Victor Fouad Hanna
The R8 Awards and Recognition sub-Committee (ARC-8) introduces IEEE Awards program to its members, urges them to nominate distinguished individuals for this program and makes the necessary arrangements to facilitate these nominations. This IEEE Awards program honours achievements in education, industry, research and service. Each award has a unique mission and criteria, and offers the opportunity to honour distinguished colleagues, inspiring teachers and corporate leaders. Nominations can be initiated by members and the public, then reviewed by a panel of peers - professionals who are especially knowledgeable in a particular field. Their recommendations are submitted to the IEEE Awards Board prior to ultimate approval by the IEEE Board of Directors.
The (ARC-8) also proposes to the R8 committee a special R8 Awards and Recognition program and follows the nomination procedure for this program. Nominations can be initiated by members, section chairs, chapter chairs, members of the (ARC-8) and the public, then reviewed by experts chosen by the (ARC-8). Their recommendations are submitted to the (ARC-8) prior to ultimate approval by the R8 committee.
The Region 8 Awards and Recognition Subcommittee Chair is Victor Fouad Hanna. Please contact him for further information.
Fellows 2008
Congratulations to the 63 Region 8 Senior Members who were elected IEEE Fellows in 2008 (with an increase of 7% with respect to 2007). download the complete list here .
If you wish to nominate an IEEE Member as a Fellow, see Fellow & Senior Member Nominations below
Main IEEE Region 8 Awards
Clementina Saduwa award
Chapter of the Year Award
Region 8 volunteer award
Students Awards and Contests
Description of the awards :
1- "Clementina Saduwa Award"
Introduction :
In January 2007, Clementina Saduwa was assassinated in Nigeria. Clementina was Region 8 officer for Women In Engineering; and her character and her action were very much appreciated by everyone involved in Region 8 activities. She had been asked to take in 2007 the responsibility of Africa for sections and chapters before this tragic event. As an engineer, Clementina worked for ERICSSON, Swedish telecommunication company, where she was also highly estimated.
Region 8 wants to give a testimony to the memory of Clementina, as well as a strong signal to women engineers in a part of the world where women are not everywhere considered equal to men, moreover when they are engineers and hold responsibilities. The action therefore is to create an award honoring Clementina and her accomplishments. The proposed description of this award is:
To recognize a women engineer in Region 8 who, through their engineering and career achievements, have demonstrated noteworthy support for women in the profession and have established a benchmark of engineering excellence.
This idea has been circulated to the Region 8 Committee and received unanimous support.
For the first recipient of the award, Region 8 honored Clementina and gave her the award ‘post mortem”.
Description:
Recognizes a women engineer in Region 8 who, through their engineering and career achievements, have demonstrated noteworthy support for women in the profession and have established a benchmark of engineering excellence.
Number of Awards per annum: 1 annually
Eligibility:
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Must be female
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Must be an IEEE member of any grade.
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From a Region 8 country in which it is difficult for a woman to be an engineer either due to economic reasons or due to the woman bad social situation.
Administration:
This Award will be administered by the R8 Awards & Recognition Committee in accordance with the Procedure established by the IEEE MGA.
Each section in Region 8 may only nominate a maximum of one candidate per year
Nominations to be sent to Region 8 WIE officer for comments, who will forward them to ARC for decision
Prize Items:
Recipients will receive a plaque with the signature of Region 8 Director and an honorarium of 2000€.
Schedule:
The presentation of the plaque is at a location or suitable event determined by the recipient in consultation with the Region Director and/or nominator.
2- “IEEE Region-8 Chapter of the Year Award”
The purpose of this award is to recognize the outstanding performance of Region-8 Technical Society / Council Chapters in serving their members and the technical community and establishing goodwill for the Region-8 Sections.
Eligibility : Any active Chapter of Region-8
Categories
Small Chapter (< 100 members)
Large Chapter ( 100 members)
The IEEE Region-8 Chapter of the Year Award 2008 Nomination Form can be found here
3- “Region 8 volunteer award”
The Region 8 Volunteer Award is introduced with the goal of encouraging all volunteers in the Region and of recognizing those volunteers who have made an outstanding contribution to a particular Region 8 Section. The Award is a Certificate.
The following are eligible as candidates for the Award:
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An IEEE member of any membership grade (Student, Graduate Student, Associate, Member, Senior Member,Fellow, Life Fellow).
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The candidate's volunteer work is, or has been, on behalf of a Section. The candidate must have been active for at least 2 years in the Section and is not currently the Section Chairman.
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The candidate receives no remuneration for his work for the Section except possibly expenses.
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The members of the Region 8 Awards and Recognition Subcommittee, the Past Region 8 Director or the Director-Elect and Region 8 Secretary are ineligible for the Award.
The Region 8 volunteer Award is now open for nominations; deadline for nominations is 31 december 2008. For more information, download:
4- “Students Awards and Contests”
For more details see : http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/8/sac/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=16&Itemid=36
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION PROGRAM
The awards and recognition program of the Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGA) is designed to promote, recognize and reward excellence in the MGA operations and IEEE Geographic Unit Activities (Regions, Geographic Councils and Areas, Sections, Chapters, Student Branches, and Student Branch Chapters).
2008 MGA Award Recipients Announced!
For more details see : http://www.ieee.org/web/volunteers/mga/home/Awards/#achievement
For more details see: http://www.ieee.org/web/geo_activities/units/volunteer/recognition.html
Joint Awards with National Societies
The IEEE establishes National Society Agreements with appropriate local societies in the various countries of the world to encourage and contribute to the progress of electricity, electronics, computing sciences, and allied branches of engineering and science - as well as education in those fields - for the ultimate benefit of the engineers and scientists of those countries.
The main purpose of these agreements is to generate cooperation between the country's National Society, and the local IEEE Section. It is hoped that this cooperation will assist in enhancing the image and position of the engineers and scientists of the country, as well as raising the image of IEEE to the general public.
One of the most successful means of cooperation, thus far, has been the establishment of a Joint National Society / IEEE award.
In the countries where these have been established, the energy and activities of the IEEE Section have increased greatly, as well as the visibility of the IEEE to the public.
These awards are fully sanctioned by the IEEE and the IEEE Awards Board, and have a high IEEE award level similar to an IEEE Technical Field Award. The award organizing committee and the jury for selecting the awardee are drawn from the country organizations cooperating in the joint award, with a representative of the IEEE Awards Board participating as liaison.
Through a grant from the IEEE Foundation, funds are available to assist in the process of creating the first award in a country. After the first award, all project funding must be developed from sources within the country.
The Awards Board has approved the establishment of nine Joint Awards.
For more details see :
http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/JANS/jans2.html
IEEE Awards & Recognitions available
For more details see : http://www.ieee.org/awards/
Fellow & Senior Member Nominations
You are encouraged to consider nominating worthy candidates as Fellows or Senior Members. The Fellows Nomination process has been made a lot easier with electronic submission. Please start early as the deadline of 15 March for Fellows nominations is strictly adhered to.
Fellows
Please visit the
IEEE Fellow Web Site for details. To access the electronic submission system: from the IEEE Fellow Home Page, click "call for nominations" and follow the instructions. If you have questions or comments, e-mail
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Senior Members
Please visit the
IEEE Senior Members Web Site for details and to access the electronic submission system. For information on how your Section or Society can earn cash rewards for nominating a Senior Member candidate, see
Nominate a Senior Member Initiative. A list of newly elevated Senior Members is posted on the
SM Updates page.
For additional information contact
Mila Thelen - IEEE Regional Activities - telephone +1 732 562 6376. If you have any questions regarding the status of a Senior Member application, e-mail
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