Dayton Engineer

Senior civil engineering major Bradley Hashbarger has recently been recognized as the American Society of Engineering Education Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration 2023 Intern of the Year award winner.

Hashbarger, from St. Louis, Missouri, completed his co-op with Kimley-Horn in the summer of 2023.

Growing up with an interest in building and sketching models, civil engineering combined his interests and desire for growing his critical thinking and analytical skills – and his co-op allowed him to put this to the test.

“I first heard about Kimley-Horn when they presented their company in my third-year professional development seminar,” Hashbarger said. “Following their presentation, I scheduled an interview with them the following day.”

At Kimley-Horn, Hashbarger gained experience designing site proposals and exhibits for public and private projects, site analysis, using AutoCAD Civil 3D software and building his teamwork skills.

“By the end of the summer, I produced sheet sets for a variety of commercial, residential and transportation developments for organizations including Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Wawa Inc. and the U.S. Department of Transportation,” Hashbarger said.

He was nominated for the award by the School of Engineering’s Co-op and Internship Office.

“Finding that I had been selected as the 2023 Intern of the Year right after my last final exam, I found confidence in the impact and meaning of the work I had done as well as my potential work in the future,” Hashbarger said.

As graduation nears this spring, Hashbarger hopes to continue learning in graduate school and then eventually work as a Professional Engineer along the East Coast, specifically in response to natural disasters as a structural engineer.