2009 PEGASUS Award
Nomination Form (Microsoft Word document)
Deadline: March 31
The Professional Engineers in Government is administering the annual PEGASUS Award program. The Professional Engineer in Government Achievement and Service in the United States Award recognizes the engineer who has made the most outstanding contribution to the advancement and practice of engineering. The PEGASUS award will honor a registered professional engineer employed by a state, regional, county, special district, or municipal government.
The PEGASUS awardee is selected by a panel of judges established by NSPE-PEG who will consider
- Civic/Humanitarian Activities
- Education (Formal and Continuing)
- Engineering Achievements
- Professional/Technical Society Activities
- Registration
The PEGASUS Award may be used (in full or part) to adopt a regional, state, or local government engineer of the year award program.
2009 Award Winner
Amy Horst Ruggeri, P.E., NSPE, is a native of Springfield, MO. Ruggeri graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri University of Science & Technology) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1990 and then earned Master of Science in Civil Engineering in 1991. Ruggeri has worked in various departments at City Utilities of Springfield, MO since graduation, and is currently a Plant Engineer at Southwest Power Station. She became licensed as a Registered Professional Engineer in MO in 1995, and is a Past-President of the Mid-MO Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Ozark Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE). Amy has been active on several local and state committees in MSPE.
