These awards are intended to recognize the transportation accomplishments completed in the State of Michigan and the people who have done the work. In addition, these awards are aligned with ITE’s national awards so that it is easy for applicants to submit the same application for section and district/national level awards with minimal additional effort. ITE Michigan encourages applicants to also submit an application for district/national recognition at: http://www.ite.org/awards/
Here are the awards:
- President’s Award – This award is designed to recognize a member who has made an outstanding contribution to the practice of traffic or transportation engineering.
- Transportation Achievement Award – This award is designed to recognize excellence in the advancement of transportation to meet human needs, by entities concerned with transportation such as governmental agencies, legislative bodies, consulting firms, industry, and other organizations
- Young Member of the Year Award – This award is designed to recognize members under the age of 35 who have already made an impact on the profession, have demonstrated the ability to lead the next generation, and have implemented innovative techniques to solve transportation problems
To apply, download the awards brochure by clicking here.
All application materials shall be submitted electronically by PDF to itemichigan@gmail.com by April 1st, 2021. Each application shall consist of a single PDF file. If you have questions, please contact the ITE Michigan Award Committee Chair: Hailey Savola, HSavola@rowepsc.com or itemichigan@gmail.com.
2022 Award Winners
President’s Award
Gary Piotrowicz, PE, PTOE
Transportation Achievement Award for Planning
Macomb County Department of Roads & AECOM
Transportation Achievement Award for Operations
Macomb County Department of Roads & AECOM
Young Member of the Year Award
Stephan Maxe, PE
2021 Award Winners
$3,000 Student Scholarship winners:
- Baraah Qawasmeh – Western Michigan University
- Austin Detweiler – Michigan State University
- Skylar Callis – Michigan Technical University
- Sara Dancy – Michigan Technical University
For more about our 2021 winners click here.
President’s Award
Tim Haasgma (Kent County Road Commission)
Transportation Achievement
Circling Greenwood – City of Jackson (HRC)
Young Member of the Year Award
Ellen Nightingale (MDOT)
2020 Award Winners
$3,000 Student Scholarship winners:
- Corrina Kostrzewa – Michigan Tech
- Nischal Gupta – Michigan State University
- Anshu Bamney – Michigan State University
- MD Shakir Mahmud – Michigan State University
President’s Award
Paul Shumejko (City of Rochester Hills)
Transportation Achievement
Cellular Communications, RCOC (Ahamd Jawad)
Young Member of the Year Award
Hailey Savola (HRC)
2019 Award Winners
President’s Award
Kevin McCarthy (City of Farmington Hills)
Transportation Achievement
Gateway Treatment (MDOT / Western Michigan University)
Young Member of the Year Award
Adam McArthur (WSP)
2018 Award Winners
President’s Award
Chris Zull, PE (City of Grand Rapids)
Transportation Achievement
Realize Cedar (Delhi Charter Township / HRC)
Young Member of the Year Award
Dani Booms, PE (HNTB)
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2017 Award Winners
President’s Award
Martin Ray Parker, Jr., PE (Wade Trim)
Transportation Achievement
Fred Meijer Standale Trail Pedestrian Tunnel at M-45 (City of Walker/Prein&Newhof)
Young Member of the Year Award
Joyce Yassin (Opus International)
ITE Section Awards
Michigan Section- Outstanding Section Award 2020
Joyce Yassin, of the Great Lakes District and Michigan ITE Section has received the Rising Star Program Award at the Joint ITE/CITE 2017 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, held July 30–August 2, in Toronto, ON, Canada. The press release is available for viewing here: 2017 ITE Award Press Release – Joyce Yassin
In addition to Joyce, the Macomb County Department of Roads received the Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSM&O) Council Best Project Achievement Award. The press release is available for viewing here: 2017 ITE Award Press Release -Macomb County Department of Roads