recognition for exemplary contributions to the profession . In addition to serving as class advisor for the Future Leaders Institute Class of 2015 , Pulse has many years of active involvement as a member and on the ACEC Wisconsin Board of Directors .
Engineer Earns Award
Tristan Hickman , a traffic engineer in Ayres ’ Waukesha office , is recipient of this year ’ s Ken Voigt Younger Member Award . The award , sponsored and funded by Institute of Transportation Engineers Wisconsin Section , recognizes achievement by ITE members younger than 35 . As part of the process , nominees write a paper about a transportation- or trafficrelated project they were involved with . Hickman ’ s paper centered on a traffic engineering study for the City of Wauwatosa , Wisconsin . Hickman ’ s paper has been published in the Wisconsin Section Newsletter and the October 2015 edition of the ITE Journal , a national publication .
Alumni Award Given
Dave Pantzlaff , structural engineering manager in Ayres ’ Eau Claire office , earned an Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Wisconsin- Platteville ’ s EMS Alumni Chapter this fall . Outstanding Alumni awards are presented annually at the College of Engineering , Mathematics and Science Graduating Senior and Alumni Recognition Dinner . The awards are intended to recognize alumni who have demonstrated excellence in professional and / or humanitarian endeavors . Pantzlaff , who earned his bachelor ’ s degree in civil engineering from UW-Platteville in 1972 , joined Ayres in 1978 as a project engineer . In 1990 , he began managing the bridge operation , and the group has become the largest in Wisconsin dedicated to bridge design for local governments .
Promotions Announced
Effective January 4 , Ayres Associates ’ geospatial division will have two new managers in place . Jason Ingram will lead the land survey group , and Jason Krueger will become aerial mapping group manager .
Ingram , survey supervisor , joined Ayres in 1999 . His responsibilities include leading survey crews for construction and design surveying on highway and bridge projects . He is a professional surveyor and mapper , professional land surveyor , and holds a bachelor ’ s degree in land surveying from Michigan Technological University .
Krueger , who is a geospatial project manager , has been with Ayres since 2007 and came to the company with a decade of experience in mapping and GIS . He has worked as a technician and as a project manager for a broad range of mapping and land information services for the public and private sectors . His specialties include light detection and ranging ( LiDAR ) and photogrammetry project design , flight planning , and customized spatial data services . He is a certified photogrammetrist and holds a bachelor ’ s degree in geography from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point .
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