Engineering Education Excellence Award
Call for Nominations
Deadline: March 31
Download: Nomination form (Microsoft Word document).
The Sustaining Universities Program of the Professional Engineers in Higher Education of the National Society of Professional Engineers has established an award to recognize engineering educators each year.
This national award recognizes engineering faculty who have demonstrated the ability to link engineering education with professional practice. The recipients must be licensed and have a tenure-track faculty appointment in an ABET-accredited engineering program.
The recipients of the award will be recognized on the NSPE Web site and will receive a cash prize of $5,000.
The Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology has implemented new criteria and processes for accreditation of engineering education known as EC-2000. The programs that receive accreditation under EC-2000 must demonstrate they have better prepared graduates to become practicing engineers. The Engineering Education Excellence Award has been developed to be supportive of EC-2000 and will recognize faculty members who are working to introduce students to professional practice.
A minority of engineering educators are licensed. PEHE believes that engineering educators should possess the professional designation. To date, a handful of states have enacted legislation to require engineering faculty to become licensed. By instituting this award program, PEHE affirms support of this requirement and will continue to promote and recognize professional licensure among engineering educators.
