Associate Fellow Nomination Discussion

John DankanichFebruary 3, 2015

Associate Fellows are one of the opportunities to recognize your peers for:

“Persons who have accomplished or been in charge of important engineering or scientific work, or who have done work of outstanding merit or have

otherwise made outstanding contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology or aeronautics or astronautics”

Purpose and Eligibility

· Member of AIAA· Senior Member > 12 Months· Professional experience > 12 years

Ken Philippart - kdp520@hotmail.com or John Dankanich – john.dankanich@nasa.govwill confirm eligibility for any nominees

· Nomination by any member in good standing – no self-nominations

· Nomination Form is a word document- Available from John Dankanich: john.dankanich@nasa.gov- Available online: aiaa.org keyword: associate fellow nomination

· Three Reference Contact Information· Qualifications – professional accomplishments and achievements· Professional Record – Employers and positions· Educational Background· Publications· Patents· Honors and Awards· Services to AIAA· Services to other Professional Societies

Nomination Criteria

Nominations are due by April 15th

· Three references are required of Associate Fellow or higher

· Reference form is a word document- Available from John Dankanich: john.dankanich@nasa.gov- Available online: aiaa.org keyword: associate fellow nomination

· Value Judgment (How good is the nominee and how well do you know them)· Contribution Ranking (How much has the nominee contributed to the field)· Specific accomplishments· Where does the nominee stand relative to recognized leaders in the field· Nominee's impact on the field of engineering, science or society· If contributions have been a team effort, what are specific nominee contributions

References

References are due by May 15th

Scoring Criteria

Scores > 60 may be considered for associate fellow.

Dates / Contacts

The section council will assist with any nomination packages.

· Nominations are open from December 15 – April 15· Nominations are due - April 15th

· E-mail the word document to: AIAA-AssociateFellow@aiaa.org· Confirmation e-mails will be send to the nominator!

· The nominator must make sure references complete their submission· References are due - May 15th

· E-mail the word document to: AIAA-AssociateFellow@aiaa.org· Announcements are made - October 1st · Ceremony at AIAA SciTech Forum – January

· National AIAA Associate Fellow Grade Administrator· Patricia (Tricia) Carr: 703-264-7523, triciac@aiaa.org

Perspectives from the Associate Fellow Evaluation Board

Chip KopiczFebruary 3, 2015

· How nominations are evaluated· Elements

· Technical · Leadership · AIAA Involvement· Other Professional Society Activity

Agenda

· AIAA receives nominations and removes unqualified and incomplete nominations

· Nominations are split and sent to Regional Review Committees· Review Committees are five AIAA members

Associate Fellow and higher· All five members score the application· High and low scores are thrown out and other

three averaged· AIAA reviews scoring and makes final

selections

Nomination Evaluation

· Technical: Describe accomplishments.· Leadership: Technical Leadership, Project

Management, Program Management, Corporate, Political

· AIAA Participation· Involvement can be at section, region or national

level. Includes conference participation.· AIAA Participation improves chances of a

nomination approval.· Professional Society Participation

Elements

· Do’s· If you don’t know the nominee well, get to know the nominee,

be able to give insight to the nominee’s accomplishments.· Speak highly of the nominee.· Speak of the nominee, not yourself· Be able to rate nominees high· Be consistent

· Don’ts· Don’t agree to be a reference if not willing to put in the work

to be a good one· Do not start reference letter, “I don’t know the nominee,

but…”· Do not copy references verbatim.

References