Outstanding Young Engineer

Award and Nomination Description

Description	Recognizes an outstanding young MTT-S Member, who has distinguished him/herself through achievement(s), which may be technical (within the MTT-S Field of Interest), may be exemplary service to the MTT-S, or may be a combination of both. What distinguishes this award from other MTT-S achievement-based awards (such as Prize, Application, and Pioneer) is that by its title, this award's focus is a person, not an achievement, and that we are implicitly recognizing the person who was responsible for the success of the cited achievement(s) during his/her early career.
Prize	Certificate, Plaque, and cash award of US$ 1500.
Eligibility	Nominee must be no more than 38 years of age (i.e., must not have reached their 39th birthday) and must be an MTT member at time of nomination. Nominator must certify the eligibility of the nominee at the time of nomination.
Basis for Judging	The nomination must clearly indicate the achievements that define the excellence of the candidate, and must reference/provide relevant documentation that is in/not in the public domain. Examples of achievements include: Technical contributions from patents, publications, such as journal articles, digests of papers, books, reports, and product releases. Service/organizational contributions to the Society, such as results demonstrated in the Local Chapter, Section, or Regional activities, as well as to Publications, Membership Services, or other Technical or Administrative Committees of the Society. At least 3, but no more than 5 endorsements must be provided, written by individuals intimately knowledgeable with the candidate's activities that led to the achievements.
Presentation	Presented at the annual IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Awards Banquet.

Nomination Forms

Please use the latest online nomination form, or you may request a This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Please send the completed Nomination Form, including all endorsements, BY JULY 1 to:

Prof. Robert J. Trew MTT-S Awards Committee

Chair ECE Department, Box 7911 Raleigh, NC 27695

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Previous Outstanding Young Engineers

All previous Outstanding Young Engineer Award recipients are listed at the Past Awardees: Outstanding Young Engineer link.

IEEE/MTT-S Awards: Important Information for nominators

IEEE Policy 4.4 (Limitations of Awards) states the following:

"No person shall receive an award, or be the nominator or reference for a nomination for a candidate for an award, who, at any stage of the recipient-selection process for that award, is eligible to vote on who shall receive that award. This conflict of interest limitation shall apply to all awards given by the IEEE or any of its organizational units."

With reference to the MTT-Society, this Policy affects Members of the MTT-S Awards Committee*, and voting members of the MTT Administrative Committee**.

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* The Awards Committee prepares a slate of candidates for the Career, Distinguished Service, Distinguished Educator, Pioneer, Application, Outstanding Young Engineer, and N.W. Cox Awards of the MTT-Society

** The Adminstrative Committee approves the award slate proposed by the Awards Committee

Last Updated on 17 March 2011