LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD
APPLICATION ENGINEER/PRACTIONER FELLOW NOMINATIONS

By the time you receive this Newsletter, the March 1 deadline for this year’s Fellow nominations will likely have passed. I’ll be writing articles in the summer and fall Newsletters encouraging the submission of applications for the 2010 cycle and reviewing the Fellow nomination process. Three years ago, the IEEE Board of Directors approved changes to the Fellow process to increase the number of nominations received for members from industry and to make the process more receptive to nominations received for application engineers or engineering practitioners who have made contributions of unusual distinction to the profession. Specifically the changes established a new nomination “category” called “Application Engineer/Practitioner.” The article below, which appeared in a recent issue of the IEEE Institute, points out that few nominations are being received by IEEE in this category. The article suggests that members may be “unsure about the type of work that qualifies someone for this category.” Please take a moment to read this article and help identify worthy members of NPSS who may qualify for Fellow grade as an “Application Engineer/Practitioner.”
Peter S. Winokur, Chair, NPSS Fellow Evaluation Committee, can be reached at the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Washington, DC; Phone: +1 202 694-7090; E-mail: p.winokur@ieee.org.