Awards Committee | IEEE Education Society

The Awards Committee shall be responsible for recommending various forms of recognition for noteworthy contributions to the fields of interest to the Society. This committee shall be responsible for administering the Society’s awards programs and shall also see that deserving members are nominated for awards and prizes administered by the IEEE and other relevant organizations.

At least one-half of the members of the Awards Committee shall hold Fellow or Senior Member grade. The committee Chair may appoint sub-committees for individual Society awards, as well as representatives to committees involved in the selection of other awards in which the Society participates. Nominations for Society awards shall be considered annually, although awards need not be made annually.

The Awards Committee’s decisions are final and need not be ratified by the Board of Governors. The committee shall review the Society’s awards from time-to-time, and may propose modifications to existing society awards, as well as additional Society awards, subject to approval by the Board of Governors and the IEEE TAB.

The Awards Committee Chair shall prepare an annual report covering all of the awards activities. The Chair of this committee shall report to the Vice President for Educational Activities and Awards.

Awards Committee Co-Chairs

James Sluss

University of Oklahoma

United States

James Sluss

Biography

Dr. Jim Sluss is the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Tulsa Graduate College at the University of Oklahoma - Tulsa. He is responsible for working with the Norman Associate Deans on the OU-Tulsa campus in budgeting, forecasting, program planning and growth, and faculty affairs. In addition, he has oversight responsibilities for the Schusterman Library and OU-Tulsa Student Affairs. A Regents’ Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, he has worked in research areas leading to new technology development across a variety of industry sectors. He has been awarded 15 U.S. patents, has authored/co-authored over 100 journal and conference publications, and has been principal/co-principal investigator on over $20 million in sponsored research grants and contracts.

Prior to assuming his current administrative duties on the OU-Tulsa campus, he was the Director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2005-2014), leading the School through a period of historic growth. More recently, he served as Senior Associate Dean for the Gallogly College of Engineering (2014-2016) where he led research administration, faculty development, and graduate education.

He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Education Society, and the IEEE Communications Society. He is a Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA), International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP) and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Education Society since 2000, serving in a number of officer positions including a two-year term as President from 2015-2016. In 2015, he was awarded the International Engineering Educator Honoris Causa by the International Society for Engineering Education “for outstanding contributions in the field of Engineering Education.”

Jim is a native of Huntington, West Virginia. He received the B.S in Physics in 1984 from Marshall University, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1986 and 1989, respectively, from the University of Virginia.

Affiliation(s)

University of Oklahoma

United States

Russ Meier

Milwaukee School of Engineering

United States

Award Policy Committee Member

James Sluss

University of Oklahoma

United States

James Sluss

Biography

Affiliation(s)

University of Oklahoma

United States

IEEE William E. Sayle II Award for Achievement in Education Award Subcommittee Chair

Elio Sancristobal

National University of Distance Education

Spain

Chapter Achievement Award Subcommittee Chair

Robert A. Reilly

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States

Distinguished Member Award Subcommittee Chair

James R. Rowland

Professor

University of Kansas

United States

Distinguished Chapter Leadership Award Subcommittee Chair

Robert A. Reilly

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States

Edwin C. Jones Jr. Meritorious Service Award Subcommittee Chair

Hamadou Saliah-Hassane

University of TÉLUQ

Canada

Hamadou Saliah-Hassane

Biography

Professor Saliah-Hassane is a senior researcher at the LICEF Research Center. He teaches informatics and computer networks at TELUQ, a Distance Education University of the Network of Universities of Quebec.

Saliah-Hassane has a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McGill University in Montreal and a Master of Applied Science degree from École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada.

He has taught at the University of Niamey, Republic of Niger (1985-1987) and was Head of Electrical Engineering Department of The Engineering School of Mines, Industry and Geology (EMIG) of the former Economic Community of West Africa in Niamey, Niger (1989-1991).

Hamadou Saliah-Hassane is a member of Professional Engineers of Québec (OIQ); of IEEE (Member of the Administrative Committee of IEEE Education Society and Chair of its Education Standards Committee); of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and of African Engineering Education Association (AEEA).

In 2005 he received the "2005 Achievement Award" from the International Network for Engineering Education (iNEER) for “Research and Innovation on Online laboratories and for the Advancement of International Collaboration”. He received other awards and memorials of satisfaction: "Champion of Montreal's IEEE Teachers in Service Program" (2010); Volunteer Award of the President of IEEE Canada (2009); Certificate of Appreciation from the Vice Presidents of IEEE Technical and of IEEE Geographic Activities. And recently, in 2012, Professor Saliah-Hassane was recognized with the highest academic distinction of “Commander of the Order of Academic Palm” by the Republic of Niger, his home country.

Affiliation(s)

University of TÉLUQ

Canada

Mac Van Valkenburg Award Subcommittee Chair

S. Hossein Mousavinezhad

Professor

Idaho State University

United States

Student Leadership Award Chair

Robert A. Reilly

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States

Transactions on Education Best Paper Award Subcommittee Chair

John E. Mitchell

University College London

United Kingdom

John E. Mitchell

Biography

Professor John Mitchell received a BEng in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the Department of Electronic Engineering, University College London in 1996, and PhD in 2000.

John E. Mitchell is a Professor of Communications Systems Engineering in the UCL Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Vice-Dean Education in the UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences. His research is focused on optical and wireless access systems, considering optical fibre access, millimeter-wave radio access, as well as systems that combine these two areas, specifically to support mobile front/back haul systems. This work has been funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the European Union (FP7, Marie-Curie), the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and industry (including BT and SELEX ES). Between 2012 and 2016 he was on secondment to the UCL Engineering Sciences Faculty office, where he lead the introduction of the Integrated Engineering Programme. The team that led this major revision of the curriculum across the engineering faculty has recently been awarded the HEA Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE). In 2009, he was awarded the UCL Provost's award for teaching and has published on curriculum development with engineering education. Professor Mitchell is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member of the Board of Directors of the European Society for Engineering Education and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Affiliation(s)

University College London

United Kingdom