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IEEE Region 8 Women in Engineering Awards 2023 – Winners Announcement

 in R8 WIE Awards Recipients

IEEE Region 8 Women in Engineering is announcing the 2023 Award recipients!

Region 8 Outstanding Women in Engineering Student Volunteer Award: Baya Bouchaala & Roshan Mohyeldeen Ahmed

 

Region 8 Outstanding Women in Engineering Section Volunteer Award: Annabel Latham

 

Region 8 Women in Engineering Student Affinity Group Award: IEEE WIE ENET’Com Student affinity group

 

Region 8 Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group Award: Jordan Section WIE Affinity Group

 

Congratulations!

Region 8 Women in Engineering Student Volunteer of the Year Award

 in Region 8 Outstanding Women in Engineering Student Volunteer Award Guidelines

The Student Volunteer of the Year Award recognizes an outstanding WIE Student volunteer who has been devoted to promoting WIE activities and spearheading events within their Student Branch AG.

 

Eligibility Criteria

 

Applications will be reviewed by the WIE R8 Sub-Committee, who will select a winning Student Volunteer. The winning Student Volunteer will then be, as a second step, validated by the R8 Awards and Recognition Sub-Committee.  The following criteria will be considered for the review of applications:

 

1)     WIE Student member in good standing.

2)     One endorsement letter written by your Section Chair highlighting achievements and contributions of the student volunteer to the AG.

3)     Both applications and nominations are accepted and any Student volunteer may apply for the award, and any member of the Section may nominate a Student volunteer.

 

The winning Region 8 WIE Student Volunteer will receive 250 USD.


Nominations are accepted until June 15th 2024 through IEEE Region 8 Awards Portal.

Region 8 Women in Engineering Student Affinity Group of the Year Award

 in Region 8 Women in Engineering Student Affinity Group of the Year Award Guidelines

The Student Affinity Group of the Year recognizes activities and achievements for a WIE Student Affinity group from Region 8 within 2022. Activities will be evaluated in terms of content, collaborative activities to improve on student engagement and quality of the report submitted.

Eligibility CriteriaApplications will be reviewed by the WIE R8 Sub-Committee, who will select a winning Student AG. The winning Student AG will then be, as a second step, validated by the R8 Awards and Recognition SubCommittee.  The following criteria will be considered for the review of applications: 

1)     Approved Student WIE Affinity Group (AG) within IEEE Region 8 that has conducted activities and events within 2022.

2)     A report clearly and concisely documenting activities i.e. dates, content, number of attendees, academic or industry partners and impact of the events. The submitted report should be no more than 1000 words, please include pictures, a report in the form of powerpoint slides is also accepted.

3)     All members of the Student AG must be listed on the application.

4)     Both applications and nominations are accepted and any member of the Student AG can apply for the award, and any member of the Section can nominate the WIE Student AG.

 

The winning Student Affinity Group will receive 350 USD.

 

Nominations are accepted until June 15th 2024 through IEEE Region 8 Awards Portal.

Region 8 Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group of the Year Award

 in Region 8 Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group of the Year Award Guidelines

The Section Affinity Group of the Year recognizes activities and achievements for a WIE Section Affinity group from Region 8 within 2022. Activities will be evaluated in terms of content, collaborative activities to improve on professional growth and quality of the report submitted.

 

Eligibility Criteria

 

Applications will be reviewed by the WIE R8 Sub-Committee, who will select a winning Section AG. The winning Section AG will then be, as a second step, validated by the R8 Awards and Recognition SubCommittee. The following criteria will be considered for the review of applications:

1)     Approved Section WIE Affinity Group (AG) within IEEE Region 8 that has conducted activities and events within 2022.

 

2)     A report clearly and concisely documenting activities i.e. dates, content, number of attendees, academic or industry partners and impact of the events. The submitted report should be no more than 1000 words, please include pictures, a report in the form of powerpoint slides is also accepted.

3)     All members of the AG must be listed on the application.

4)     Both applications and nominations are accepted and any member of the AG can apply for the award, and any member of the Section can nominate the Section’s WIE AG.

 

The winning Section Affinity Group will receive 450 USD.

 

Nominations are accepted until June 15th 2024 through IEEE Region 8 Awards Portal.

Beyond the Award: Clementina Saduwa

 in Clementina Saduwa Award Guidelines

Clementina Saduwa was a dedicated, tireless student leader and extremely effective volunteer a few years back when IEEE Nigeria Section was being revived. She went on to become the first ever IEEE Region 8 Women in Engineering (WIE) coordinator. In January 2007, she was killed in a random act of violence at the age of 29, leaving behind her husband and young daughter. To honor her and as a tribute to her work throughout the years, IEEE Region 8 gave her name to the prestigious award recognizing outstanding women engineers who, through their engineering and career achievements, have demonstrated noteworthy support for women in the profession and established a record of excellence.

 

Eligibility Criteria

 

Nominations will be reviewed by the WIE R8 Sub-Committee, who will select a winner. The winner will then be, as a second step, validated by the R8 Awards and Recognition Sub-Committee.  The following criteria will be considered for the review of nominations:

 

1)  An active female engineer working in one of the fields of interest of IEEE. 

2)  A female IEEE member whose engineering and career achievements are performed in one of the countries belonging to the IEEE Region 8.

3)  The submitted application must provide a statement (not more than 750 words) that describes the candidate’s career goals, challenges and obstacles she faced in her career, and explains how she overcame them.

4)  The nominator (who could be a non-IEEE member) or self-nominated has to submit at least two signed endorsement reference letters from individuals who are qualified to evaluate the candidate’s success (supervisors, professors, and others). Additional optional endorsement letters from public or private establishments can be provided.

5)  The award may be offered to a candidate one time only.

 

The award recipient will receive 1000 USD.  The winner will be personally invited to that R8 meeting.

 

Nominations are accepted until May 31st, 2023 through IEEE Region 8 Awards Portal