Awards & Recognition


Other Forms of Recognition

IEEE | IEEE-USA | Non-IEEE

The IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee, in addition to the IEEE awards and criteria previously described, and with the concurrence of the IEEE-USA Board of Directors, will recognize the following individuals for their service to professional activities:

1. Members of the IEEE-USA Board of Directors will be honored with a plaque or certificate recognizing their contributions and service to professionalism, at the conclusion of their terms of office.
2. IEEE-USA Task Force Leaders and Committee Chairs will be honored with a certificate in recognition of their service to professional activities on an annual basis.
3. President's Special Award: Each year, the out-going IEEE-USA President is presented a silver tray, a plaque with the engraved signatures of the members of IEEE-USA Board, or similar recognition of service to IEEE-USA.
4. The IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee, with the approval of the IEEE-USA Board of Directors, may recommend candidates and cause nominations to be prepared and supported for the IEEE Haraden Pratt Award (for outstanding service to the Institute), and/or the IEEE Founders Medal (for service of great value to the profession).
5. The IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee, with the approval of the IEEE-USA Board of Directors, may recommend candidates and cause nominations to be prepared and supported for consideration by the IEEE Fellows Committee for election to Fellow grade of IEEE membership. (This activity is independent of Awards Board activities.)

Non-IEEE Awards and Recognitions

IEEE-USA's Awards and Recognition Committee may also recognize individuals for their service to the profession by recommending and/or promoting their consideration for other important Awards and Recognitions, including:

• American Association of Engineering Society's Chairman's Award, National Engineering Award, and Kenneth Andrew Roe Engineering Unity Award.
• The National Academy's Charles S. Draper Award
• The National Medal of Science
• The National Medal of Technology

The IEEE Awards Board delegated to the IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee the generation and coordination of the nomination of IEEE members for the several awards given by the American Association of Engineering Societies.