Lucy Priddy, a research civil engineer with the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss., is the University of Mississippi’s Outstanding Young Alumni for 2013. A 2002 graduate, she will receive her award from the Ole Miss Alumni Association during a reception Oct. 25 in the Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom at The Inn at Ole Miss. Priddy is an active alumnus of the university, serving on the school of engineering’s advisory board from 2007-2012.
“I was very surprised when I received the phone call that I had been selected, as I was not aware I had been nominated,” said Priddy. “I consider myself very fortunate to be a graduate of Ole Miss. The faculty and staff at the School of Engineering saw the engineer in me and encouraged me to pursue my degree. The mentoring and opportunities provided to me during my time at Ole Miss led me to consider research as a profession, and to my employment at the ERDC.”
Priddy has served as principal investigator on various ERDC projects in the areas of airfield damage repair, airfield pavement evaluation and rapid airfield construction. She is the author of numerous publications in the fields of pavement rehabilitation, airfield damage repair and airfield evaluation. During 2010-2011, she served as a liaison officer to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.
Priddy obtained her master’s degree in 2005 from Mississippi State University. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
She is a member of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies and is active with the Vicksburg branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers, having served as secretary, president-elect, and president of the Vicksburg Branch, secretary of the Mississippi Section, and as a District 14 representative