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Jeffrey S. MacKay Named Young Engineer of the Year
Jeffrey S. MacKay, P.E., CPESC, has been named Young Engineer of the Year by the Central Pennsylvania Engineers Week Council. This annual award recognizes outstanding individuals in engineering and engineering-related or technical disciplines. The awards presentation will take place during the annual Engineers Week Banquet, to be held on Thursday, February 18, 2010.
Mr. MacKay is a principal of NTM Engineering. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Drexel University and holds professional engineering licenses in Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. Mr. MacKay’s professional background has included a combination of teaching, research, and providing engineering consulting services for a variety of projects.
In 2010, Mr. MacKay will be a seminar instructor at the national level of ASCE in Portland, OR, and San Francisco, CA. The two-day seminar, Low Impact Development (LID) Applications for Water Resource Management, will focus on the engineering and technical issues associated with the planning, engineering, construction, and effectiveness of LID.
Additionally, Mr. MacKay serves as the Linear Projects Subcommittee Team leader for the current statewide committee review of the existing DEP Stormwater BMP Manual. The committee was formed to review the manual and make recommendations for future changes/updates to it. The committee is made up of stormwater professionals in Pennsylvania.
Rachel L. Tereska Receives PSU Alumni Achievement Award
Rachel L. Tereska, P.E., has received an Alumni Achievement Award from The Pennsylvania State University. The Alumni Achievement Award recognizes outstanding career achievements among alumni 35 and younger. The award ceremony will be held April 9, 2010, at the University Park campus.
Ms. Tereska, a principal of NTM Engineering, earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and holds professional engineering licenses in Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania. Her consulting engineering experience includes hydrologic analyses, hydraulic design, and technical instruction.
Currently Ms. Tereska is leading the analysis of several two-dimensional (2-D) hydraulic modeling for complex stream and river environments. She is one of the few engineers in the state of Pennsylvania performing 2-D modeling, and NTM is one of the only firms to have developed 2-D models for PennDOT.
Ms. Tereska also serves as the project manager and one of the lead instructors for several of the H&H Professional Development Series courses that NTM Engineering developed for PennDOT’s Bureau of Design. This series involves the development of customized short courses related to H&H design and permitting of bridges and culverts for highway projects. Rachel is currently completing the development of the Advanced HEC-RAS and Scour Analysis Course, which will pilot in March 2010.
Lisa Beyer Joins NTM
Amanda Steigleman Joins NTM
NTM Relocates!
