2020 Issue

12 Congratulations UEC 2020 Award Nominees! ENGINEER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE Wade W. Bennion, P.E. ASHRAE • Wade Bennion has been providing engineering ser- vices for more than 43 years. Wade is VBFA’s chairman of the board and has been with the firm in various leadership roles since 2006. • Licensed professional engineer › Utah › Arizona › Washington • Professional Affiliations › Member, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) › Member, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) › Firm member, U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) • Utah Energy Champion, Innovation 2014. Awarded by the AEE (The Association of Energy Engineers, Utah Chapter) for Davis School District, Odyssey Elementary. “Wade is a man of impeccable honesty and integrity. He demonstrates professionalism in all of his dealings with cli- ents, with our employees, with our clients and contractors.” Jed Lyman with Wade W. Bennion Jed Lyman with John C. Metcalf, CSEP ENGINEER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE John C. Metcalf, CSEP INCOSE • Program manager, systems engineering support sub- contract. Program manager on a several-million-dollar subcontract, leading a small team of systems engi- neers who are evaluating preproduction engineering changes to the MM III Payload Transporter (PTR), a nuclear design certified semi-truck trailer. • B.S. Physics, Weber State University • M.S. Physics, University of Utah • Ph.D. student, Colorado State University • International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), member, December 2018-Present • Wasatch chapter, INCOSE ASEP/CSEP NGC study cohort lead, summer 2017 and 2018 • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) › Senior member › Utah section leadership council ◊ Treasurer, July 2019-Current ◊ Honors and Awards Officer, Aug 2018-Current ◊ Section Chair, June 2016-July 2018