{"id":1865,"date":"2017-04-12T19:02:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T19:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa-origin-www.parsons.com\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2017-08-01T19:03:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T19:03:24","slug":"parsons-kent-honored-as-2017-engineer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parsons.com\/2017\/04\/parsons-kent-honored-as-2017-engineer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsons\u2019 Kent Honored as 2017 Engineer of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1866\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/17-04-infrastructure-kent-engineeroftheyear.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PASADENA, CA (April 12, 2017)<\/strong> \u2013 Parsons is pleased to announce that Dr. Edward Kent has been awarded the Howard L. Searcy 2017 Engineer of the Year Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Palm Beach Branch for his contributions to the society, engineering profession, and ASCE. Dr. Kent was recognized at the Engineers in Government Night annual awards banquet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEd&#8217;s selfless and consistent mentorship is a testament to his innovative spirit, his profession, and his character.\u201d said Mike Johnson, Parsons Group President. \u201cWe are honored to have Ed as part of the Parsons team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kent joined ASCE in 1976 and has practiced water resources engineering in Florida for more than 20 years of his 35\u2011year career. He developed one of the nation\u2019s first private consulting teams specializing in 3\u2011dimensional flow modeling, also known as computational fluid dynamics (CFD). They used CFD to solve diverse and complex hydraulics problems encompassing contact time in potable water storage tanks, sewer system overflows, and pump hydraulics, and identifying optimal coastal hydrodynamics for raising mussels. This innovation has been applied to many projects, including an award-winning use of CFD to address scour at the Lake Okeechobee Structure 77 outlet to the Caloosahatchee River.<\/p>\n<p>He served as an adjunct professor for the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Maine, where he was a member of the doctoral advisory committee for a future CFD expert. Dr. Kent also served on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sea Grant committee to evaluate coastal engineering research projects with commercial applications.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kent has been active in his community throughout his career, including more than 20 years as a Rotarian and serving as the Club President in Concord, NH, and Palm Beach Gardens, FL. 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