Awards & Scholarships
Scholarships
Billings Engineers Club (BEC) raises funds for and awards scholarships each spring to students in south-central Montana. This scholarship is reserved for graduating seniors intending to study a discipline of engineering, engineering technology or related field at an accredited college or university. The amount awarded will depend on availability of funds and will be paid to the student upon verification of enrollment; however, recent scholarships have generally been ~$1,000-2,000 each. Between 2002 and 2020, BEC has awarded an astounding $138,000 in higher education scholarships!
Area high school seniors interested in pursuing engineering are encouraged to apply. The deadline for 2020 submissions is to have applications postmarked no later than March 30, 2020.
BEC 2019 Scholarship Winners
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Congratulations to the 2019 scholarship recipients students. $10,000 in scholarships was given away at the 2019 Scholarship Awards Event, thanks to our generous sponsors.
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Awards
The Billings Engineers Club annually gives out the following awards in recognition of Engineering Excellence:
Distinguished Service Award - This award was established to recognize distinguished engineers for their exceptional technical contributions to the engineering profession and their contributions to their communities.
Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year - The Billings Engineer's Club presents this award to a young engineer who has made outstanding contributions to the engineering profession and the community during the early years of their career.
Project of the Year - The Billings Engineer's Club presents this award in recognition of a firm that exhibits outstanding achievement using innovation in engineering design. The definitions of innovation, for the purposes of this award, include projects of a scale larger than a Montana firm would normally achieve, designs which are the first of their kind from a Montana firm, projects with a difficult or tight time line, projects that involve a substantial coordination effort, projects deploying new or innovative construction techniques or practices, and designs employing new design technology in modeling or computer-assisted design tools.
This award provides one of the greatest honors any company could have, the recognition of excellence by ones peers.
2019 Award Winners
PROJECT OF THE YEAR
City County Drain Mitigation
DOWL
Distinguished Service Award
Ron Roodell, DOWL
Young Engineer of the Year
Brittany Huntsberger, HDR
Awards
Past Service Awards
| Year | Young Engineer | Distinguished Service | |||
| 2018 | Joshua Robbins | Wade Irion | |||
| 2017 | Tim Keinetz | Michael Sanderson | |||
| 2016 | Tyrel Clark | Carl Anderson | |||
| 2015 | Tyler Westrope | Randy Crellin | |||
| 2014 | Erin Claunch | Dan Munson | |||
| 2013 | Doug Enderson | Dave Mosser | |||
| 2012 | Thaddeus Lesnik | Daniel Donovan | |||
| 2011 | Jill Cook | Rick Leuthold | |||
| 2010 | Jared Harris | Craig Canfield | |||
| 2009 | D.J. Clark | John Shoff | |||
| 2008 | Shoots Veis | Gene Wasia | |||
| 2007 | Dave Maehl | H. Terry Smith | |||
| 2006 | Carl Jackson | Bruce Barrett | |||
| 2005 | Danielle Reagor | Bob Marvin | |||
| 2004 | Keith Phillips | Richard McComish | |||
| 2003 | Cristy Hoferer | Kent Brewer | |||
| 2002 | Crystal Kuntz | Steven Shelton | |||
| 2001 | Sara Sanderson | Larry O'Dell | |||
| 2000 | Michael Sanderson | Ed Weber | |||
| 1999 | Matt Mettler | Gary Simonich | |||
| 1998 | Bill Barnhart | Ron Billstein | |||
| 1997 | Patricia Walsh | John Stewart | |||
| 1996 | Dan Munson | Dan Farmer | |||
| 1995 | Tony Banovich | Mike Keene | |||
| 1994 | Craig Canfield | Ken Haag | |||
| 1993 | Rick Leuthold | Art Barz | |||
| 1992 | David Charles | Dave Hummel | |||
| 1991 | Kurt Corey | John Woodmansey | |||
| 1990 | Corrine Mountjoy | Joel Long | |||
| 1989 | Steven Shelton | Bob Sanderson | |||
| 1988 | Richard McComish | John L. Hansen | |||
| 1987 | Jim Fels | Coy Rowland | |||
| 1986 | Randy Sullivan | Jim Verzuh | |||
| 1985 | Dana Cowger | William Hart | |||
| 1984 | John Pool | Stan Hedrick | |||
| 1983 | Kurt Baltrusch | James B. Spring | |||
| 1982 | Leon Howe | Roy Prussing | |||
| 1981 | Mike Keene | H.S. "Sonny" Hanson | |||
| 1980 | Bill Gibbs | Malcolm Long | |||
| 1979 | Al Stilley | Al Kersich | |||
| 1978 | John Stewart | Ben Hurlbut | |||
| 1977 | Gerald Gaston | Harry Schmitt | |||
| 1976 | Warrant Satterlee | Eugene Padanyiguylas | |||
| 1975 | Bill Oakey | George Kirk | |||
| 1974 | Dave Hummel | Max Stevens | |||
| 1973 | Ken Haag | Dave McCullough | |||
| 1972 | Bob Sanderson | L.T. Christian | |||
| 1971 | Richard Lee | Tom Dolan | |||
| 1970 | Larry O'Dell | Clyde McCarty | |||
| 1969 | Larry Larson | Barry Nolan | |||
| 1968 | Richard Nisbet | Fred B. Liquin | |||
| 1967 | Al Kersich | Ed Waldo | |||
| 1966 | Frank Barchardt |
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