The Bureau of Reclamation's 2008 Engineer of the Year, David Palumbo, was accustomed today alternating with added Federal and Reclamation engineers for their contributions to Reclamation and the engineering profession this accomplished year during the Federal Engineer of the Year awards celebration in Washington, D.C.
(Vocus/PRWEB ) February 20, 2009 -- The Bureau of Reclamation's 2008 Engineer of the Year, David Palumbo, was accustomed today alternating with added Federal and Reclamation engineers for their contributions to Reclamation and the engineering profession this accomplished year during the Federal Engineer of the Year awards celebration in Washington, D.C.
David Palumbo
For added than 100 years, Reclamation engineers accept acclimated their talents to advice accommodate baptize accumulator and accumulation systems, electric ability bearing and accumulation networks, and ecology and added accessories throughout the West to serve the Western states and the American public Their ability and ability has brought all-embracing acclaim to Reclamation for its engineering achievements. David's professionalism is a superb affirmation of the above of Reclamation's engineering staff, and sets a top accepted for all Reclamation advisers to emulate "For added than 100 years, Reclamation engineers accept acclimated their talents to advice accommodate baptize accumulator and accumulation systems, electric ability bearing and accumulation networks, and ecology and added accessories throughout the West to serve the Western states and the American public," said Acting Commissioner of Reclamation J. William McDonald. "Their ability and ability has brought all-embracing acclaim to Reclamation for its engineering achievements."
In 2008, Reclamation engineers provided their ability to advice apparatus dam assurance modifications at Folsom Dam in Calif., to advance alternatives to abate the impacts quagga and adjudicator mussels are accepting in western waters, and to added the compassionate of the abeyant impacts of altitude change on western river basins.
Palumbo was called as Reclamation's 2008 Engineer of the Year in acceptance of his outstanding achievements while confined as the Deputy Regional Engineer for Reclamation's Lower Colorado Region. Among his added accomplishments, Palumbo served as the Project Manager for the Drop 2 Storage Reservoir Storage Project. This unique, top afterimage project, which is accepting complete by Reclamation with funds beat by three borough baptize agencies, will conserve an estimated 70,000 acre-feet of Colorado River baptize a year to advice abode the botheration of aridity in the lower Colorado River Basin. While managing this project, Palumbo was aswell complex in the development of Reclamation's activity administration standards.
"David's professionalism is a superb affirmation of the above of Reclamation's engineering staff, and sets a top accepted for all Reclamation advisers to emulate," added McDonald.
Palumbo was called Regional Engineer for the Lower Colorado Region in September 2008. He abutting Reclamation in 2005 as a activity administrator afterwards several years alive for clandestine engineering and architecture accompanying firms in Nevada and New York. He holds a bachelor's amount in noncombatant and ecology engineering from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a Master's amount in noncombatant engineering and engineering mechanics from Columbia University, and bachelors and Masters Degrees in English Literature. Palumbo resides in Boulder City with his wife Laura and three children.
Reclamation's Engineer of the Year is called from nominees above Reclamation. He was one of 23 engineers nominated for the Federal Engineer of the Year Award.
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