IEEE Fellow Program Changes

IEEE Fellow Nominating Process Revisions ---

Application Engineer / Practitioner category added

Revisions to the IEEE Fellow nomination process have taken place over the past few years, mainly in an effort to generate more Fellow nominations from industry.

Changes to the Fellow nomination material and to the appropriate IEEE Bylaws were initiated in 2003 to recognize the entire spectrum of engineering disciplines from research to application-related fields, and to stimulate more nominations of highly qualified Application Engineers and Practitioners. These modifications to the nomination process were effective in 2005 for the Fellow class of 2006.

The IEEE Bylaws were amended to clarify the eligibility of Application Engineers and Practitioners, and to establish the realization of the significant value to society standard for evaluating nominations. Fellow nominees are now classified as Application Engineer/Practitioner, Educator, Research Engineer/Scientist or Technical Leader. The Fellow nomination category descriptions are noted below:

• Application Engineer/Practitioner**.   What product development, advancement in systems, application or operation, project management or construction activity, process development, manufacturing innovation, codes or standards development, or other application of technology was the direct result of the nominee's personal effort?  Describe the innovation, creativity, and importance of the development, advancement or application of technology. List the most important tangible and verifiable evidence of the nominee's contributions and, if pertinent, relevant significant technical publications, e.g. patents, reports, articles. Where a team effort was involved, identify and document the specific technical contributions of the nominee.  Describe and verify the lasting impact of the nominee’s contribution on society.
• Educator .  What impact has the nominee had on education in the field of interest of the IEEE? What unique and innovative curricula or courses has the nominee personally developed? What innovative and unique contributions has the nominee made to engineering education as an administrator? Has the nominee written a pioneering text in his/her field?  What impact have these innovations had? What is the range of acceptance, local, regional or worldwide?  Describe and verify the lasting impact of these efforts on engineering education. 
• Research Engineer/Scientist* .  What inventions, discoveries or advances in the state of the art made by the nominee indicate innovation, creativity, and importance of the nominee's research? List patents, papers published in refereed journals and other tangible and verifiable evidence of the nominee's accomplishments. Where a team effort was involved, identify and document the specific technical contributions of the nominee.  Describe and verify the lasting impact of the nominee's contributions to society. 
• Technical Leader .  What outstanding engineering application or scientific accomplishments resulted from a managerial, team, or company-wide effort that was lead by this nominee?  Explain the technical innovation, difficulties and risk involved, achieving economic acceptability, and other advantages. The nominee's organizational position, while important, cannot be used as the sole evidence of achievements or technical contribution. Describe and verify the specific technical contributions that the nominee made which made the achievement possible? Describe and verify the lasting impact of the nominee's contribution to society. 

* Category was formerly Engineer/Scientist

**Establishment of this category was approved by the IEEE Board of Directors in June 2003, and implemented in 2005 for the Class of 2006 Fellows.

Modernizing the nomination process

The Electronic Fellow Nomination Process (EFNP) is an electronic submittal system that was developed to make it more convenient for nominators, references and endorsers from around the world to recommend worthy IEEE Senior Members for elevation to IEEE Fellow grade.