Description
Each year the Council will provide an award for the best Technical Committee (TC) for the prior year.
The assessment should be over a year of work. Moreover, the recognition should reflect the work pertaining to the preceding year. E.g., the committees 2018 work will be used to choose an Awardee at the beginning of 2019. The Award will be approved by the Council Excom at its first meeting of the year. A TC may apply for the Award by submitting the Award for Technical Committees Application Form to the Technical Activities Award Chair.
The TC Awardee is chosen by a committee appointed by the VP Technical Activities. The TC Award Evaluation Committee is comprised of the Technical Activities Awards Chair and 2 chairs of NTC-financially supported conferences.
Eligibility
All TCs are eligible.
Selection / Basis for Judging
The assessment should be over a year of work. Moreover, the recognition should reflect the work pertaining to the preceding year, e.g., the TCs' 2018 work would be used to choose an Awardee at the beginning of 2019.
Prize
The awardee recognition may take the form of one of the following:
- Hotel support for 2 TC Leaders/member for 4 nights at IEEE NANO Conference
- IEEE NANO registration fee for 2 TC leaders/members
- $1200 to $1500 for the recognized TC to spend on NTC conference support for its member(s)
Presentation
The award will be presented by the President (or his/her representative) at the annual IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO) banquet. Attendance is mandatory to receive the award, but no travel allowance is provided.
Past Recipients
View past award recipients.
Schedule
Submission of nominations from TC's: December 15 of any year
Selection of thesis made by committee: February 1
Notification to awardee(s): March 15
Nominations
Submission of nominations: Email by December 15th to the VP Technical Activities,
Weiqiang Liu
Email: liuweiqiang@nuaa.edu.cn
