ILLINOIS GOVERNMENT ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

ILLINOIS GOVERNMENT ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

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 and if received by ISPE, they may also be considered by the ISPE Honors and Awards Committee for nomination to NSPE for consideration as NSPE Federal Engineer of the Year. ISPE will consider all ISPE member nominees for recognition as the ISPE Illinois Government Engineer of the Year, using the same criteria applicable for the NSPE Federal Engineer of the Year award.

Criteria/Method of Selection

The award criteria for selection of the ISPE Illinois Government Engineer of the Year (must be an ISPE member) will be the same as that used for the NSPE Federal Engineer of the Year Award. The criteria can be found on the NSPE web site at http://www.nspe.org/InterestGroups/PEG/Resources/AwardsAndScholarships/feya.html .

All Illinois state and local government agencies employing engineers are eligible to compete. Individual agency nominees must be presently engaged in the practice of engineering as an employee of the agency in either managerial or technical positions. Only licensed professional engineers (PE or EIT) who are an ISPE member are eligible for nomination as ISPE Illinois Government Engineer of the Year.

All nominations must be a typed original on the official form. Nominations must be submitted to ISPE for the ISPE award. The official form can be found on the NSPE web site at http://www.nspe.org/InterestGroups/PEG/Resources/AwardsAndScholarships/feya.html .

Each State and local government agency may submit one overall nomination or subordinate agencies may submit nominations individually provided they qualify under the prescribed eligibility. If subordinate agencies compete individually, all nominations must be processed through the appropriate awards office of the major parent-level agency and the major parent agency may not enter a separate nomination for the agency. If the agency wishes to enter a single nominee from among the candidates from subordinate agencies, the agency is responsible for the selection of its agency nominee.

The ISPE Illinois Government Engineer of the Year will be selected by the ISPE Honors and Awards Committee using the criteria below.

Education                                                           5 points   

Registered P .E.                                                5 points

Continuing Education                                    10 points

Professional/Technical Society Activities   10 points

NSPE Membership                                           5 points

Awards or Honors                                           10 points

Civic and Humanitarian Activities                 15 points

Engineering Achievements                           40 points

Total     100 points

The ISPE Illinois Government Engineer of the Year, if qualified and at the sole discretion of the ISPE Honors and Awards Committee, may be considered for the ISPE Federal Engineer of the Year Award.

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