Chair, Radiation Instrumentation Technical Committee
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| Glenn F. Knoll Chair, Radiation Instrumentation Technical Committee |
The NPSS AdCom and IEEE Technical Activities Board have now approved the establishment of two new awards to be administered by the Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee (RISC). They are the Radiation Instrumentation Outstanding Achievement Award and the Radiation Instrumentation Early Career Award, to be presented in alternate years at the annual IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS).
RISC is in the process of forming an Honors and Awards Committee that will put into place the procedures for nomination and selection of individuals for the first of these awards. Although final decisions have not yet been made, the initial award probably will be given this November at the San Diego NSS. The Medical Imaging Conference, held jointly with the NSS, already has a similar program in place, with an Early Achievement Award to be given this fall and an Outstanding Achievement Award in 2002. We are therefore likely to inaugurate the NSS award with the Outstanding Achievement Award in 2001, anticipating that the Early Achievement Award will be given in 2002.
I would therefore like to urge you to think of worthy nominees for the inaugural selection in this program. The award description is as follows:
Description: To recognize outstanding contributions to the fields of radiation instrumentation and measurement techniques for ionizing radiation.
Prize: $2000, plaque, and certificate
Funding: Funded by the budget of the IEEE/NPSS Nuclear Science Symposium
Eligibility: Any individual who has made outstanding technical contributions to the field of radiation instrumentation. Candidates for the award must be members in good standing of IEEE and NPSS at the time of nomination. Members of the Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee are ineligible for nomination.
Basis for Judging: The principal criteria will be the originality and impact of the contributions to the field. Other factors can include the cumulative research contributions over a career and the influence on the field through education.
Presentation: Presented biennially in oddnumbered years at the IEEE/NPSS Nuclear Science Symposium. The schedule to submit nominations, selection of awardees, and other aspects of the award shall be the responsibility of the Honors and Awards Committee of the Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee.
At the time of submission of this article, we do not yet have a final decision on procedures for nominations and how to inaugurate the program. However, I expect that by the time you read this article, decisions will have been made. I therefore ask that you send me an email if you are interested in nominating a candidate, and I will email you instructions on how to proceed.
Glenn Knoll, the RITC Chair, can be reached at the University of Michigan, NERS Department, 2355 Bonisteel Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104; Phone +1 734 936-0121; Fax: +1 734 763-4540; E-mail: gknoll@umich.edu.