2013 Issue

7 Henry Christiansen served as a professor at Brigham Young University from 1965 to 2011, and since retirement, now serves as Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental En- gineering. He has taught Engineering Mechanics — Statics, Mechanics of Materials, and Dynamics, Statically Indetermi- nate Structural Analysis, Elasticity, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Theory of Plates and Shells, Plasticity, Finite Ele- ment Analysis, Stiffness and Flexibility Methods of Structural Analysis, Non-Linear Structural Analysis, Aerospace Structural Analysis, Properties of Materials, Computer Graphics, Curves and Surfaces, Management Simulation and others. Henry served as Chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Director (and Founder) of the Engi- neering Computer Graphics Laboratory, and Supervisor (and Founder) of the Engineering Mechanics Instructional Laboratory. He has also served on many university and college committees. His research has been sponsored by the US Department of Defense, the US Naval Undersea Center, the US Office of Naval Research, and NASA Ames Research Laboratory, among others. Henry has extensive aerospace industrial experience, has served on several boards of industrial organizations, and has experience in industrial and governmen- tal consulting. He earned his BS in Mathematics from Utah State University, and both his MS and PhD in Engineering Mechanics from Stanford University. HenryChristiansen,Ph.D Nomineeof ASCE Nominees for UEC’s 2013 Engineer of the Year Award Jeff Roberts works in the transportation engineering industry. He has performed the roles of Utility Coordinator, Resident Engi- neer and Field Engineer in several projects including major urban arterial expansion and modifications. He has also served as lead designer in projects such as consolidating four entrances to two at Weber State University, and on the 7800 South Sewer project. Jeff earned his BS in Civil Engineering at the University of Utah and is a licensed professional engineer in Utah and Arizona. Jeff is an active member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), American Public Works Association (APWA) Standards Committee, UDOT Construction MOI Steering Committee, and the UDOT Standards Committee. Jeffrey Roberts Nomineeof ITE Dan Donahoe com- pleted a BS in Gen- eral Engineering and an MS in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign, an MBA at Santa Clara University and a PhD at the University of Maryland in College Park. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Arizona, California and Utah and a Certified Reliability Engi- neer. He worked for Lockheed Mis- siles and Space Company, Motorola Government Electronics Group, Ford Aerospace and Communica- tions Corporation, Teledyne CME, Compaq Computer Corporation, Iomega, Exponent Failure Analysis and now for a one-man engineer- ing consulting firm 1000 kilome- ters® (the distance from Salt Lake to Silicon Valley). Dan is currently serving as Vice Chair of the Utah ASME Section and is completing a term on the IEEE CPMT Board of Governors and over a decade as as- sociate editor for the related IEEE Transactions. Dan also serves as a volunteer on the Utah Data Center Consortia. Dan is an active member in ASME, ASHRAE, ASQ, IEEE, ECS, IMAPS, MRS, and SAE. Dan holds a number of granted patents related to electronics. He and Kaye have been married for 37 years with three children. Daniel Donahoe, Ph.D NomineeofASME A 16-year Reaveley employee, Jerod has been senior engineer, project manager, as- sociate and is now a firm principal and a member of Reaveley’s Board of Directors. With each of these roles he has both man- aged projects and led design teams. In his role as principal, Jerod continues to do all of this with the added responsibility of marketing, client relations and business development. He currently has five employees under his direct super- vision. Jerod is chairman of RE+A’s Concrete Committee, as well as the Firm Technical and Performance Based Design Specialist. In addition, he is an associate instructor at the University of Utah’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Jerod Johnson, Ph.D NomineeofSEAU CONGRATULATIONS | continued on page 8 Congratulations