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Reasons to Join | Accomplishments
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Who We Are
What We Do
Commitment
to Excellence
Engineer's Creed
Awards and
Honors
The Illinois Society of Professional Engineers is committed to being
the premier Society representing your professional license in the state
of Illinois.
The Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE), established in
1886, is a professional association representing the interests of over
2,500 engineer members from all fields of practice. Headquartered in Springfield,
ISPE includes among its membership licensed professional engineers, licensed
structural engineers, licensed land surveyors, engineer interns, graduate
engineers, and engineering students.
ISPE is a state society member of the National Society of Professional
Engineers, and consists of 21 chapters throughout the State of Illinois.
ISPE is governed by a Board of Directors made up of an elected Executive
Committee and Representatives appointed from each Chapter.
In addition to the main Society, ISPE’s affiliate organizations
include the ISPE Foundation, a not-for-profit
organization that provides scholarships to engineering students and
funds the state MATHCOUNTS
competition for junior high students, and the ISPE
PAC, a registered
political action committee supporting Illinois candidates for elected
office.
At ISPE we strive to improve your professional life as a professional
engineer.
- We provide our membership with a voice as professional
engineers and represent your professional license before state government.
- We provide services and resources to enhance your career in professional
engineering.
- We promote the public welfare, adhering to the highest ethical standards.
- We promote the engineering profession with youth by working closely
with Illinois engineering schools to promote academic achievement
and licensing.
ISPE is an organization that stands for the highest standards of honesty,
integrity and ethical conduct, impartiality, fairness and equity, and
a dedication to promoting public health, safety, and welfare.
Engineer's Creed
As a Professional Engineer, I dedicate my professional knowledge and skill to the advancement and betterment of human welfare.
I Pledge:
To give the utmost of performance;
To participate in none but honest enterprise;
To live and work according to the laws of man and the highest standards of professional
conduct;
To place service before profit, the honor and standing of the profession before personal
advantage, and the public welfare above all other considerations.
In humility and with need for Divine Guidance, I make this pledge.
Awards
& Honors
The Illinois Society of Professional Engineers proudly honors
distinguished members, firms, and friends of professional engineers each
year through a series of honors and awards. ISPE Chapters offer nominations
each Spring, with the award recipients recognized each year at the July
Annual Conference.
To print nominating forms, click on the name of the award below.
Nominations
are due to the ISPE State Society Office by March 1st of each year. Qualifying winners of Illinois awards are forwarded to NSPE for consideration by January 1st of the following year.
Order of the Engineer Nomination Request.
ISPE HONOR AWARDS
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| Illinois Award |
ISPE’s highest award given to an individual by the Illinois
Society. Presented to an engineering who has made outstanding
contributions to the engineering profession, the public welfare, and/or
humankind. Must be a PE. Will be considered for nomination
to NSPE for the NSPE Award.
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| Young Engineer of the Year
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Recognizes young members who have made outstanding contributions
to their profession and/or community. Must be less than 34 years of
age as of January 1 on the year preceding the NSPE Award year.
Must be a PE or EI. The ISPE Young Engineer selected will be
considered for nomination for the NSPE Young Engineer of the Year
Award.
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| Distinguished
Service Award |
Recognizes ISPE members for their exceptional technical
contributions to the engineering profession, their contributions to
their communities, and to ISPE. Will be considered for nomination
for the NSPE Distinguished Service Award.
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ISPE AWARDS
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| Honorary Membership |
Presented to a person has attained eminence in the engineering profession
or related sciences, or who has rendered outstanding service to the
engineering profession.
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| Joint Honors Award |
Recognizes persons for outstanding cooperation between ISPE and
other professional or civic organizations. Need not be an ISPE member.
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| Outstanding Chapter
Member |
Recognizes an ISPE chapter member for outstanding services to their
individual chapter. |
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Professional Engineering
Management Award |
Recognizes a person in a management capacity, supervising engineers.
All areas of practice are eligible. Must be a PE. |
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| Private Practice Professional
Development Award |
Presented to the nominated engineering firm that has made outstanding
contributions to the advancement and improvement of the engineering
profession through its employment policies and practices. The
ISPE firm selected will be considered for nomination for the NSPE
Private Practice Professional Development Award.
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| ISPE Federal Engineer of the
Year Award |
This honor is to be awarded to an ISPE member engineer employed
by a federal agency that employs at least 50 engineers worldwide.
Candidates are nominated by their employing federal agency and also
will be forwarded by ISPE to NSPE.
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| Illinois Government Engineer
of the Year |
This honor is to be awarded to an engineer employed by any state
or local governmental agency that employs engineers. Candidates
are nominated by their employing agency. If employed by a federal
agency, the recipient may also be forwarded by ISPE to NSPE for the
Federal Engineer of the Year Award.
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| ISPE Engineering in Education
Excellence Award |
This award recognizes engineering faculty who have demonstrated
that ability to link engineering education with professional practice.
The recipients must be licensed, ISPE members, and have a tenure-track
faculty appointment in an ABET-EAC accredited engineering program.
This award recognizes mid-career individuals who are 45 years or younger
in age at the deadline for submission of the award. Candidates
may be nominated by any ISPE chapter or the ISPE Executive Committee
and the nominations may be forwarded to NSPE.
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| Mentor of the Year Award |
This award is given yearly to the one member of ISPE who best exemplifies
the ideal image of a mentor. The award may be given to an individual
who has established a record of consistent outreach toward individuals
in the engineering field, including engineering professionals and
students, over a number of years. This award can also be received
by an individual who has contributed to support or develop mentoring
programs within their company or in the engineering community.
The ISPE Mentor of the Year will be considered for nomination for
the NSPE Mentor of the Year Award.
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| Order of the Engineer |
While not strictly an "award", ISPE serves as Link 122 in the Order of the Engineer, which allows it to induct engineers into the Order of the Engineer and to conduct Ring Ceremonies. |
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NSPE AWARD AND HONORS PROGRAM
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| NSPE Fellow Grade |
The NSPE Board of Directors established the Fellow recognition program
in the 1999-2000 fiscal year to honor those active NSPE members who
have demonstrated exemplary service to the profession, the Society,
and the community. Illinois may nominate up to 5 individuals
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NSPE Honor
Awards
NSPE Awards Program
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