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Weston & Sampson Team Leader Recognized

Julie Eaton Ernst

Reading, MA – Weston & Sampson’s Julie Eaton Ernst, P.E. was recently named the 2022 Young Professional of the Year by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA).

As the firm’s resilience team leader, she has led several “first of their kind” projects including the City of Boston’s resilient design guidelines for public rights-of-way, the Resilient MA Action Team’s Climate Resilience Design Standards Tool, and the first climate resilience assessment performed for a MBTA rapid transit line.

She also supported the integration of climate adaptation strategies for the design and construction of the resilient Langone Park and Puopolo Playground on the waterfront in Boston’s North End, which received a 2022 Engineering Silver Excellence Award from ACEC/MA.

Eaton Ernst is also a contender for the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) National Young Professional of the Year award.