This award 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:

• National and international promotion of the Society.
• Advancement of the engineering management (EM) field as a ‘Thought Leader’.
• Experience in leadership roles in EM and related fields.
• Publication of technical publications in EM and related fields.
• Service as a local, national, or international officer, committee member, or board member of the Society.
• Significant participation in the ASEM International Annual Conference.
• Contribution to key Society publications, such as the EM Body of Knowledge or EM Handbook.
• Management and delivery of seminars, workshops, symposia, webinars, training sessions, or other activities related to the work of the Society.
• Development of new initiatives to advance the strategic objectives of the Society.

 Eligibility/Criteria

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 ASEM publications through significant contribution to editorial content (articles, editing, reviewing, etc.).
• Repeated service as ASEM International Annual Conference session chair, track chair or conference chair.
• Outstanding service on an ASEM local, national, or international committee.
• Exemplary contribution to the content of the EM Body of Knowledge, EM Handbook, case studies, or similar EM related technical or practitioner content or product.
• Repeated development or delivery of ASEM training products or services.
• Continued promotion of the Society.
• Recruiting professional members.
• Recruiting corporate members or sponsors.

Past President solicits nominations in May. Nomination packets must be emailed to ASEM headquarters by July 15 . Award selection is made by August 1. Nomination packets must include:

• Brief description of the undergraduate engineering management program (program title, program initiation date, degree offered, etc.)
  
• The number of undergraduate degrees awarded per year for the past three academic years.
  
• Contributions to engineering management education (number of conference papers, number of journal articles, initiatives to advance engineering management education – to include funded projects).
  
• Contributions to engineering management practice (number of conference papers, number of journal articles).
  
• Three letters of recommendation from stakeholders outside academe.
  
• Other significant achievements of the undergraduate program.
  

Past President solicits nominations in May. Nomination packets must be emailed to ASEM headquarters by July 15. Award selection is made by August 1. Nomination packets must include:

• Brief description of the graduate program in EM or related field (program title, program initiation date, degree awarded, etc.)
• The number of graduate degrees awarded per year for the past three academic year.
• Contributions to education in EM or related field (number of conference papers, number of journal articles, initiatives to advance engineering management education – to include funded projects).
• Contributions to practice in EM or related field (number of conference papers, number of journal articles).
• Three letters of recommendation from stakeholders outside academe.
• Other significant achievements of the graduate program(s).

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Founders Award – Student Chapter Recipients

Nominate student chapter for the Founder's Award

All ASEM IAC papers are eligible. The award winning paper will:

• Describe high-quality work.
• Be significant and relevant to current issues in engineering management or related fields.
• Present findings that are applicable to a broad audience.
• Be well-written.

Each academic program nominating a dissertation will provide:

1. A nominating letter not to exceed two pages in length.

2. A synopsis of the nominated dissertation written by its author. The synopsis may not exceed 5 pages (Times New Roman, 12 point font) and should include the following:

a. Problem addressed (1 page)

b. The research methodology (1 page)

c. The outcome of the research and its significance for the engineering management discipline (3 pages).

3. Place the submission as one document into a “.pdf” file. Label the document: “ASEM-BDA – ‘School Abbreviation’ – ‘Author’s Last Name’ – ‘date’” (example: ASEM-BDA – MST – Jones – 29 June 2022).

A packet that fails to provide the requirements as specified above will not be considered. The nominees that advance to the final review stage will be required to submit an unbound copy of the dissertation for dissemination to the judges. Download complete submission information at 2024 - ASEM BDA - Call for Nominations.pdf

Nominations must be submitted to the ASEM Dissertation Award Committee Chair by August 16, 2024.

The ideal Engineering Manager of the Year recipient has:

• A technical degree appropriate to the organization and the career path. This includes areas such as engineering, technology management, physics, computer science, chemistry, and similar degrees. 
• A successful career record as a senior manager of a technical organization or corporation
• Outstanding character and ethical values as demonstrated by career accomplishments and service activities.
• Recognition for contributions to areas such as technical advances, professional societies, public service, and/or society as a whole.

This award recognizes active ASEM member(s) for their contribution of time, effort, or implemented ideas that significantly enhanced, improve the administrative operations of ASEM, and/or supporting or enhancing strategic plan implementation including but not limited to:

• Significantly improved software or conference procedures,
• Enhanced methods to attract and retain membership
• Enhanced society web and global presence,
• WHQ administrative processes and procedures,
• ASEM website and other communications,
• WHQ office arrangements and accommodations.

Nominate person for the William Daughton World Headquarters Service Award                                                      Recipients of the award will receive an award indicating their contribution at the International Annual Conference and their names placed in the historical record of award recipients

The award annually recognizes outstanding professional development activities to the Society.

This award is given annually to an active ASEM member who has documented contributions to the creation, improvement, or expansion of profession development programs, certifications, or course(s) in the field of engineering management. The contributing activities must be related to current or near future professional development offerings by the Society.

Eligible candidates must satisfy the following criteria for nomination:

• ASEM member in good standing.
• Actively hold one of the ASEM professional Certifications (See https://www.asem.org/EM-Professional-Certifications for current listing).
• Service in a local, national, or international professional development committee activity.
• Participation in the ASEM International Annual Conference.
• Contribution to the creation, improvement, expansion, management, or delivery of courses, programs, certification materials, seminars, workshops, symposia, webinars, training sessions, or other activities related to professional development in the engineering management profession.

Past President solicits nominations in May.  Nominations are submitted by July 15 via the ASEM Online Nomination Form. Award selection is made by August 1.

Executive Committee selects the award recipient upon recommendation of the Past President.

Nominate person for the Paul J. Kauffmann Leadership for Professional Development Award                                                  Recipients of the award will receive an award indicating their contribution at the International Annual Conference and their names placed in the historical record of award recipients.