Awards

Nominations Open October Annually

Please support our Section by nominating a deserving Inland Empire Section member for the Distinguished Career Award or Engineer of Merit Award.  Nominations are open October annually and are normally due by November prior to the Annual Banquet.

A short paragraph describing the specific contributions of the member would be greatly appreciated.

Please send your nomination to [email protected] by November 15 or as otherwise instructed.

Student Scholarship

At the Annual Banquet, student scholarships are awarded to students who respond to the essay prompts provided by the TechEd Committee.  Prompts are prepared annually in the Fall and the due date is typically in November each year.  Contact a member of the TechEd Committee for additional information for annual student scholarship essay solicitations.

Engineers of Merit Criteria

The Engineer of Merit award is awarded to an individual who have substantially contributed to the status of the civil engineering profession by:

1. A distinguished career in any branch of civil engineering;
2. Distinguished service to the Inland Empire Section;
3. Exemplary professional conduct in a specific outstanding instance;
4. An established reputation for professional service;
5. Objective and lasting achievement in improving conditions under which professional engineers serve in public and private practice;
6. Significant contribution toward improvement of employment conditions among civil engineers;
7. Significant contributions toward improving the professional aspects of civil engineering education;
8. Professional guidance of qualified young persons who would seek civil engineering as a career; and professional development of young civil engineers in the formative stages of their careers; or
9. Other evidence of merit which, in the judgement of the award committee, shall have advanced the Society’s professional objectives; and
10. Who is a current member in-good-standing of ASCE.

Chronology of Engineer of Merit Award

Distinguished Career Awards

The award consists of a suitably inscribed and framed certificate presented to an individual who is judged to have had a distinguished career in any branch of civil engineering and contributed to the status of the civil engineering progression by:

1. Achieving a broadly recognized reputation for outstanding professional service and ethical conduct;
2. Objective and lasting achievement in public or private practice;
3. Significant contributions toward improving the professional aspects of civil engineering;
4. Professional guidance of qualified young persons who would seek civil engineering as a career; and mentoring of young civil engineers in the formative stages of their careers; or
5. Other evidence which, in the judgment of the award committee, demonstrates the unique, long-lived and preeminent qualifications of the candidate; and
6. Who is a current member in-·good-standing of ASCE, or has significant past history as a member with ASCE.
    

Chronology of Distinguished Career Award