HOUSTON, TX — Rebekkah Sandt, PE has been named one of Houston’s Young Engineers of the Year for 2020. Sandt and 16 others will receive the Young Engineer of The Year (YEOY) award during Houston Engineers Week at the 2020 Young Engineer of the Year Banquet Dinner held at Norris Conference Center.

Sandt is receiving the YEOY from the Texas Chapter of APWA, Southeast Branch. She currently serves as Secretary for the branch and has served as Assistant Secretary and participated as a member of the CIP Briefings Committee and Scholarship Committee. Sandt joined HR Green in 2015, supporting the wastewater public group in Houston as a Project Manager and Group Leader.

“Congratulations to Rebekkah," said Mike Halde, PE, Vice President and Wastewater Public Practice Leader. "It’s exciting and worthy that her dedication to the community, the industry, and the TPWA Southeast Branch has been recognized. We are very proud of her and honored to have her on our team.”

Sandt also helps to further STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) initiatives and co-chairs HeR Green, an outreach and retention group for women within HR Green.

“I am extremely honored to receive this award and be recognized by my colleagues," Sandt said. "I look forward to continuing my work with the team and the community."