Rebecca Popeck is a licensed Land Surveyor at Rosemont-based SPACECO, Inc., a civil engineering, land surveying and consulting firm. Popeck studied land survey engineering and civil engineering at Purdue University’s West Lafayette Campus, earning bachelor’s degrees in both disciplines. She has been a licensed Illinois Land Surveyor since 2005. Popeck has spent almost 20 years performing surveys and providing surveying services in the greater Chicagoland area. Her specialties include development work in residential, commercial and industrial sectors with an increased focus on projects within the limits of the City of Chicago.
Popeck joined ABET in 2006 as a program evaluator, supporting her member society of National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). NSPS is a member of three accreditation commissions including Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission (ANSAC), Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) and Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC). She has had the pleasure of serving as a program evaluator for both ETAC and ANSAC visits early in her ABET career. In 2014, Popeck became a commissioner/team chair for the ANSAC, joining the commission’s executive committee in 2017. She is currently the 2023-24 ANSAC chair.
During the 2019-2020 accreditation cycle, Popeck was a team chair for her first international visit to Krishnan Kovil, Tamil Nadu, India.
