Nominations are sought for College of Engineering awards.  Awards will be presented at the annual Engineers' Week Banquet on February 21, 2008. Nominations should be submitted to:

Loretta Merkley Box 5005, TTU

Cookeville, TN 38505-0001

email:lmerkley@tntech.edu

 They are due by January 18, 2008, and they are sought in the following categories.

Brown-Henderson Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. To be eligible a faculty member must be a full-time member of the College of Engineering faculty, must have been employed at TTU for the past three years, and must have not won the award in the past five years. The award aims to promote and encourage excellence in teaching. The recipient will receive a plaque and a stipend.

Anyone within the College can submit a nomination. The Engineering Joint Council, the Engineering Development Friends (formerly the Engineering Development Foundation), and the Dean's Advisory Board are encouraged to present a nomination on behalf of their organization. Nominations should address the candidate's outstanding performance in the classroom or with students in the laboratory, the candidate's contributions to the development of new technology, the candidate's contributions to innovations in curricula or laboratories and the candidate's contributions to advising.

Brown-Henderson Award Criteria

Kinslow Engineering Research Award.  The Kinslow Award was established to recognize high-quality, archival publications by Engineering faculty members at TTU. Articles published during the calendar year 2007 will be eligible for consideration this year. Nominees must be the principal author. The selection criteria include both research innovation and research applicability. Any interested party (other than the nominees) is authorized to submit nominations. The recipient will receive a plaque and a stipend that varies with the size of the Kinslow Endowment.

Kinslow Award Criteria

Leighton E. Sissom Innovation and Creativity Award.  The Sissom Award was established to recognize scholarship, methodology, invention, technique, processes, or other unique contributions demonstrating creativity and innovation. Any faculty member, administrator, student, secretary, technician, or engineer associated with the College is eligible for nomination. The recipient will receive a plaque and a stipend that varies with the size of the Sissom Endowment.

Leighton E. Sissom Award Criteria

Engineer of Distinction Award.  This award recognizes friends and alumni for their professional success over a long and distinguished engineering career. Any interested party can submit a nomination. Nominations should address the candidate's outstanding professional record, distinguished service to the profession, interest in and dedication to the College, and personal reputation for outstanding character and citizenship. No employee of the university in active service is eligible for the award. Although most Engineer of Distinction awards have been given to living candidates, it is also possible for the award to be given posthumously. The award carries no stipend, but those honored are enshrined in our Gallery of Distinction.

Engineer of Distinction Award Criteria

Technologist of Distinction Award.  This award was created to recognize friends and alumni for their professional success over a long and distinguished career in industrial technology. Criteria are the same as for the Engineer of Distinction Award, except that the award winners will come from the Industrial Technology tradition rather than from the Engineering tradition.

Technologist of Distinction Award Criteria

David H. Huddleston, Ph.D., P.E.

Interim Dean of Engineering