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Richard C. Jaeger Publications Chair IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society jaeger@eng.auburn.edu |
What do Paul Gray, Mark Horowitz, Stephen Lewis, Nicky Lu, Toshiaki Masu-hara, Rudy van de Plassche, and Ian Young and have in common? They are but a few of the many SSCS members that have been elected to the grade of IEEE Fellow through the nomination and support of SSCS members.
The grade of IEEE Fellow recognizes exceptional accomplishment and is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors on members who have significantly contributed to their technical field. The number of nominations evaluated by our Society is below that of other IEEE societies of comparable size. As a Society, we simply are not doing an adequate job of recognizing the very significant contributions our members have made to our profession. We must reverse this trend.
The Fellow nomination process is relatively straightforward but does require some forethought and planning. The Fellow nomination form is four pages long. It is not difficult to complete and should focus on the technical achievements of the nominated candidate. It is usually completed in collaboration with the nominee.
The deadline for receipt of the nomination form and reference letters is 15 March 2002. The nominator does not have to be an IEEE Fellow or even an IEEE member; self-nomination, however, is not allowed. A minimum of five and a maximum of eight references are required from current IEEE Fellows, who are listed alphabetically at the beginning of the IEEE Membership Directory.
If the nominee is not an IEEE Senior Member, that application and its three supporting references must be submitted no later than 4 February 2002. Senior Member forms and references can be emailed or completed online: Senior-member-forms@ieee.org ; URL: www.ieee.org/organizations/rab/md/smforms.htm . Snail mail is also acceptable.
Fellow kits can be requested in hard copy format (Fax: +1 732 981 9019) or downloaded from the Web (email: fellow-kit@ieee.org ; URL: www.ieee.org/about/awards/fellows/forms.htm ). The Society welcomes suggestions of members who should be nominated for Fellow.
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Richard C. Jaeger Publications Chair IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society jaeger@eng.auburn.edu |