IFEES Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education
Introduction
Through the collaboration of its member societies, IFEES works to establish effective engineering education processes of high quality around the world to assure a global supply of well-prepared engineering graduates. IFEES strengthens member organizations and their capacity to support faculty and students, and helps to connect engineering graduates with international corporations that have a pressing need for well-trained engineers who can work in a global environment. IFEES also aims to enhance the ability of engineering faculty, students and practitioners to understand the varied cultures of the world and work effectively in them.
IFEES is introducing the IFEES Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education to recognize individuals who have made outstanding and original contributions to engineering education through exemplary teaching, research, and/or leadership innovations.
The first IFEES Global Award will be presented during the October 2010 World Engineering Education Forum in Singapore at the IFEES Award Reception and Banquet. The winner will receive a medal, a citation, a one-time monetary prize of $1,000 US, and travel expenses to receive the award.
Nomination Process
1. Call for Nominations sent to IFEES members through email.
2. An IFEES member can nominate any number of individuals. Each nomination must be accompanied by:
Letter of Nomination
Three letters of support/recommendation
CV of the nominee
Description of nominee’s work
(Guidelines for accompanying documents may be found here)
3. Process for submissions - IFEES members must email complete nomination packages to award[at]ifees[dot]net.
4. All nomination packages must be received by 31 March 2010.
Question & Answer
Who can nominate?
Only the representative of an active IFEES member society may officially submit nomination packages. Individuals who are members of an IFEES organization must go through his or her IFEES representative in order to submit a nomination package. For a list of IFEES member representatives, please see the Members page.
Who can be nominated?
Any individual who has made outstanding and original contributions to engineering education through exemplary teaching, research, and/or leadership innovations.
What are the judging criteria?
The recipient of this award is expected to have made an outstanding contribution to undergraduate or graduate engineering education and whose impact extends beyond the individuals’ institution of employment. Criteria to be considered include, but are not limited to:
- Educational Impact:
- Development and implementation of teaching/learning tools that are or can be made available to students and instructors worldwide and have gained documented acceptance by students and professors;
- Documented excellence in undergraduate or graduate teaching;
- Curriculum development with inclusion of current research and knowledge that reflects the state of the art in courses, and
- Authorship of educational material.
- Engineering Impact:
- Research and development activity (patents, discoveries, entrepreneurship, new business creation)
- Integration of research and education
- Overall Impact
- Mentoring
- Involvement with and direction of undergraduate students to prepare them for successful engineering careers;
- New faculty mentorship
- Outstanding service in professional and eng edu associations, S&T policy making bodies
- Impact on the Workforce, Impact on Diversity, Impact of Perceptions
How is the decision made?
The criteria will be evaluated within three categories; Educational Impact, Engineering Impact and Overall Impact. Each category contains subsections which are rated on a scale of 1-10. Each nominee’s score will be a summation of all scores with overall impact carrying a 1.5 weight factor.
The Awards Committee will use a scoring matrix to make a recommendation to the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee will make a final decision to reject or accept the Awards Committee’s recommendation.
Who is on the IFEES Awards Committee?
Tan Moorthy, Lueny Morell, Sarah Rajala, Doug Gorham, Maria Petrie, and David Delaine.
Who is on the Executive Committee?
For a list of the current Executive Committee, please see: The International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) - ABOUT IFEES - Leadership Team.
If you have any other questions, please email them to award[at]ifees[dot]net.
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