The Regional Awards & Recognition Committee carries out those activities associated with the process of Region 4 Awards. The Committee pursues the development of new awards recognizing activities of great worth and merit with Region 4. It assists the Regional Director in coordinating any awards activities within Region 4 as needed. The Committee supports the IEEE Awards and Recognition Committees in the development of awards and in the development of Region 4 nominations for IEEE Awards.

AWARDS DESCRIPTION

The "Outstanding Professional" Award is designed to recognize members of Region 4 who through their technical abilities have made outstanding contributions to their profession. It recognizes the development of new technical concepts, significant patents, development of new devices, development of applications, new designs, significant cost reductions using known techniques, etc. Nominations for the award shall be considered annually by evaluation of nominations submitted in accordance with the award criteria and procedures. It is not the intent of the award to recognize the attainment of high organizational position alone. For further information on the award and nomination form go to Region 4 Outstanding Engineer Award: |MS WORD| |PDF|

The "Outstanding Member" Award is designed to recognize members of Region 4 who through their professional and technical abilities have made outstanding and noteworthy contributions to the Institute, their communities, fellow professionals and fellow man. The award is not designed to recognize a single achievement, but rather collective contributions complemented by singular works exemplifying the objectives and attributes of IEEE. The award will be considered for presentation annually by evaluation of nominations submitted in accordance with the award criteria and procedures. For further information on the award and nomination form go to Region 4 Outstanding Member Award: |MS WORD| |PDF|

The "Region 4 Exemplary Section" Award is designed to recognize the outstanding Section based on its success in carrying out the objectives of IEEE through the implementation of Section programs. In this evaluation, recognition will be given to the successful maintenance of ongoing efforts designed to sustain the basic core activity of the Section and its components as well as recognizing innovative and creative efforts to develop and implement new programs or new entities such as Chapters and Subsections among others. In this program all Section activities of the administrative year will be used as the basic elements and recognition will consist of an award to the Section as well as the Chair involved. Those not selected but submitting records indicating high levels of proficiency in the eyes of the Region 4 Awards Committee will receive recognition as a "High Proficiency Section". Region 4 Exemplary Section Award: |MS WORD| |PDF|

The "Outstanding Gold Member" Award is designed to recognize those substantive projects or achievement of a relatively short nature (one to three years) but which have left an undeniable imprint on the fabric of GOLD operations within Region 4. The award will be based on a selection that recognizes individuals involved with GOLD activities who are recognized for singular achievement in the development and completion of a project(s) or activity (ies) which are directed to the fulfillment of one or more of the Region's goals and/or objectives. The individuals nominated must be GOLD members at the time of nomination. For further information on the award and nomination form go to Region 4 Outstanding Gold Member Award: |MS WORD| |PDF|

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For IEEE USA, MGA, TAB, and EAB award descriptions and nomination forms may be found at the following address:

• IEEE USA Awards - http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/awards/index.html
• MGA Awards - http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/mga/home/Awards/index.html
• TAB Awards - http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/tab/web/webman.pdf
• EAB Awards - http://www.ieee.org/web/education/EABAwards/index.html