2018 Issue

16 ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Lisa Zundel UDOT, ITE The Utah Chapter of the Institute for Transportation En- gineers nominated Lisa Zundel, a Project Manager at the Utah Department of Transportation as Utah Engineer of the Year for the year 2018. Lisa’s notable projects include Project Director of I-15 SB 12300 South to SR-201, a $180M design-build project to widen 14 miles of southbound I-15 and a segment of 7200 South and replace two railroad structures. Joint Project Manager (UDOT, UTA, Wasatch Front Regional Council, & Mountainland Association of Governments) for the Wasatch Front Central Corridor. Project Manager to study Melbourne’s approach to pre- vent congestion by continuously monitoring traffic flows and controlling access to the freeway with state-of-the-art ramp metering equipment. Joint Project Manager (UDOT and UTA) for an Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Study to improve integration of systems and data. Project Manager for 10600 South Interchange Improvements to help alleviate congestion in the area near the 10600 South interchange with I-15. Brian Warner presents the nominee plaque to Lisa Zundel Matthew Roblez ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Matthew Roblez McNeil Engineering, ACEC The Utah Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers nominated Matthew Roblez of McNeil Engineering as Utah Engineer of the Year for the year 2018. Matthew started in the engineering community working as a print boy at the age of 13 for Buehner Concrete, a local precast concrete company. He worked there and learned the inner workings of a professional engineering office for nearly 7 years. Only two years after graduation, he obtained his license. He is the only 3-time ASCE Utah Section president. Matthew was the precast specialty structural engineer on the Salt Lake City Library. He recently worked on the Kauai Green Energy Project which required coordination with fabricators and engineers in Poland and Germany. He is co-author of the Council of American Structural Engineers National Practice Guidelines for Specialty Structural Engineers. Matthew Roblez is one of four owners of McNeil Engineering in Sandy, Utah. He is also part owner of The Voice of Champi- ons Radio Network and a part owner of Destiny Wrestling Association. He performs as “The MK Bandit” in many professional wrestling shows across the country. He enjoys producing, editing and directing professional wrestling television shows across the country.