CTAA Awards Subcommittee
Policies and
Procedures
June 2008
Purpose:
The CTAA Awards Subcommittee nominates
qualified, outstanding candidates for the
appropriate IEEE and ABET awards pertaining to TAC
accreditation activities.
Policies:
- The policy of the CTAA Awards
Subcommittee is to make nominations for
awards appropriate to IEEE members who are
active in TAC accreditation activities.
- Once a person receives an award, they
can not be nominated again for that same
award.
- A person can be nominated for multiple
awards.
Process:
- The subcommittee Chair reports the
subcommittee activities and resulting
awards recipients at the January CTAA meeting.
- The subcommittee Chair solicits
nominees for each award at the January
CTAA meeting.
- The subcommittee follows the awards
process depicted by Figure 1. This
process is followed in accordance to the award
schedules of Table 1.
Table 1: Award Schedules
|
Award
|
Announcement Date
|
Nomination Date
|
|
IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in
Accreditation Activities
|
March |
April |
|
IEEE Fellow Award
|
January |
March |
|
ABET Fellow Award
|
March |
May |
|
ABET Grinter Distinguished Service Award
|
March |
June |
Duties:
The CTAA
Awards Subcommittee is responsible for:
- Solicitation of candidates
- Determining the strongest candidates
for nomination
- Preparing the nomination packages
The Chair
is responsible for:
- Verifying that the nomination
requirements are met
- Ensuring that the nomination deadlines
are met
Desired
Outcomes:
- Identifying deserving candidates for
one or more awards annually
- Nominate at least one successful
candidate annually
Awards:
IEEE EAB
Meritorious Achievement Award in Accreditation
Activities:
This
award recognizes IEEE members for efforts to foster
the maintenance and improvement of education
through the process of accreditation or
engineering, engineering technology, computer
science, and applied science programs.
IEEE
Fellow Award:
The grade
of Fellow is conferred by the Board of Directors
upon an individual who has demonstrated
outstanding proficiency, an extraordinary
record of accomplishments, and has achieved
distinction in any of the IEEE fields of
interest.
ABET
Fellow Award:
Through
this award, individuals who have given sustained
quality service to the general engineering
profession, and engineering education in
particular, through ABET activities are
recognized.
ABET
Grinter Distinguished Service Award:
The
Linton E. Grinter Distinguished Service Award is
ABET's highest honor.
Stan
Love, 2008 Chair CTAA Awards Subcommittee
Process Flow Chart for CTAA Awards
