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Awards The Orange County Engineer- San Diego Chapter of WTS. ing Council
OCEC named Also at Willdan, Supervisor Robert Bein, chairman and CEO
Engineer Erik Zandvliet was of Irvine, Calif.-based RBF Con- named Young
Engineer of the sulting, as its Engineer of the Year by the Southern
California Year for 2003. Some of the Section of the Institute of industry
veteran's notable proj- Transportation Engineers ITE , ects over 40 years
include the which recognizes individuals engineering design for the mas-
whose outstanding achieve- ter-planned communities of ments and
contributions have Irvine Ranch, Mission Viejo, served the traffic and
trans- and Coto de Caza, as well as the portation field. early design
phases of the Uni- versity of California, Irvine. Callie Ridolfi,
president of Seattle, The OCEC also honored Los Wash.-based Ridolfi,
Inc.,was Robert Bein Angeles-based Psomas with an named 2003 Engineer of
the Engineering Project Achieve- Year by ACEC/Washington. ment Award for
the Phase I Bal- success and has contributed to Ridolfi has spent the past
22 boa Village Improvement Proj- professional and technical soci- years
working on numerous ect for the city of Newport eties and to the
community. remediation and environmental Beach. In addition, Psomas
clean-up projects. Last year her received OCEC's Corporate Afsaneh Sunnie
House, senior firm was recognized with the Service Award for its overall
vice president and regional Seattle Mayor's Small Business contributions
to the engineering manager of Willdan's San Diego, of the Year Award for
its creative profession. Calif. office, was elected the 2002 National Vice
President of Drexel University the Women's Transportation changed the name
of Seminar WTS , a national its 12-year-old hon- organization dedicated to
excel- ors program to Pen- lence in public and private noni Honors Col-
transportation through the lege in honor of achievement of women.
distinguished alum- Recently, House also was nus C.R. Chuck named the
national organiza- Pennoni, who is tion's 2002 Member of the chairman and
chief Year. Willdan, a consulting executive officer of engineering firm
headquartered Philadelphia-based in Anaheim, Calif., has been Callie
Ridolfi honored as 2002 Employer of Pennoni Associates. the Year. Earlier
this year, simi- William Holder, a geo- lar honors were presented to
technical engineer House and Willdan by the use of financial resources,
strong with Terracon Inc., has business planning, human Balboa Village
been named 2003 resources practices, imaginative Young Engineer of
marketing, and participation in the Year by the the life of the community.
Idaho Society of Professional Engi- Martin/Alexiou/Bryson, a growing neers
ISPE . This North Carolina firm specializ- award annually rec- ing in
transportation planning ognizes an engineer, and traffic engineering, was
35 years old or recently named 2002 Employer younger, who has of the Year
by the North Car- Afsaneh Sunnie House achieved academic olina Women's
Transportation and professional Seminar WTS . l June 2003 ENGINEERING INC.
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