ACEC/MA Leaders Visit Greater Lowell Technical High School to Increase Awareness of Engineering, Land Surveying Careers

On May 28, 2025, representatives from ACEC/MA visited Greater Lowell Technical High School in Tyngsborough, MA to learn more about their engineering curriculum, tour their facilities, and give a presentation to students explaining what Land Surveying is and encouraging them to consider it as a career option.  Darren Hardy, PLS, Senior Vice President, and Matt Soucy, PLS, Senior Project Manager, both of WSP, provided their perspectives on the important work done by Land Surveyors and their personal experience in the field.  They also brought an aerial drone, underwater drone, and 3D laser scanner as examples of the equipment that surveyors use in their work.  Following the presentation, the students asked questions of our panel, who also included: Dawn Connelly, Senior Vice President at Green International Affiliates, Inc., a Lochner Company, and ACEC/MA President; Filomena Maybury, PE, Senior Vice President at WSP and ACEC/MA Vice President; David Langlais, PE, Vice President and Regional Business Manager at Hoyle Tanner and ACEC/MA Board Member; Dori Ross, PE, Senior Vice President of Client Services at Sanborn | Head & Associates, Inc. and ACEC/MA Board Member; Sudhir Suresh, PE, Director of Structural Design Services at AI Engineers; and Reed Brockman, PE, Vice President and Senior Structural Engineer at AECOM. This visit was part of ACEC/MA’s larger Work Force Development Initiative aimed at encouraging more students to pursue STEM careers, particularly in engineering, land surveying, and related fields.