Dear ASEM Member,

Several of ASEM's Annual Awards have nomination submission deadlines of 15 July 2021.  Therefore please submit your nominations for the many prestigious awards offered by the Society. 

Visit https://goo.gl/forms/3BqwM6IWjycUNJL33 before 15 July 2021 to submit nominations and any supporting documentation required.  The awards are as follows:

Bernard R. Sarchet Award

The Bernard R. Sarchet Award is considered to be the highest award given by ASEM. This award recognizes contributions to the Society and to the field of engineering management (EM) and is annually given to an ASEM member who has contributed the most to the Society on a local, national and/or international basis. Nominations can be submitted based on positive contributions in the following areas:

• Publication of technical papers.
• Service as a local, national or international officer or committee member.
• Participation in the ASEM International Annual Conference (IAC).
• Contribution to the EM Body of Knowledge or EM Handbook.
• Management of seminars, workshops, symposia, webinars or training sessions.
• National and international promotion of the Society.

Frank Woodbury Special Service Award

The Frank Woodbury Special Service Award recognizes an ASEM member who has provided outstanding service to the Society.

This award is given annually to an active ASEM member who has demonstrated proof of continued service excellence to ASEM. Nominations can be submitted based on positive contributions in the following areas:

• Support of EMJ through significant contribution to editorial content, such as articles, editing, reviewing, etc.
• Repeated service as an ASEM International Annual Conference track chair or conference chair.
• Outstanding service on a local, national or international committee.
• Exemplary contribution to development of the EM Body of Knowledge or EM Handbook.
• Repeated delivery or development of ASEM training products or services.
• Continued promotion of the Society.

Meritorious Service Awards

The Meritorious Service Awards were created to recognize the effort of the local sections of ASEM.  

These awards include:

• New Member Recruiting – Any member responsible for recruiting five or more new members in a given calendar year.
• Outstanding Non-Board Member – Any member who is not currently serving on the ASEM Board of Directors and has contributed outstanding accomplishments to the operation, improvement, and/or recognition of the Society.
• Outstanding Local Section President – Any local section president who in the course of executing the duties of a local section president, makes outstanding accomplishments to the operation, improvement, and/or recognition of the Society.
• Outstanding Student Chapter President – Any student section president who in the course of executing the duties of a student chapter president, makes outstanding accomplishments to the operation, improvement, and/or recognition of the Society.

Founder’s Awards

• Undergraduate: To recognize undergraduate engineering management program leadership. Eligible programs have: An active undergraduate program in engineering management; Demonstrated contributions to engineering management education and practice; Recommendations from stakeholders outside of their institution including employers and alumni; and Other significant achievements related to undergraduate engineering management program leadership.
• Graduate: To recognize graduate engineering management program leadership.  Eligible programs have: An active graduate program which offers a graduate degree in engineering management; Demonstrated contributions to graduate engineering management education and practice; Recommendations from stakeholders outside of the institution including employers and alumni; and Other significant achievements related to graduate engineering management program leadership.
• Student Chapter: To recognize ASEM student chapter excellence. All active ASEM student chapters are eligible. Each of eight criterion are rated on a score from 1 to 10 with 10 being highest: Quality of Submission, Active Student Participation, ASEM International Annual Conference Participation, Engineering Management Projects, Community Projects, Faculty Involvement, Support for the Engineering Management Profession, and EM Practice.

Presidential Award – Local Section

The Presidential Award – Local Section annually recognizes ASEM local section excellence. All active ASEM local sections are eligible. Criteria for this award include:

• Section membership and demonstrated participation.
• Participation in the ASEM International Annual Conference.
• Publication of technical papers and delivery of seminars and workshops.
• Other contributions to the field of engineering management.

Best Dissertation Award

The Best Dissertation Award annually recognizes the PhD dissertation that makes the most significant contribution to the engineering management field. 

The award winning dissertation will:

• Contribute significant extensions of EM concepts.
• Have effective integration of analytical and management concerns as a primary premise.
• Include high quality design of the study and collection of data.
• Make conclusions with broad application to a range of EM organizations.

William Daughton World Headquarters Service Award

The William Daughton World Headquarters Service Award recognizes significant contributions to the streamlining, enhancement, or improvement of the day-to-day operations of the ASEM world headquarters (WHQ).

This award recognizes an active ASEM member for their contribution of time, effort, or implemented idea that significantly enhanced or improved the day-to-day operation of ASEM including but not limited to:

• WHQ processes and procedures.
• ASEM website and other communications.
• WHQ office arrangements and accommodations.

For more information about this award, and all of ASEM's Society Awards, please visit: https://asem.org/Society-Awards or contact asem-hq@asem.org.

Regards 

Simon P Philbin, PhD CPEM Fellow ASEM

ASEM Past President