The selection is based on demonstrated scholastic achievement, service to other students, and leadership qualities. An award is given to a first year graduate student in water resources and environmental engineering. The student is selected by the faculty from the area of environmental engineering and sciences. The selection is based on demonstrated scholastic achievement, service to other students, and leadership qualities. Awards are presented to the winners at the annual CSEE reception for graduating seniors in May of each year.
Students receive an award certificate and a share of the income from the endowment.
The award is given in honor of Prof. Emeritus Sherwood P. Prawel, one of the founders of the Department of Civil Engineering and past recipient of SUNY Chancellors Award for Outstanding Teaching and Professor Prawel, is author of three textbooks and numerous articles in structural engineering and engineering computations. The award is given to an outstanding student who reached superior achievements in courses in the structural engineering track. The student is selected by a committee of three faculty from the area of structural engineering. The selection is based on academic achievements and on the student contribution to the structural engineering community. Student may be a junior or senior undergraduate in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.