PEGASUS Award

Sandra N. Knight, P.E., F.ASCE, F.NSPE, 2011 PEGASUS Award Winner

Download: Nomination Form (Microsoft Word document)
Deadline: March 31

The Professional Engineers in Government is administering the annual PEGASUS Award program. The Professional Engineer in Government Achievement and Service in the United States Award recognizes the engineer who has made the most outstanding contribution to the advancement and practice of engineering. The PEGASUS award will honor a registered professional engineer employed by a state, regional, county, special district, or municipal government.

The PEGASUS awardee is selected by a panel of judges established by NSPE-PEG who will consider

• Civic/Humanitarian Activities
• Education (Formal and Continuing)
• Engineering Achievements
• Professional/Technical Society Activities
• Registration

The PEGASUS Award may be used (in full or part) to adopt a regional, state, or local government engineer of the year award program.

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2011 Award Winner
Sandra Knight is the Region 4 Director and member of the Tennessee Section of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) where she served as secretary since 2004. She was designated as an NSPE Fellow during the 2007 Annual Meeting and currently serves as Chair for the NSPE Professional Engineers in Government committee.

Sandra has served as the County Engineer for Bradley County, northeast of Chattanooga, for 15 years. She serves as the Department Head for Planning, Engineering, Building Inspection and Stormwater. She also works with the Road Department on drainage issues, bridge projects, right-of-way situations, County building and property projects, traffic signals and other items that affect the County. Prior to working with Bradley County she spent 7 ½ years with the Florida DOT in construction, 3 years with a private consultant in Chattanooga and a short time as the Engineering Design Manager for the City of Chattanooga. She served as an Alderman and Building Inspector for the Town of Decatur where she lived. She also served on the Planning Commission as the only engineer member.

Sandra is very active in the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers where she served 3 years as the National Delegate and currently serves on the Political Action Committee and as the Chair of the State Awards and the Legislative & Government Affairs Committees. She has also served on the TSPE Board of Directors since 1999.

An active member of ASCE, Sandra has served through all levels of the society; student, local, state, regional and now national. She currently serves on the ASCE Strategic Planning Committee, Task Committee on Elections and Committee on Critical Infrastructure. She is a 1986 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Tennessee.

Sandra is currently the Vice-Chair for the Tennessee Association of Floodplain Managers, past chair for the Tennessee Stormwater Association and on the Board of Directors for the Southeast Tennessee Chapter of InfraGard. She also serves on the Economic Development Council for the City of Cleveland/Bradley County and on the Industrial Technical Advisory Council for Cleveland State Community College.