Yearly Awards

Fresh Face in Engineering - Educator of the Year - Engineer of the Year 

The SEAU Board is currently collecting nominations from individual members and companies for Engineer of the Year, Fresh Faces of Engineering, and Educator of the Year for SEAU.  In the past, these awards were solely focused on by the Utah Engineers Council (UEC), but now the SEAU Board would like to recognize these individuals for their excellence in our profession.  Nominations for these three awards will be accepted by the SEAU Board through August 7th,  after which the Board will consider the candidates and vote on a winner for each category.  Winners will be recognized at the September SEAU Social and become SEAU's nomination for the statewide UEC awards of the same name.  SEAU's nominees will compete at UEC against nominees from other professional engineering societies such as AAEE, ACEC-Utah, AIAA, ASCE, ASHRAE, ASME, ASPE, AWWA, IEEE, ITE, SAME, SWE, UCEA, UCLS, USPE and WTS.

 To nominate a candidate for Engineer of the Year, Fresh Face of Engineering, and/or Educator of the Year, submit the following via email to [email protected] :

1. Candidate's name
2. The title of the award they are being nominated for
3. A one page resume describing why the candidate should be considered for the award (see award criteria listed below)

Note: The winner of the SEAU award will be required to fill out a more complete application package for submission to UEC later in the year.

Please note the evaluation criteria for each award, as follows:

Engineer of the Year (Lifetime Achievement-Type Award for Structural Engineering):

• Professional Accomplishments including notable projects, years of experience, and stature in the engineering community
• Professional Society Service and active participation
• Professional Standards including licenses, education, and honors
• Communication including publications and presentations
• Mentoring including service in the community

Fresh Faces of Engineering

• Hold an undergraduate degree from an ABET accredited engineering college or university within the last five years no earlier than January 1, 2014
• Must be employed as an engineer in the State of Utah for at least 2 but no more than 5 years
• Engineering degree(s) and educational honors
• Projects that improve public welfare and further professional development and growth (Projects may be completed as part of a team at the engineer's place of employment or through any other professional or civic affiliation.)

Educator of the Year

The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding engineering educators that promote and inspire engineering students to strive for excellence in the Utah universities with accredited professional engineering programs

• Teaching and Professional Accomplishments including notable research projects, positions held at the university, years teaching as a professor; positions held as an engineer outside of academia (include dates, company, etc.), other professional accomplishment factors
• Professional Society Service and Active Participation including offices held in professional organizations: chapter, section national level, significant activities performed within the professional society number of years of active participation in the professional society
• Professional Standards including Educational background, degrees held, reputation of the schools attended, academic honors (Magna Cum Laude, Cum Laude, High GPA, etc.), scholarships awarded, professional awards and accolades (list each, with date and institution awarding), tenure, professional licensure
• Communication including Publications (provide publications list); presentations (list title, date, location or conference, etc.), patents held
• Mentoring including Community/civic service (i.e. MESA, STEP, faculty leadership in student chapters of professional societies, etc.), letters of recommendation (letters from students regarding teaching skills given special consideration), other significant factors that are not enumerated above

Past Recipients