[CCoE Notice] CCE Faculty Research Awards

[Fritz Claydon]

CCE Faculty:


This is a call for nominations for the following faculty excellence awards
for the academic year 2011-2012.  Please submit your nominations to me by
COB March 22, 2012.

*Fluor-Daniel Faculty Excellence Award*: The highest honor accorded to a
Cullen College of Engineering faculty member, this award symbolizes overall
career excellence.

*The Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award*: Given to a young faculty
member, eight years or less from the date of the doctorate, who has made an
outstanding research contribution.

*The Senior Faculty Research Excellence Award*: Given to a faculty member
whose research effort has brought significant recognition to the research
activities of the college.

Nominations should consist of:  (a) a letter of nomination limited to two
pages and (b) a copy of the nominee's vita. If additional information is
needed, the committee will contact the nominees.

The following rules pertain:

·        Nominees for the *Fluor-Daniel Faculty Excellence Award* must be
full-time tenured faculty who have held a continuous appointment in the
Cullen College of Engineering for at least *five* academic years prior to
the year of nomination.  Nominees must demonstrate excellence in all areas
of faculty responsibility.  The selection committee will consider:  (a) the
significance and national/international impact of the candidate's research
or creative activity; (b) evidence of outstanding teaching ability; and (c)
distinctive service to the College, the profession, and the community.
 Documentation of quality teaching should be provided, along with a list of
all graduate students supervised, together with their current positions if
they have graduated.


·        Nominations for the *Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award* and
the *Senior Faculty Research Excellence Award* should be restricted to
faculty who had joined the Cullen College of Engineering at least three
years prior to the time of their nomination.

·         No member of the Dean or Provost's office is eligible for the *Junior
Faculty Research Excellence Award* or for the *Senior Faculty Research
Excellence Award*.

·         A previous recipient of the *Senior Faculty Research Excellence
Award* is eligible for reconsideration for the Award only in the event of
significant contribution in a field of work distinct from that recognized
in the previous Award.

·         The Research Awards Committee shall make recommendations to the
Dean.

·         No nominations will be accepted after the deadline of  COB March
22, 2012.

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Fritz Claydon Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Dean of Administration and Research
University of Houston
Cullen College of Engineering
713.743.4204
fclaydon at uh.edu

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