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The National Hydropower Association is pleased to announce that it has awarded the hydropower’s most prestigious achievement award to Selim Chacour, president of York-Pennsylvania-based American Hydro Corporation. The Dr. Kenneth Henwood Award for individual achievement recognizes Chacour’s leadership in the hydropower industry, both through his work in founding American Hydro and for developing cutting-edge computer technologies that have advanced and served the hydropower industry. NHA Presents Henwood Award to Award honors Chacour’s dedication, innovation, and
“Selim Chacour has made significant contributions to the hydropower industry during his more-than 40-year career, not only by pioneering computer technology for hydro turbine designs, but also through his executive leadership at Allis-Chalmers and American Hydro,” said Linda Church Ciocci, NHA’s executive director. “Chacour’s talents have contributed to the entire industry through his ingenuity to provide hydroelectric operators options for using new turbines that increase plant efficiency.” A licensed professional engineer who received his engineering degree from Cairo University, Chacour has dedicated his career to the design of thousands of hydropower turbines and managing hydropower manufacturing facilities. Chacour was the principle founder of American Hydro and has led it from a small entrepreneurial enterprise to one of the industry’s leading turbine manufacturers, employing 130 people. Last year Chacour was elected to the prestigious U.S. National Academy of Engineering. “We were pleased to select Selim Chacour for this award,” said Leslie Eden, a NHA past president and Henwood selection committee chair. “His work – from advancing turbine design to fostering a successful manufacturing company – embodies the dedication and forward-thinking that will help this industry meet the challenge of doubling its energy contribution in the next 20 years.” The Dr. Kenneth Henwood Award is the hydropower industry’s most prestigious individual achievement award. NHA established the award in 1990 in memory of Kenneth Henwood, an NHA board member, engineer, and developer who died while working on a project in California. Henwood winners must show persistence in the face of institutional obstacles, exhibit fair dealing and plain speaking, and depict an appreciation of the relationships between project engineering, the environment, and economics. “In honoring Selim Chacour with the Henwood award, the selection committee is recognizing an unsung hero of the hydropower industry. In fact, his engineering accomplishments will benefit not just the industry, but the millions of Americans who count on clean, affordable hydropower,” said Church Ciocci. “On behalf of NHA and the entire industry, I’d like to congratulate Selim Chacour on this award and thank him for his contributions.” --- American Hydro President Selim A. Chacour York, PA (March 16, 2009) - American Hydro is excited to announced that our president and principal founder Mr. Selim A. Chacour has been elected to the prestigious U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE). This honor recognizes a lifetime of engineering achievements involving creative mechanical and hydraulic design, the development of advanced computational computer codes and unparalleled leadership of two organizations to success in the American design and manufacture of hydraulic machinery. The National Academy of Engineering is an independent, nonprofit institution. Its members consist of the nation's premier engineers, who are elected by their peers for seminal contributions to engineering. The Academy provides leadership and guidance to government on the application of engineering resources to social, economic, and security problems. Established in 1964, NAE operates under the congressional charter granted to the National Academy of Sciences in 1863. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature, " and to the "Pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education." The total U.S. membership to the NAE is 2,246. Mr. Chacour's election to the Academy on February 6, 2009 was cited as: "Selim A. Chacour, president, American Hydro Corporation, York, PA. For pioneering three-dimensional finite element computations in mechanical and hydraulic design, leadership in hydroturbine research and development, and business stewardship." Click here for an overview for Mr. Chacour's career. |
Washington, D.C. (April 25, 2010) – The National Hydropower Association is pleased to announce that it has presented Selim Chacour, president of American Hydro Corporation, with the prestigious Dr. Kenneth Henwood Award for individual achievement. 