CHICAGO – The American Institute of Steel Construction is now accepting nominations for the prestigious T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award, which includes a $15,000 cash prize.
Nominations are due July 1, 2025.
Presented annually by AISC, the award recognizes a lecturer-author whose technical paper(s) are considered an outstanding contribution to engineering literature on fabricated structural steel. The Higgins lecturer will deliver a keynote at the 2026 NASCC: The Steel Conference, April 22-24, in Atlanta, and will also present their lecture, upon request, at various professional association events throughout the year.
Nominations should be emailed to AISC’s Martin Downs at downs@aisc.org. Or, if you’d prefer to mail your nomination, contact Martin for mailing information. Nominations must include the following information:
- Name and affiliation of the individual nominated (past winners are not eligible to be nominated again)
- Title of the paper(s) for which the individual is nominated, including publication citation
- If the paper has multiple authors, identify the principal author.
- Reasons for nomination
- A copy of the paper(s), as well as any published discussion
The author must be a permanent resident of the U.S. and available to fulfill the commitments of the award. The paper(s) must have been published in a professional journal between January 1, 2020, and January 1, 2025. In addition, the winner is required to attend and present at the 2026 Steel Conference and also give a minimum of six presentations of their lecture on selected occasions during the year.
The award will be given to a nominated individual based on their reputation as a lecturer and the jury’s evaluation of the paper(s) named in the nomination. Papers will be judged for originality, clarity of presentation, contribution to engineering knowledge, future significance, and value to the fabricated structural steel industry.
The current T.R. Higgins Lecturer is Ronnie Medlock, who received the award for his contributions to the FHWA Bridge Welding Reference Manual, as well as for his outstanding reputation as an engineer and lecturer. If your organization is interested in hosting a T.R. Higgins lecture, please contact Christina Harber, AISC’s director of education, at harber@aisc.org.
The award is named for Theodore R. Higgins, former AISC director of engineering and research, who was widely acclaimed for his many contributions to the advancement of engineering technology related to fabricated structural steel. The award honors Higgins for his innovative engineering, timely technical papers, and distinguished lectures.
For more information contact:
Dani Friedland
Director of Marketing Communications
773.636.8535
About the American Institute of Steel Construction
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), a not-for-profit technical institute supported by the steel industry, partners with the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) community to develop safe and efficient steel specifications and codes while driving innovation to make steel the most sustainable, economic, and resilient structural material. For more than a century, AISC has been a reliable resource for information and advice on the design and construction of domestically fabricated structural steel buildings and bridges.
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