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2022 Engineer of the Year
Nominated by ASCE: DOUG SIMON, P.E.
Doug P. Simon, PE, serves a team of engineers and technicians as the Geotechnical Services Manager at HDL Engineering Consultants, LLC. His technical background includes a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Geological Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He spent the first part of his career kicking dirt in the Midwest before adventure brought him and his family to Alaska more than a decade ago.
Doug enjoys giving back through volunteering and mentoring. He has been an officer of the Anchorage Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a church council member. He currently serves as the Vice President of the Alaska Section of ASCE. He is also active as a Board Fellow for Northaven Senior Living and volunteers at the Food Bank. Doug has led the ASCE Anchorage Branch’s Community Engineering Corps activities for several years, working on projects such as designing a new playground for the Salvation Army’s McKinnell House.
Outside of work, Doug is a lifelong learner and is currently pursuing an MBA through the University of Washington. He also enjoys bow hunting, canoeing, and traveling with his family.
2023 Engineer of the Year Nominees
Nominated by SPE: JUSTIN CREMER, PE
Justin Cremer, PE, provides technical solutions for a wide range of oil and gas drilling design, commissioning, and operations. He has over 15 years of expertise in technical well design, operations and infrastructure support and is currently working at ConocoPhillips Alaska supporting the largest land rig in the world, drilling extended reach wells. His technical background spans from designing 36,000’ MD deep-water Gulf of Mexico High Temperature High Pressure wells to executing efficient development drilling in Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale.
Beyond well design and engineering, Justin oversaw the design of drilling infrastructure for the Willow project, which is projected to deliver $8 billion to $17 billion in new revenue for the federal government, the state of Alaska and Alaska Native communities. He is driving performance based well design changes for the Narwhal drilling campaign in the Alpine oil field reducing capital and increasing production in the pipeline.
Justin earned a BS in Civil Engineering from Boise State University and a ME in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He has worked in Idaho, Texas, Pennsylvania, South Korea, and has been living and working in Alaska for the last 4 years.
He enjoys giving back by supporting United Way, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Hilltop Ski Area and American Association of Drilling Engineers. His passion for outdoors and extra-curricular activities brought him to Alaska to raise his family.
Nominated by AMPP: DR. RAGHU SRINIVASAN, Ph.D.
Dr. Raghu Srinivasan, Ph.D. is an associate professor and Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering from Central Electrochemical Research Institute, India (one of the prestigious National Research Laboratory). He received his MS and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawaii in 2005 and 2010, respectively. He teaches Corrosion, Materials Science, and Manufacturing courses at UAA. His research interests are in the field of atmospheric and marine corrosion, materials characterization, and Oil and Gas Corrosion. He has secured more than $1.5 million from various funding sources like NASA, DoT PHMSA, ConocoPhillips, NACE Seed grant, etc. He established the Environmental Degradation Lab at UAA and installed atmospheric corrosion test sites across Alaska (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kodiak, and Port of Alaska). He also received a patent for this test rack design and won the Materials Performance innovation award twice (2019 and 2023). He has mentored several undergraduate and graduate researchers. For his exemplary research works, he was awarded the UAA’s Chancellor Award for Research in 2022.
He is an active member of the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) and currently serving as a delegate of the Alaska Chapter. Globally, he also serves as the vice-chair of the AMPP’s Research Program Committee.
He gives back to the community by offering a middle school corrosion camp in the summer as part of UAA’s Summer Engineering Academies. He enjoys trail biking in summer, watching cricket, and traveling.
Nominated by IEEE: ROBERT POSMA
Robert Posma is a principal electrical and fire protection engineer with facility, utility, and transportation designs throughout Alaska. His arctic experience translated to his work on the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and a new data center for the McMurdo Station, currently under construction to consolidate data centers across the Station with a micro-turbine for the facility’s base electrical and heat load. Robert was responsible for the Clear Space Force Station’s new radar complex’s security framework and integration with the Station’s security monitoring system and site electrical design.
Robert received his BS and ME in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After graduation, he joined RESPEC (formerly PDC Engineers), developing custom CAD applications in support of the electrical engineering designs. Robert’s contributions to the AutoCAD A/E industry have been recognized with a lifetime membership to the Alaska AutoCAD Users Group, and he has shared his experience by teaching customization classes at Charter College. Robert is actively involved with the IEEE Alaska Section as its treasurer, where he organized the 2021 and 2023 NEC and NESC safety classes, demonstrating his commitment to the engineering community’s education and safety.
Robert has served the Anchorage community as a little league and high school baseball and softball coach and president of Polar Little League. He has been a member, treasurer, and president of the Mountain View Lions Club since 1999 and organized their spring electronics recycling event since 2021. Robert currently serves as the second vice-district governor of Alaska’s District 49A Lions.