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THE AWARDS PAGE

This page contains information about awards given by the Education Society, the Frontiers in Education Conference, the IEEE's Education Activities Board, and the IEEE itself.

 Education Society Awards

The Education Society offers several awards, most of which are presented annually at the Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference.

The nomination deadline for all Education Society awards is June 15 annually. Submit nominations in accordance with the instructions for each award's procedures.

 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Awards

Several awards are presented at the FIE Conference.

  • The Benjamin Dasher Best Paper Award is given to the best paper presented at the annual Frontiers in Education Conference, as demonstrated by technical originality, technical importance and accuracy, quality of oral presentation, and quality of the written paper appearing in the Conference Proceedings.
  • The Helen Plants Award is given for the best special (non-traditional) session at the FIE conference, as demonstrated by originality, session content and presentation including the use of written materials and visual aids, and participation of session attendees.
  • The Ronald Schmitz Award is given to recognize outstanding and continued service to engineering education through contributions to the Frontiers in Education Conference.

 Educational Activities Board (EAB) Awards

The EAB sponsors
the following awards, which can be reviewed on the EAB website:
  • Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation Activities
  • Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education
  • Major Educational Innovation Award
  • Pre-College Educator Award
  • Meritorious Service Citation
  • Employer Professional Development Award
  • Sections Professional Development Award
EAB awards nomination deadline is April 30th.

 IEEE Awards

 See awards given by the IEEE

 IEEE Membership and Geographic Activities Board (MGA) Awards

The IEEE's Membership and Geographic Activities Board (MGA) is currently accepting nominations for the following awards:

 IEEE Fellow Award

The deadline for submission of all materials to the IEEE Fellows Committee is March 1st annually. This is a 100% firm deadline!
The Education Society (EdSoc) has a Fellows Committee. However the EdSoc's Fellows Committee does not nominate individuals for the IEEE Fellow award. The sole purpose of this committee is to receive, review and evaluate the nomination packets it receives from the IEEE Fellows Committee.

However: While the Society itself does not make nominations, many Education Society Fellows are more than willing to provide references and/or make nominations for deserving individuals. The hyperlinks below provide a listing of Education Society Fellows along with their email address (if they have made it available). Many of these Fellows will be willing to support a nomination, and, many may not. Finding Fellows that will support a Fellow-candidates nomination is a great deal of hard work!

Start the process: Given the March 1st deadline and speaking from experience, it is highly recommended that this process be started in early November; given the various requirements, four months is a safe time frame assuming that a nominator works diligently.

Go the the IEEE Fellows Web page for details in regard to this program.

 IEEE Senior Member Program

Are You A Senior Member?

"And why not? Many members do not understand the requirements for and benefits of becoming a Senior Member. Contrary to popular opinion, a Nobel Prize in Physics, 40 years of experience, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering are not prerequisites for becoming a Senior Member! Senior Membership confers benefits not only on the member but on his Section as well... apply now! For details on becoming a SENIOR MEMBER, visit the IEEE Senior Member Program page." (Connecticut IEEE Section's home page, 2003).

If you qualify to be a Senior Member but your membership grade is 'Associate' you can upgrade that quite easily. Refer to the section just below.

 IEEE Member Grade

Take a look on your IEEE membership card. Under your name is your membership grade. If it says ASSOCIATE then you should consider upgrading to become a MEMBER. There is no cost for this action.

To get this done click here for the IEEE self-upgrade web page.

 Education Society Awards Committee

For a complete listing of the members of the Awards Committee click here.