The Awards Committee is responsible for the the process of selecting recipients for the ELD Early Career Award, the Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award, the Best Publication Award, the Innovation in Access to Engineering Information Award, the ELD Best Poster Award, and the ELD Best Conference Paper Award. Definitions, conditions, and honors associated with any proposed additional awards must go through ASEE as outlined in Section 7.0 of the Society Awards Program Policies & Procedures Manual.
The duties of the Awards committee shall include:
- Calling for nominations for the Bernhardt, Best Publication, and Innovation in Access to Engineering Information Awards
- Selecting winners shortly after the close of nominations
- Notifying winners through personal email and announcing winners through ELD-L, ELDNET-L, and social media.
- Insuring that certificates are printed for presentation at the Annual Meeting
Current Members:
- Chair: Sylvia Jones, 2023-2025, sylviagw@mail.smu.edu
- Members: Nancy Allee, Julia Gelfand, Hema Ramachandran, Kelly Durkin Ruth, Ally Wood
Awards:
- ELD Early Career Award
- Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award
- ELD Best Publication Award
- Innovation in Access to Engineering Information Award (formerly Best Reference Work Award)
- ELD Best Poster Award
- ELD Best Conference Paper Award
- Ford Motor Company Digital Librarian Award (ceased)
- ASEE National Conference and PIC IV Awards (by ELD members)