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Education Awards
Engineering & Surveying Education Awards
- An abstract (maximum one page PDF)
- A project description (maximum seven pages PDF) organized as follows:
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- Project description
- Collaboration of faculty, students, and licensed professional engineers
- Protection of health, safety, and/or welfare of the public
- Multidiscipline and/or allied profession participation
- Knowledge or skills gained
- A visual representation of the project that summarizes the submission should be submitted electronically. The display board must be in a jpg, tif, eps file (minimum 300 dpi) or a PDF file (high-quality print). The display board may include text and/or graphics, but the university name and location and the names of the participants should not be identified in any of these elements.
Competition schedule
Projects must be in progress by March 14, 2024
Projects due May 1, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Grand prize: $25,000
Seven awards: $10,000 each
- Were licensed professional engineers (P.E.s) involved?
- How did the students, faculty, and P.E.s interact?
- What did the students learn through the collaboration that would not have been learned in the classroom?
- Did the project include aspects that affect the health, safety, and/or welfare of the public?
- How was public protection addressed?
- Which project features raised students’ awareness about the impact of engineering decisions?
- Did the project highlight how engineering can help solve problems faced by communities nationally or worldwide?
- Did the project foster student self-reliance, cooperation, or responsibility?
- Was more than one engineering discipline involved? (for example, mechanical and electrical engineering)
- Did the project include other professions? (for example, architecture or accounting)
- Was more than one branch of a particular engineering discipline involved? (for example, two branches of civil engineering, such as geotechnical and transportation)
- What engineering and other non-technical knowledge/skills did the students gain?
- How were the knowledge/skills gained important to professional practice?
- Did the project include consideration of professional practice concepts such as project management, ethics, contracts, or law?
- Was the display board a useful, engaging supplement to the project description?
- Were the abstract and project description well written and easy to understand?
- Were the pertinent facts included?
- Did the abstract effectively summarize the project description?
- Professional engineers mentoring students on a design project
- Students participating in activities of an engineering firm
- Students, professional engineers, and faculty collaborating on a project with other engineering disciplines or other professions
- Students and professional engineers collaborating on a community service project
- Professional engineers working with faculty on the design and/or delivery of academic courses or seminars
- 4 NCEES members, 1 per NCEES zone
- 4 academic representatives, 1 per NCEES zone
- Up to 4 representatives from a variety of engineering associations
Marquette University wins 2023 NCEES Engineering Education Award
Congratulations to the Opus College of Engineering on winning the 2023 NCEES Engineering Education Award grand prize. The department received the $25,000 award for its submission, Water Distribution System El Tesoro, Guatemala.
- Dartmouth College
Thayer School of Engineering
Low Cost, Open Source PFAS Filter Design for Small Cleaning Businesses and Beyond - Kansas State University
GE Johnson Department of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science
Off-Grid Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station—A Design-Build Project - Lawrence Technological University
College of Engineering
I-475 Reconstruction North Segment - Olivet Nazarene University
Martin D. Walker School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Automated Cutting and Splicing Machine - Seattle University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Traffic and Safety Improvement for a Busy T-Intersection - University of Delaware
College of Engineering
Partnerships, Perseverance, and Progress: Overcoming the Challenge of the COVID-19 Pandemic to Rehabilitate Wells in Malawi - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023 NCEES Texas Wind Farm
2022
Grand Prize
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Charles W. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
Tarrant County College Student Success Center
Additional Winners
2021
Grand Prize
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department
Sustainable Improvements for Guatemalan Cardamom Spice Dryers
Additional Winners
Competition schedule
Applications due May 1, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
- Grand prize: $25,000
- Up to three prizes: $15,000
- Up to three prizes: $10,000
Program
- Describe the program type (e.g., certification, two year, four year) and provide the name of the program (e.g., surveying, geomatics). What surveying courses are offered/required in the program?
- What is unique about the program compared to other surveying programs?
- What are the qualifications of the instructors? How many are full-time? Adjunct?
- Is the program accredited? If so, by what commission or association?
- What surveying tools, equipment, and technologies are used to teach students?
- How does the program remain current with surveying technology?
Student outcomes
- What is the primary learning objective for the program?
- What are the student outcomes, and how are they assessed? Are surveying internships incorporated into your program?
- Are students engaged in assignments or projects that involve real-world application?
- Are instructors and/or students involved in research and development activities? Provide brief examples.
Student involvement
- Are students active in surveying clubs and professional associations? What activities do they do?
- Have students participated in any surveying competitions in the last two academic years?
- Are students engaged in community service projects? If so, briefly describe them, differentiating nontechnical humanitarian projects from those that are tied to the curriculum or that required the use of surveying skills
Outreach/Recruitment
- How, and from where, does the program recruit students?
- What are the enrollment numbers for the program for the past three years?
- Are external licensed surveyors involved in the program? If so, how?
- Does the program seek assistance or support from external associations, societies, or firms?
- What efforts have been made to grow the program? What efforts are planned for the future?
- Does your program have marketing materials for outreach/recruitment purposes? If so, please include with the submittal.
Licensure
- How is professional licensure promoted to students?
- Are students encouraged or required to take the FS exam before graduation? What support is given to them?
- How many and what percentage of students take and pass the FS exam before graduation?
- How do you track if students attain licensure post-graduation? Provide data if available.
Summary/benefits/merits (essay format)
- Why should the program receive this award?
- How would this award, if received, benefit the program?
- How will this award, if received, advance professional licensure for surveyors and promote the surveying profession?
- 4 NCEES members, 1 per NCEES zone
- 1 representative each from
Oregon Institute of Technology wins 2023 NCEES Surveying Education Award
The NCEES Surveying Education Award jury met virtually on June 8, 2023, and selected the 2023 award winners. Congratulations to the Oregon Institute of Technology College of Engineering, Technology, and Management for winning the $25,000 NCEES Surveying Education Award grand prize.$15,000 prize
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Ferris State University
School of Engineering and Computing Technology
Surveying Engineering program -
University of Akron
Department of Civil Engineering
Surveying and Mapping program -
University of Maine
School of Engineering Technology
Surveying Engineering Technology program
$10,000 prize
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Alfred State College
Civil Engineering Technology Department
Surveying and Geomatics Engineering Technology program -
East Tennessee State University
Department of Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Surveying
Surveying and Mapping Science program -
Nicholls State University
Department of Applied Sciences
Geomatics program
2022
Click on the school name to see their profile.$25,000 Grand Prize
- New Mexico State University
Department of Engineering Technology and Surveying Engineering
Geomatics/Surveying Engineering Program
$15,000 prize
- Florida Atlantic University
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatics Engineering - Idaho State University
College of Technology
Surveying and Geomatics Engineering Technology program - University of Maine
College of Engineering
Surveying Engineering Technology program
$10,000 prize
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
College of Science and Technology
Department of Built Environment - Oregon Institute of Technology
College of Engineering, Technology, and Management
Geomatics program - University of Akron
College of Engineering and Polymer Science
Surveying and Mapping program
2021
Click on the school name to see their profile.$25,000 Grand Prize
- University of Maine
School of Engineering Technology
Surveying Engineering Technology program
$15,000 Prize
- Ferris State University
School of Engineering and Computing Technology
Surveying Engineering program - New Mexico State University
Department of Engineering Technology and Surveying Engineering
Geomatics/Surveying Engineering program - Nicholls State University
Department of Applied Sciences
Geomatics program
$10,000 Prize
- Florida Atlantic University
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatics Engineering - Oregon Institute of Technology
College of Engineering, Technology, and Management
Geomatics program - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
College of Science and Technology
Department of Built Environment