Membership

The San Diego County Engineering Council (SDCEC) is a nonprofit educational 501(c)3 organization and is the premier alliance of Engineering Societies in the greater San Diego County, California area. Its purpose is to promote its member engineering and technical organizations and their San Diego events and to provide outreach to the greater community.

Member Benefits

We help your society:

• Increase community exposure to engineering and technology

• Provide a channel of communications for information exchange between societies and the community

• Provide opportunities for participation and promotion in programs sponsored by the SDCEC

• Leverage the resources of the engineering societies to enhance existing educational and technical programs

• Provide cross-collaboration networking opportunities for society officers

• Establish a releationship with other San Diego County engineering and technical organizations

• Publicize programs and information for member organizations

• Maintain a website promoting member organization public events

• Promote engineering role models and legends throughout the community

To Join SDCEC

Local engineering or technology society sections can submit a letter supporting membership to the SDCEC via the email: info@sandiegoengineers.org  

• Membership Dues are $100 annually for sections less than 1,000 local members, $200 for larger sections.  

• To qualify, a local section / chapter of a society should be a non-profit educational organization with a purpose to advance the technical or engineering capabilities and knowledge of its members. There are no individual memberships, only for societies or organizations. Board members / delegates are members of their respective member societies.  Individuals can participate or volunteer in open council meetings and sponsored events. However, only board officers and member society delegates are allowed to vote on SDCEC business.  

Other Opportunities

• COMPANIES - The SDCEC welcomes companies to sponsor events.  The SDCEC celebrates national engineers week annually through the San Diego Engineers Week Awards banquet. It is the perfect opportunity to reach over 300 professional and collegiate engineers attending the banquet. Sponsorship is a way to demonstrate your support of engineering, engineering societies and to get your brand in front of experienced and upcoming engineers throughout the community. 

• COLLEGES - The SDCEC invites engineering and STEM colleges and councils to participate.  Please talk with your engineering dean or student engineering council for more information.  Make sure to check out our listing of member society Scholarships. 

• PUBLIC - The SDCEC invites members of the general public to celebrate national engineers week with us. You may attend our public events and participate in the engineering and STEM events promoted on our website. You may also request promotion support for your local engineers week / STEM events by following the promotions on our join/news page. We invite local book authors, podcasters and speakers to share their engineering experiences through our STEM books and speakers pages.