InTrans / Sep 12, 2025
Alipour named Outstanding Civil Engineer by ASCE Iowa Section

Bridge Engineering Center (BEC) Structure and Infrastructure Engineer Alice Alipour earned the Outstanding Civil Engineer award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Iowa Section.
The award is given annually to an ASCE member or fellow of the Iowa Section who is judged to have contributed substantially to the status of the engineering profession by the following per the ASCE Iowa Section awards page:
- An established reputation for profession service, with exemplary professional conduct in a specific outstanding instance.
- Significant and lasting achievement in improving employment conditions under which civil engineers serve in public and private practice.
- Significant contribution toward improving the professional aspects of civil engineering education.
- Professional guidance of qualified young people who seek civil engineering as a career; and professional development of young civil engineers in the formative stage of their career.
- Other evidence of merit by which the candidate has advanced the Society’s objectives.
All award recipients were honored at the ASCE Iowa Section annual meeting held on September 4 in Ames.