Scott D. Reed

Scott D. Reed
Scott D. Reed (BS 99)
Civil/Environmental Engineer
Black & Veatch Corporation

CEEAA Young Alumni Achievement Award, 2011

For technical expertise in wastewater collection, treatment and biosolids management, including presentations at regional and national conferences.

Biography

Reed graduated from the University of Illinois in May 1999, and through the tip of an Illinois CEE professor, secured an engineering position the following month at Black & Veatch in Cincinnati, Ohio, Reed’s hometown. Since that time, Reed’s professional development at Black & Veatch has been centered on wastewater treatment, with a concentration in biosolids management and energy recovery. He has led design teams for notable wastewater treatment plant projects in Toronto and Cincinnati. On these teams, he helped design facilities to reduce water content in biosolids and promote sustainable incineration, which uses the inherent energy in biosolids for combustion, significantly reducing solids volume and thus minimizing its impact on landfill storage.

Reed enjoys volunteering as a counselor for a terrific youth group who are fascinated with the notion of actually working with “biosolids.” He especially enjoys the rewarding company of his 2- and 4-year old sons, whom he is carefully preparing for the U of I. Perhaps next year they will be ready to accompany him to his thirteenth homecoming in a row since sporting the Illinois cap and gown. I-L-L …