AG DEPARTMENT HEAD EARNS AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS AWARD

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 5 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Suat Irmak, professor and head of Penn State's Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, received the prestigious Royce J. Tipton Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at the 2026 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, held April 26-29 in Mobile, Alabama.

The award - established in 1964 and one of ASCE's top honors - recognizes one society member a year for definitive contributions to the advancement of irrigation and drainage engineering management. This year, the award recognizes Irmak's contributions to the advancement of agricultural engineering and science, irrigation, dra...