SOUTHFIELD – The Engineering

Society of Detroit acknowledged the engineers of tomorrow with awards June 24

during the annual ESD Annual Dinner.

Among the many awards ESD presented

at the event include the Outstanding Young Engineer award, the Outstanding

College Student award, and the Outstanding High School Student award.

The Outstanding Young

Engineer of the Year award is presented by an ESD awards committee to an

individual under age 35 for outstanding contributions to the benefit of the

engineering community. This year’s winner is Andrew J. Hermiz, PE, a structural

engineer with Harley Ellis Devereaux, a Southfield planning, design and

consulting firm.

Hermiz is a Detroit native

who attended Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, where he earned

both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering. He has been at

Harley Ellis Devereaux since 2012 as a structural engineer, with key roles in

projects such as Wayne State University’s new, $93 million biomedical research

building and the recently opened DMC Heart Hospital. He has also been a

professional adviser to the Oakland Schools, Michigan State University, and

Lawrence Technological University. He is an active member of the Structural

Engineers Association of Michigan and chairs its Young Members Group.

The college student awards

were presented to:

 LaMyra Stevenson, a student

in the bioengineering and mechanical engineering dual degree program at the

University of Michigan-Dearborn. She has won numerous academic awards and leads

outreach and tutoring efforts for younger students. Her community service

includes work at Gleaners Food Bank and Habitat for Humanity. She is currently

working in her second internship with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles as a

human-machine interface and ergonomics engineer.

David Zoltowski, a student in

electrical engineering at Michigan State University, where he was also two-time

captain of the MSU swimming and diving team. Zoltowski has been awarded a

Goldwater Scholarship, a Churchill Scholarship, and an NSF Graduate Research

Fellowship. Next year he will pursue a master’s degree at the University of

Cambridge in the

United Kingdom, and after

that plans to pursue a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie

Mellon University.

 The high school awards went to

the following outstanding students:

 Catherine Bartz of Oxford

High School. Bartz just graduated summa cum laude with a grade point of 4.122

and will be attending Kettering University to pursue a bachelor’s degree in

chemical engineering. Long term, she intends to pursue master’s and doctoral

degrees in chemical energy, and to pursue a career in alternative fuels and

energy research. She was president of her school’s National Honor Society

chapter, was class secretary and student council members, and served on several

other student organizations. She coordinated five blood drives for the American

Red Cross, attended Michigan Girls State and a National Youth Leadership

Seminar, and was active in community organizations like Homes for Heroes,

Habitat for Humanity, and more.

Matthew J. McAllister, Jr.,

of the Career Preparation Center and Cousino High School in Warren. McAllister

says he got hooked on engineering the moment he walked into a CAD classroom and

saw the possibilities. He said he never planned on pursuing engineering, but

now he’s planning on pursuing a career in computer-aided design, starting with

classes this fall at Lawrence Technological University.

The awards dinner will also

see the presentation of numerous ESD awards to Michigan’s best construction

projects, as well as awards to other working professional engineers and

scientists.

More at

http://ww2.esd.org/EVENTS/2015/2015-06-24-AnnualDinner.htm.