David Julian, Darton Riely-Gibbons, James Smith, James Appleyard and Dr. Wes Lauer

A team of four Civil and Environmental Engineering students won the first place prize at the national  American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Environmental Water Resources Institute (EWRI) student design competition.  Seniors James Appleyard, David Julian, Darton Riely-Gibbons and Jim Smith presented the results of their capstone design project at the 2011 EWRI World Water and Environmental Resources Congress in Palm Springs, California.

The project focused on developing a sustainable stormwater infrastructure masterplan for Seattle University, and was sponsored by both King County and Seattle University's Facilities and Maintenance Department.  The students also received technical support from their liaison engineer Robin Kirschbaum (HDR), CEE Advisory Board member and alumnus (BSCE '88) Michael Norton (Stantec) faculty advisor Dr. Wes Lauer and engineers from Seattle Public Utilities.

The annual EWRI Student Design competition is sponsored by Parsons Brinkerhoff, which provided funding for the students to attend the conference.  Special thanks to the Seattle Section of ASCE for providing additional funding for travel expenses.