2013 ASEE PSW Conference

“ASEE PSW Section Awards”

The ASEE PSW is happy to invite nominations for three awards:

• Section Outstanding Teacher Award
• Outstanding Community College Educator Award
• Engineering Education Undergraduate Student Award

 

Section Outstanding Teacher Award

The ASEE PSW Section Outstanding Teaching Award identifies the Engineering or Engineering Technology colleague who exemplify excellence in the classroom and in Engineering Education service.  Details on the section award is located here:
http://www.asee.org/member-resources/awards/full-list-of-awards/section-awards#Section_Outstanding_Teaching_Award

Nomination Process:

To nominate someone, you must login as an ASEE member, then under “2013 ASEE Awards,” select “Nominate someone”.  A menu-driven system will direct you through the nomination process.

Eligibility:

Candidates may be teachers of any subject included in an ABET/CEAB accredited Engineering or Engineering Technology curriculum. In addition to technical courses, subjects may include the humanities and social studies, mathematics and science.

 

Outstanding Community College Educator Award

The Pacific Southwest Section (PSW) Outstanding Community College Educator Award is presented for excellence in the instruction of engineering and/or engineering technology.  within the PSW region.  Description of this award is located here:
http://www.asee.org/member-resources/awards/full-list-of-awards/section-awards#Pacific_Southwest_Section_-_Outstanding_Community_College_Educator_Award

Nomination Process:

The nomination process for this award is begins with the nomination form at this website location:
http://www.smccd.net/accounts/enriquez/asee-psw/img/ASEE-PSW-Award-Nomination-Form.pdf

Eligibility:

Candidates may be teachers of any engineering or engineering technology subject included in the curriculum of any two year college awarding associate degrees.

Your ASEE PSW section awards committee appreciates succinct and professional submittals.  The nomination deadline is January 15.  Direct any questions to the ASEE PSW Vice Chair of Faculty Awards, John.Tester@nau.edu with a subject line of “ASEE PSW Faculty Awards”, or call at 928-523-0032.

 

Engineering Education Undergraduate Student Award

The Pacific Southwest Section (PSW) of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) is sponsoring the 2012-2013 PSW Engineering Education Undergraduate Student Award and invites the nomination of undergraduate students by their advisors or faculty members.  The purpose of the award is to provide recognition of undergraduate engineering or engineering technology students who display strong achievement in design project, research, community service or education-related activities.

Eligibility:

The student must be an undergraduate currently enrolled in an engineering or engineering technology program in a four-year university or community college within the ASEE PSW region (Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada) at the time of submission.  An undergraduate design team, consisting of several undergraduate students, may also be considered eligible. The nomination must be submitted by a faculty member or an advisor.  The recommenders must be an ASEE member in good standing.

Award Criteria:

The following criteria are to be addressed for evaluation.   Recognizing that any one or all of these topics may be relevant to a particular submission, the application should address all applicable areas.

- Excellence in classroom or laboratory assistance for engineering or technology courses.
- Outstanding performance in a design capstone project.
- Community work related to engineering education.
- Support in K-12 activities that promote science and math education, and/or student motivation to become engineers.
- Outstanding contributions to engineering student organizational activities that support the educational mission of the institution.
- Scholastic excellence, please note that the nominee(s) must have a minimum 3.0 / 4.0 GPA at time of nomination.

Application Requirements:

- A letter of nomination from a faculty, an advisor, or an administrator. No more than 500 words in length.
- A personal statement from the student addressing his/her accomplishments. The statement is limited to 500 words. The personal statement must be completed using the template provided here.
- Optional additional letters of recommendation (Maximum of 2 additional letters).
- Send submissions by email to Panadda.Marayong@csulb.edu by 1/31/2013, with a subject line of “ASEE PSW UG Student Award”.  PDF format preferred.

Award Notification:

A group of ASEE PSW board members will review and select the winning candidate, based upon the criteria above. A cash prize of $250 plus travel assistance will be presented to one finalist at the April 18-20, 2013 ASEE/PSW Annual Conference at the UC-Riverside, California. The finalist will be notified by March 1, 2013 and are expected to deliver a short presentation on their engineering education-related activities at the conference.