All nominations must be accompanied by a CEJC Member Technical/Professional Society endorsement. The completed application can be emailed along with the nomination endorsement to the Charleston Engineers Joint Council. The winner will be announced at the annual CEJC sponsored National Engineers Week Banquet where they will receive an award in recognition of the honor.
Review our application guidelines and judging criteria.
Review our application guidelines and judging criteria.
Application Guidelines
All nominations must be accompanied by a CEJC member technical/professional society endorsement.
This can be sent via email with the nomination to the Charleston Engineers Joint Council (CEJC) member society representative, [email protected] or mailed to the PO Box shown below and received no later than Friday, January 30, 2026/11:59PM.
The winner will be announced at the annual CEJC sponsored National Engineers Week Banquet in February 2026, and will receive an award in recognition of the honor.
Please address each of the criteria listed in the rubric that follows, and will be used by the selection committee:
This can be sent via email with the nomination to the Charleston Engineers Joint Council (CEJC) member society representative, [email protected] or mailed to the PO Box shown below and received no later than Friday, January 30, 2026/11:59PM.
The winner will be announced at the annual CEJC sponsored National Engineers Week Banquet in February 2026, and will receive an award in recognition of the honor.
Please address each of the criteria listed in the rubric that follows, and will be used by the selection committee:
Nomination Submissions
File for download if email or mailing the form:
| 2026_cejc_engineer_of_the_year_application.pdf |
Address
CEJC
PO Box 61504
North Charleston, SC 29419
CEJC
PO Box 61504
North Charleston, SC 29419
John Peeples (left) presenting the 2025 Engineer of the Year award to Jim O'Connor (middle) along with Jeff Davis (right)
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Our Past Winners:
2025 - Jim O'Connor, PE, CEng MIEI, FACEC 2024 - Bill Turner, PE, Dominion Energy SC 2023 - Melvin Williams, F.SAME, FACEC 2022 – Gafar Elamin, PhD, AIAA 2021 – Patrick Bass, PhD, SAME 2020 – Johnston Peeples, PhD, P.E., IEEE 2019 – Deirdra D. Ragan, PhD, SWE 2018 – Monika Bubacz, PhD, AIAA 2017 – Dr. Timothy W. Mays, ASCE 2016 – Dr. Robert Rabb, ASME 2015 – Dr. Ronald W. Welch, CE Club 2014 – Ms. Chandra Curtis, IEEE 2013 – Mr. S. Rao Potru, SME 2012 – Mr. Guy Gimson, ASQ 2011 – Mr. Steve Hollingsworth, ASME 2010 – Ms. Lorraine Pizarani, ASME and SWE |