Faculty, staff and students of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering recognized graduating seniors, department award winners and retiring faculty members at the annual awards dinner held Friday evening, May 14 at the MIT Faculty Club. Department head Professor Andrew Whittle served as master of ceremonies. He thanked Professor Chiang Mei and Professor David Marks, who will retire in July, for their years of dedicated service to the department, and congratulated Professor Steven Lerman on his new position as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at George Washington University. After presenting graduating seniors with frames for their diplomas, Whittle announced the evening’s award winners. Read news story.