Best Ethics Essay Civil and Environmental Engineering Best Ethics Essay The Department places a strong emphasis on educating future engineers on ethics and professionalism. In the required fall course CE 315 - The Civil and Environmental Engineering Profession, the primary assignment is an ethics essay paper. The topic is provided by the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) national organization for the annual Daniel W. Mead Contest, which was established and endowed in 1939 by past Society president Daniel W. Mead, Hon.M.ASCE. From all essays submitted in the course, the CEE Department selects the best paper from the class to submit to ASCE in the spring. We recognize the following students who have been selected as the best essay for the year in which they took the course. PSU CEE has been very successful in the national contest, and the awards are noted. Year Best Essay Author Title ASCE Award 2021-2022 Mads Ank Problem Solving of a Less Mathematical Sort 2020-2021 Lauren Shepard An Argument Against the Status Quo N/A Not ASCE Mead 2019-2020No Evan Snow A Healthy Professional Engineering Community is the Best Defense Against Corruption 2018-2019 Zac Foster The Value of Diversity 2017-2018 Katherine Keeling Leveraging Social Media for Public Service: An Ethical Imperative for Engineers 1st Place, PNW Regional 2016-2017 Lucina Selva To License or Not to License 2015-2016 Corina Overman The Ethics of an Engineer Abroad 2014-2015 Robert Kosowski Pointing the Finger: Who is Liable for Injury on a Construction Site? 2013-2014 Tyler Williams Worst-Case Scenario: the Civil Engineer's Ethical Responsibility to Prepare for Natural Disasters 4th Place, National 2012-2013 James Parker A Global Code 2010-2011 Chad Norvell Too Close for Comfort? the Report Card for America's Infrastructure in the Context of the Code of Ethics 4th Place, National 2005-2006 Benjamin Wiley Risk and Implementing Innovative Research Solutions 1st Place, National 2004-2005 Gita Dombrowski Ethical Considerations of Computer Modeling and Analysis in the Education of Structural Engineers 1st Place, Zone IV