AIAA Honors

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AIAA Honors Awards

• Corey Hernandez
• Deputy Director Region II
• Honors Awards

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Topics To Be Covered

• Responsibilities of the Deputy Director-Honors
  and Awards
• Responsibilities of the Section Honors and Awards
  Officer
• AIAA Headquarters Resources

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Deputy Director-Honors and Awards

• Regional Liaison
• Voting member AIAA Honors and Awards Committee
  (HAC), and Regional Advisory Committee (RAC)
• Responsible for encouraging Sections to have and
  maintain an active honors and award program

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Deputy Director-Honors and Awards

• General Duties
• Advise and assist membership and section officers
  with submissions of nominations for membership
  upgrades.
• Communicate with Section Honors and Awards
  Officers as often as possible. If there is no
  Honors and Awards Officer, maintain a meaningful
  and continuing liaison with the Section Chairman
  and other appropriate individuals.
• Collect and disseminate information on National
  and Regional honors and awards activities that
  may be useful to local Sections in formulating or
  improving their local honors and awards programs.
  
• Encourage nominations for Section awards and AIAA
  Awards. Plays a key role in nominations for the
  Engineer of the Year (EOY) Award and in
  presentation of the Region's EOY candidate at the
  appropriate AIAA Honors and Awards Committee
  Meeting.
• Convey information from the AIAA Honors and
  Awards Committee meeting to the Regional and
  Section leadership. Communicate Regional and
  Section activities and concerns to the AIAA
  Honors and Awards Committee.
• Participate in the Regional Leadership
  Conference.

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Section Honors and Awards Officer

• Responsible for promoting and recognizing
  excellence within the Section.
• Plays a key role in the Sections annual awards
  ceremony or special Section meeting honoring
  Section member accomplishments.
• Honors and Awards activities may vary from
  section to section according to section size.
• To do an effective job, it is suggested that the
  Section Honors and Awards officer establish an
  Honors and Awards subcommittee, and work closely
  with the Section Chair or newsletter editor.

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Section Honors and Awards Officer

• General Duties
• Promote Advancements in Membership Grade
• Provide Recognition for Outstanding Section
  Members
• Recognize 254050-60- and 70 Year Members
• Establish/Maintain Local or Section Awards
• Communicate with Deputy Director-Honors and
  Awards

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Promote Advancements in Membership Grade

• (Covered in a previous RLC session)
• A combination of activities is the best way to
  handle this task.
• Put reminders in the newsletter.
• List membership upgrade criteria in your Section
  newsletter, along with nomination and reference
  deadlines.
• Contact eligible members, and encourage them to
  upgrade their membership status.
• Coordinate the completion of an upgrade packages
  for the worthy candidates. Once the members are
  upgraded, recognize the members in the Section
  newsletter.

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Membership Grades and PinsQualifications
http//www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid183

• Senior Member (white/blue)
• Associate Fellow (silver)
• 15 April Nomination Deadline
• 15 May Reference Deadline
• Fellow (white)
• 15 June Nomination Deadline
• 15 July Reference Deadline
• Honorary Fellow (gold)
• 15 June Nomination Deadline
• 15 July Nomination Deadline

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Recognize Section Members

• Certificate of Appreciation - At the end of
  their terms or at other appropriate times,
  recognize your Section chair, officers, and other
  members who have demonstrated hard work and
  dedication to your Section. AIAA Headquarters
  has blank certificate paper available upon
  request.
• Anniversary Awards - Every year, AIAA
  Headquarters sends the Section chair names of the
  members who have been AIAA members for
  25-40-50-60- or 70 years. The appropriate
  membership certificate and pin are sent directly
  to the member.
• Special Service Citation - Nominate exceptional
  volunteers for their contributions of time and
  effort, which have substantially and uniquely
  benefited a Section, Region or student branch
  during the Section year. All Special Service
  Citations must first be approved by RAC, then by
  RSAC.
• Be sure to recognize recipients at your annual
  awards ceremony, special section meeting, or
  other appropriate activities.

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Nominate A Section Member For AIAA Technical and
Major Awards

• It is suggested that periodically the Section
  Honors and Awards Officer and subcommittee
  brainstorm possible candidates and complete the
  nomination process.
• Over 75 awards can be found at
  http//www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid194
• A Call for Nominations is published in the
  Bulletin and at http//www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?p
  ageid290.
• If a section member is selected to receive the
  award, AIAA Headquarters will notify the Section
  honors and awards officer and Regional Deputy
  Director.
• Announcement of the award should be published in
  your section newsletter. Consider notifying your
  local newspaper and the recipients industry
  publication to obtain local coverage.

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Establish/Maintain Local or Section Awards

• A number of Sections have established their own
  awards. These awards may consist of an Engineer
  of the Year Award, a Distinguished Service Award,
  a Technical Award, or they can be named in honor
  of a pioneer in the industry or a dedicated
  professional in the area.

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AIAA Awards

• Section Awards
• (Covered in a previous RLC session)
• Distinguished Service Award
• Engineer of the Year Award
• Sustained Service Award

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AIAA Distinguished Service Award

• Established in 1968 to give unique recognition to
  an individual member of AIAA who has
  distinguished himself/herself over a period of
  years by service to the Institute.
• Deadline 1 October
• Selection made by the AIAA President and Vice
  Presidents.
• Generally presented at the black-tie Aerospace
  Spotlight Awards Gala

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AIAA Engineer of the Year Award

• Presented to an AIAA member who has made a recent
  (within the past two years) individual
  contribution in the application of scientific and
  mathematical principles leading to a significant
  accomplishment or event worthy of AIAA's national
  or international recognition.
• Nominations begin at the AIAA Section level or
  may be made by any AIAA members, and are
  submitted to the appropriate Deputy
  Director-Honors and Awards and Regional Director
  by 1 October.
• The Deputy Director-Honors and Awards on behalf
  of the appropriate region, presents their
  candidate to the AIAA Honors and Awards
  Committee, who selects the overall AIAA Engineer
  of the Year.
• Presented at a technical conference.

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AIAA Sustained Service Award

• Established in 1999, this prestigious award
  recognizes sustained, significant service and
  contributions to the Institute by members.
• A nomination form and score sheet must be
  submitted by 1 October along with a summary of
  the nominees accomplishments and brief
  biography.
• Nominees for the award must score 100 points or
  greater on the score sheet. Nominees are
  evaluated on the following criteria Years as a
  member, Student Chapter Service, Section and
  Region Service, Technical Service, Publications
  Service, Institute Service International Service,
  as well as Special Assignments.
• The Membership Committee recommends a slate of up
  to 20 recipients each year, with endorsement by
  the AIAA President and Vice Presidents. Awards
  are presented at a technical conference or at a
  Section awards ceremony.

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AIAA Resources

• Call for Nominations http//www.aiaa.org/content.c
  fm?pageid290
• Membership Upgrade forms http//www.aiaa.org/conte
  nt.cfm?pageid292Membership20Upgrades
• Description of Awards, Nomination Deadlines
  http//www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid194
  (search by award name)
• Nomination forms http//www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?p
  ageid292Honors20and20Awards
• Roster of Senior Members, Associate Fellows,
  Fellows, Honorary Fellows http//www.aiaa.org/cont
  ent.cfm?pageid183
• Previous Award Recipients http//www.aiaa.org/con
  tent.cfm?pageid194 (search by award name)
• Honors and Awards News http//www.aiaa.org/content
  .cfm?pageid205

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Questions?

• Carol Stewart
• Manager, AIAA Honors And Awards
• 703/264-7623
• carols_at_aiaa.org

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