The Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award is given for distinguished career contributions to the theory or application of automatic control. It is the highest recognition of professional achievement for US control systems engineers and scientists.The recipient must have spent a significant part of his/her career in the USA. The awardee is strongly encouraged to give a plenary presentation at the ACC Awards Luncheon.
The Donald P. Eckman Award recognizes an outstanding young engineer in the field of automatic control. The recipient must be younger than 35 years at the time of the award. Contributions may be technical or scientific publications, theses, patents, inventions, or combinations of the above in the field of automatic control made while the nominee was a resident of the USA. Supporting documentation must include a full endorsement by at least one responsible supervisor.
The John R. Ragazzini Award is given to recognize outstanding contributions to automatic control education in any form. These contributions can be from any source and in any media, i.e., electronic, publications, courses, etc.
Control Engineering Practice Award is given to one individual or one team to be selected from those nominated for significant contribution to the advancement of control practice. The primary criterion for selection will be for the application and implementation of innovative control concepts, methodology, and technology, for the planning, design, manufacture, and operation of control systems. Achievement and usefulness will be evidenced by the benefit to society and by the degree of acceptance by those who use control as a tool. The work on which the nomination is based must have been performed while the nominated individual or at least one member of the team was a resident of the USA. The award consists of a certificate and an honorarium. In the event that the winner is a team, each member of the team will receive a certificate and the honorarium will be divided equally among the team members.
The O. Hugo Schuck Award is given to recognize the best two papers presented at the previous ACC. One award is for a paper emphasizing contributions to theory and the other emphasizing significant or innovative applications. The papers must have been presented by the awardee or a coauthor. Criteria for selection include the quality of the written and oral presentation, the technical contribution, timeliness, and practicality.
All information and supporting documents for a nomination are to be included with the nomination form and seven (7) copies are to be sent by December 1, 2000 to: Prof. Abraham Haddad, Dept. of ECE, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208-3118. The form is to facilitate making and evaluating nominations. Nominations prepared in other ways will be considered if they include the required information.
All requested information must be provided. Should additional space be needed for any item, additional sheets may be used and attached to the nomination form. The citation statements should be carefully prepared. Specific identification of the work on which the nomination is based and an evaluation and appraisal of the nominee's accomplishments, particularly the work to be recognized by the proposed award, are of great importance and should be prepared with care.
At least three (3) but not more than five (5) brief supporting letters from colleagues (peers) or former students should accompany a given nomination. To be useful, these letters should contain factual information not provided elsewhere in the nomination.
Reprints or preprints may be attached if the subject treated relates substantially to the work on which a nomination is based and if this material is not readily available. The number of such papers may not exceed five (5). Seven (7) copies of each should accompany the nomination.
The deadline for all awards is December 1. Further information can be obtained from the AACC Secretariat: Prof. Abraham Haddad, Dept. of ECE, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208-3118, Phone: (847) 491-8175, Fax: (847) 491-4455, E-mail: ahaddad@ece.nwu.edu.
Nominations for the five AACC (American Automatic Control Council) awards for 2001 are now being solicited. The awards consist of a certificate and an honorarium, and they will be presented at the Awards Banquet during the 2001 ACC to be held in Arlington, VA on June 26, 2001. Nomination packages should be prepared in accordance with the AACC Award Nomination Form and include the following: biographical information, a statement identifying and evaluating the accomplishments on which the nomination is based (not to exceed two double spaced pages), a minimum of three and a maximum of five reference letters, a current list of publications and patents, and any additional supporting material that could have bearing on the award. All materials should be collected in a single package and the original together with six (6) copies should be submitted at the same time. The nomination package is due by December 1, 2000. It should be sent to:
Telephone: (847) 491-8175
Fax: (847) 491-4455
E-Mail: ahaddad@ece.nwu.edu
The awards are described as follows:
Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award. For distinguished career contributions to the theory or applications of automatic control. The nominee is to have spent a significant part of his or her career in the United States. Posthumous nominations are not allowed.
Donald P. Eckman Award. For outstanding accomplishments by a young engineer in the field of automatic control. Nominees must be younger than 35 years at the time of the award. The award is based on contributions made while the nominee was a resident of the United States.
John R. Ragazzini Award. For outstanding contributions to automatic control education in any form. The awardee normally is a teacher, but there is no formal requirement that nominees be members of a university faculty.
Control Engineering Practice Award. For significant contributions to the advancement of control practice including the application and implementation of innovative control concepts, methodology, and technology, for the planning, design, manufacture, and operation of control systems.
O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award. For the best two papers presented at the previous American Control Conference. The papers must have been presented by the author or a co-author at the conference. Selection criteria include quality of the written and oral presentation, technical contribution, timeliness, and practicality, with one award emphasizing contributions to theory and the other emphasizing significant or innovative applications.
The Chairman of the AACC Awards Committee for 2000-01 is Dr. David Auslander, of the University of California at Berkeley.
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