NCEES Honors Connecticut Professional Engineer Grant Crawford

Grant Crawford, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASEE, of Hamden, Connecticut, has been awarded the NCEES Distinguished Examination Service Award for his dedicated service to NCEES and the engineering profession. Crawford was recognized during the organization’s 101st annual meeting in Carlsbad, California, on August 25, 2022.

Crawford has been supporting exam development for the past 18 years. His contributions to CEES began in 2005 when he joined the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam Development Committee. He began serving as vice chair to the FE Exam Committee in 2010–12, and then he served as chair in 2012–14. He also served on and led the FE Mechanical module in 2016–17.

His vast knowledge of mechanical engineering is an asset to the FE Exam Development Committee. He has participated in two FE professional activities and knowledge studies, or PAKS, and was active during the virtual meetings the committee conducted in the midst of the pandemic. In addition to supporting the engineering profession through his committee work, Crawford represents NCEES through his work with ABET. Crawford served on active duty as an infantryman, aviator, and cavalryman with the U.S. Army for over 33 years, retiring as colonel in 2014. He is a professor of mechanical engineering at Quinnipiac University and a Fellow Member of the American Society for Engineering Education in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the
society.

The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying is a nonprofit organization made up of engineering and surveying licensing boards from all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Since its founding in 1920, NCEES has been committed to advancing licensure for engineers and surveyors in order to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the U.S. public.

NCEES helps its member licensing boards carry out their duties to regulate the professions of engineering and surveying. It develops best practice models for state licensure laws and regulations and promotes uniformity among the states. It develops and administers the exams
used for engineering and surveying licensure throughout the country. It also provides services to help licensed engineers and surveyors practice their professions in other U.S. states and territories. For more information, please visit ncees.org