YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

This award recognizes young NSPE members who have made outstanding contributions to the engineering profession and their communities during the early years of their careers. The ISPE Young Engineer selected will be considered for nomination to NSPE for the NSPE Young Engineer of the Year Award.

Criteria/Method of Selection:

Any licensed professional engineer (PE or EI) who is a NSPE member in good standing, and who is 34 years of age or younger as of January 1 on the year preceding the NSPE award year is eligible for nomination. Nominations either are to be submitted by an ISPE chapter or must contain an endorsement from an ISPE chapter. Only one submission per chapter will be accepted by ISPE.

ISPE uses only the nomination criteria and format prescribed by NSPE. Other forms of submission will not be considered by the ISPE Honors and Awards Committee. The prescribed format is available by going to http://www.nspe.org/resources/documents/ye/youngengineeroftheyear.doc.

The ISPE Honors and Awards Committee makes the selection of the recipient based on the following criteria:

Educational and Collegiate Achievements             12%

Professional Society Activities                                   15 %

Technical Society Activities                                         12%

Civic and Humanitarian Activities                              12%

Continuing Competence                                             12%

Engineering Achievements                                         25%

Professional Experience                                             12%

Total     100%

ISPE Nomination Forma:

•    Nominations must be made on the NSPE Nomination Form which can be found at http://www.nspe.org/resources/documents/ye/youngengineeroftheyear.doc

•    Using the NSPE Nomination Checklist (also found at http://www.nspe.org/resources/documents/ye/youngengineeroftheyear.doc ), attach the following as the basis for nomination of the candidate, using a separate page for each lettered section.

A)   Educational and Collegiate Achievements

Include undergraduate and advanced degrees (give date, major, institution, and GPA for each), honorary societies (give society and office held), scholastic awards, organizations (give name of organization and office held), and other activities)

B)   Professional Society Activities (national, state and chapter levels)

List offices held, committee assignments, and awards at each level

C)   Technical Society Activities
List offices held and committee assignments

D)   Civic and Humanitarian Activities

List offices held and committee assignments

E)   Continuing Competence

List graduate studies (give course and date), short courses and seminars, and papers published (give article, journal, and date)

F)   Engineering Achievements

Include current position (title, company, or institution), responsibilities (number of subordinates, annual budget), accountability (position, function, nature of challenge), patents applied for and awards

G)   Professional Experience

Include dates of employment, employer/location, description of duties

H)   Press Statement

500-word statement outlining the candidate's achievements, which is suitable to be used for a press release

•    The form must be signed and dated by the candidate.

•    Additional copies and photographs are not required for the ISPE Honor Awards Committee, but will be required if the nominee is selected for forwarding to NSPE.

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