(Harrisburg, Pa.) Dawood Highway Engineer Danielle Derolf, PE, received American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) 2024 Young Member of the Year honors during the ASHE National Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Chad Decker, PE, PTOE, Vice President and Transportation Market Lead with Dawood
A licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania and Virginia, Derolf is also an integral part of Dawood’s municipal engineering team delivering solutions throughout the greater Harrisburg region. In 2023, she managed $400,000 in paving and American Disabilities Act (ADA) projects through construction and $2.1 million in roadway reconstruction, stormwater, and pedestrian safety efforts for the Borough of New Cumberland and Swatara Township, respectively.
Jim Rodgers, Chief Strategic Officer with Dawood
Danielle Derolf, PE, presented traffic calming conceptual design options to Carlisle Borough residents during project open house.
In a similar role, Derolf developed an innovative contraflow left turn-lane configuration at the PA 147 and SR 322 interchange and three alternative intersection designs at the SR 322 and US 11/15 interchange—both part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Clark’s Ferry Improvements/ Riverlands Safety Implementation Project in Dauphin County.
As ASHE Harrisburg Second Vice President, Derolf will chair the 2024/2025 scholarship committee. A past WTS Washington, D.C., board member and WTS Central Pennsylvania membership chair, Derolf also served on the ITE Mid-Colonial District conference planning committee.
Derolf has been involved with ITE since joining the student chapter at The Pennsylvania State University, where she attained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering. Additionally, she volunteers as an alumni interviewer for the Penn State Schreyer Honors College admissions office.
In her community, Derolf serves on the Elizabethtown Borough planning commission, applying her acumen to promote responsible development. As a Donegal High School STEM summit volunteer, she helped students understand math concepts.
About Dawood
Established in 1992, the Dawood family of companies plans, designs, and constructs sustainable environments throughout the U.S., features Government Finance Solutions, and develops real estate through Good Hope Ventures. We extend digital twin, surveying, geographic information systems, and building information modeling solutions internationally through ArchiTube, our wholly owned digital transformation company in Poland and the Middle East. Dawood delivers award-winning technology, planning, design, and predictive analytics to transportation, utility, energy, industrial, planning, economic and land development, environmental, municipal, movie and entertainment, real estate, and retail clients. Our workforce development, mentor-protégé, and community programs advance STEM, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
About ASHE
The American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) represents 160,000 civil engineers throughout private practice, industry, and academia dedicated to advancing the science and profession of civil engineering. ASHE’s Young Member of the Year Award recognizes young members under 35 who have made significant contributions to the highway industry and/or ASHE. The award is given annually during the ASHE National Conference.