July 26, 2023
On January 12, 2023, Dr. Michael D. Dukes, Ph.D., P.E., F.EWRI of the Florida Section was selected by ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute to receive the 2023 Royce J. Tipton Award for work contributing to improving irrigation efficiency. This award was created to recognize contributions to the advancement of irrigation and drainage engineering. The award is made to a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers or member of the Environmental & Water Resources Institute who has made a definitive contribution to the advancement of irrigation and drainage engineering management, these contributions being made either in the form of papers or other written presentations, or through notable performance, long years of service, or specific actions which have served to advance the science of irrigation and drainage engineering. This award was presented at the Society’s 2023 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress in Henderson, NV, May 21-24, 2023.
