Engineer of the year nominees.

• Author: Coullahan, Patrick
• Position: SPECIAL SECTION: Architects & Engineers

Every year nominees from local engineering professional societies are recognized and considered for the Alaska Engineer of the Year Award. These nominees are judged by representatives from each of the respective societies based on five main areas of consideration:

* Significant engineering contributions and experience

* Publications and professional presentations

* Active participation in professional organizations

* Other service to the professional community

* Service to the wider community

These areas highlight the values of the engineering profession to underscore the promotion of health, safety, and welfare of the general public through good design, by sharing knowledge, and by service to the profession and the community. Alaskan engineers make a world of difference. As last year's Alaska Engineer of the Year, it gives me great pleasure to introduce you to these nominees and have you join us in the celebration of the 2015 Alaska Engineer of the Year nominees and the professional societies they represent!

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Patrick J Kemp, PE

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Alaska Section

The Alaska Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers nominated Patrick "Pat" J. Kemp, PE, M.ASCE, for the 2015 Engineer of the Year. Kemp began his engineering career as a college student in the 1970s and became an engineer with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) where he served in a succession of increasingly responsible engineering positions in construction and design. In 1993, Kemp was promoted to the Southeast Region Preconstruction Engineer position and served in that role until his retirement in 2007. Following retirement from the ADOT&PF, Kemp worked as an engineer for FHWA Alaska Region and also operated his own engineering consulting business in Southeast Alaska. Kemp is the first executive in ADOT&PF history that had risen through the ranks to become Commissioner. From the time of his appointment to Deputy Commissioner, Kemp molded the three Regions, the International Airports, the Alaska Marine Highway, and the Headquarters units of ADOT&PF into one highly functional and complementary organization. Kemp's mantra, imprinted on all ADOT&PF employees, was that we are all "one DOT." In 2012, Kemp was appointed Commissioner and led ADOT&PF to obligate over $1.5 billion in federally funded high way, aviation, and marine construction projects to improve transportation throughout the State of Alaska, complemented by over $100 million in state funded transportation improvements.

ASCE represents more than 150,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation's oldest engineering society.

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Mark Langberg, PE, LEED AP

Alaska Society of Professional Engineers

(ASPE) Anchorage Chapter

Mark Langberg, PE, LEED AP, is a principal mechanical engineer with AMC Engineers and has thirty years of Alaska engineering, project management, construction management, and commissioning experience. He earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical...