Geotechnical Association to deliver the biennial geotechnical engineering lecture. He’s been the recipient of many awards: the Fulton Downer Gold Medal in 19 the Supreme Technical Award for Engineering Achievers – Building, Construction and Amenities in 2005 the Turner Award for Professional Commitment in 2006 the Rabone Award in 19 and the Structural Award in 19. He is a Life Member of the New Zealand Geotechnical Society and a Life Member of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. Michael Pender has been teaching and researching geotechnical engineering for more than 50 years. Arthur is an undisputed leader and role model and has shown unwavering and selfless commitment to the engineering profession. His expertise extends to regulations and liabilities affecting engineers, the development of standards, equitable contracts for engineers, practice management – basically all matters relating to contracts, liabilities and insurance. Arthur has given countless hours of service and guidance to Engineering New Zealand, ACENZ and the wider engineering community. For many people, Arthur has become synonymous with CEAS and unanimously respected for the advice he has freely given on contracts, insurance and liability. He served as ACENZ President from 1994-95 and as CEAS Chair for 12 years, only recently stepping down. Arthur joined the boards of both the Consulting Engineers Advancement Society (CEAS) and the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACENZ) in the late 1980s. While he’s had a long and distinguished career leading a successful engineering practice, it’s his inspirational leadership of the consulting engineering industry that sets him apart. See the photos from our 2019 Fellows' Dinner Distinguished Fellows Arthur ParkĪrthur Park has made an outstanding contribution to consulting engineering practice. Our new Fellows are: Andrew Delugar, Ann Williams, Annette Sweeney, Bruce McLean, Professor Bryony James, Dave Marriott, David Bouma, Dr David Whittaker, Don McKenzie, Dukessa Blackburn-Huettner, Gerard Rowe, Kaye Clark, Mark Hedley, Michael Kerr, Dr Nabin Pradhan, Peter Amos, Philip Boys, Rebecca Knott, Roger Fairclough, Russell Shaw, Scott Vaughan, Simon Hall and Sioban Hartwell.īecoming an Engineering New Zealand Fellow means you’ve made it to the top of the engineering profession and achieved outstanding results. The MacLean Citation was awarded to Paul Campbell. The President’s Silver medal went to Lauren Croft. The President’s Gold medal was awarded to Stephen Jenkins. Our new Distinguished Fellows, which is our top tier of membership, are Arthur Park, Michael Pender and Ron McDowall. The Fellowships, along with this year’s winners of the President’s medals and MacLean Citation were conferred in Wellington on Friday 29 March.
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