Andrew Woodroof receives ACEC Young Professional of the Year Award
2018 Winners
Award winner, Andrew Woodroof, with DE CEO Kurt Evans
DE is so proud to announce that Senior Project Manager, Andrew Woodroof, P.E., was named one of five winners nationwide of the 2018 Young Professional of the Year Award. This week Andrew received the national award and recognition at the ACEC Fall Conference held in Las Vegas at the Bellagio.
The Young Professional of the Year Award strives to promote the accomplishments of young engineers by highlighting their engineering contributions and the resulting impact on society. The campaign is designed to enhance and improve the image of engineering by recognizing young, diverse and talented engineers, thereby portraying engineering as an exciting profession open to everyone.
Andrew, 32, joined DE as an intern, working his way up to Senior Project Manager. He has worked on projects such as St. Bernard Parish Drinking Water Infrastructure Improvements, Jefferson Parish Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Program Management, New Orleans Broadmoor Green Infrastructure and Drainage Upgrades, and Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority Levee Lifts. While working at the firm, he completed his master’s degree at LSU, the first graduate in the Coastal Engineering program. He is director of programs for the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute, was named the Outstanding Young Civil Engineer by ASCE New Orleans, and received ACEC/Louisiana’s Robby Cangelosi Award, which recognizes young engineers who contribute to the profession and their community.
DE is so proud of Andrew, his leadership and industry accomplishments, and his dedication to the engineering profession.