The Alfred Noble Prize is an award presented by the combined engineering societies of the United States, given each year to a person not over thirty-five for a paper published in one of the journals of the participating societies.

The prize was established in 1929 in honor of Alfred Noble, past President of the American Society of Civil Engineers

American Society of Civil Engineers

The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...

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It has no connection to the Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...

 established by Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He is the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments...

, with which this award is often confused due to the similarity of the names.

Recent recipients

• 1990 F. Barzegar-Jamshidi
• 1991 Kwai S. Chan
• 1993 Sharon L. Wood
• 1994 G. Scott Crowther
• 1995 Maria Q. Feng
• 1997 Hermann F. Spoerker
• 1998 Laura B. Parsons
• 2000 Evan Jannoulakis
• 2002 Kevin W. Cassel
• 2005 Christopher R. Clarkson
• 2006 Jeffrey S. Kroner
• 2007 Cynthia L. Dinwiddie
• 2008 Steven R. Meer and Craig H. Benson
• 2009 Ghim Ping Ong and Tien F. Fwa

External links

• American Society of Civil Engineers Alfred Noble Prize page