NEW FACES OF ENGINEERING RECOGNITION PROGRAM 2013
Nominations Instructions
Nomination Deadline: October 19, 2012
Awards & Recognition Committee Chair
KALYANI MALLELA
awards-chair@swe.org
Phone: (651) 399-9456
General Information
The Society of Women Engineers welcomes nominations for the New Faces of Engineering
Recognition Program. All nominations are to be submitted online. YOU MUST BE A SWE
MEMBER to apply for this award through the Society of Women Engineers.
The SWE nomination deadline is Friday, October 19, 2012. You can email Kalyani Mallela awardschair@swe.org after December 1 for the result of your nomination.
SWE will be submitting the Society’s top five candidates to National EWeek. The top recipients will
be published on the EWeek website. The top 5 SWE candidates will be published on the SWE
website.
Incomplete submissions or statements containing more than 200 words in length will be removed
from consideration of this recognition.
Specific questions concerning the New Faces of Engineering Recognition Program can be directed to
Kalyani Mallela awards-chair@swe.org.
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NEW FACES OF ENGINEERING RECOGNITION PROGRAM CRITERIA
Objective
The New Faces of Engineering strives to promote the accomplishments of young engineers by
highlighting their engineering contributions and the resulting impact on society. The campaign is
designed to enhance and improve the image of engineering by:
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Putting faces to what has often been referred to as “the stealth profession”;
Showing a group of young, diverse and talented engineers, thereby portraying engineering
as an exciting profession open to everyone;
Providing both stimulation and incentive for college engineering students to explore the
variety of career options available to them with their engineering degrees as well as
encouraging high school students to study engineering in college.
Help engineering students understand they are part of a global profession.
Criteria
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Engineers 30 years of age or younger as of December 31, 2012, are the focus of the
recognition program.
Nominees must have a degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited U.S. college or
university, or from an equivalent international educational institution. Degrees in
engineering technology, science, computer science, and similar disciplines do not qualify; a
degree in computer engineering is acceptable.
New Faces of Engineering recognizes achievements in all engineering disciplines.
However, nominees must be a member of an Engineers Week Diversity Council Founding
Partner. See “Nomination Process.”
Nomination Process
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Nominations are only made electronically.
Questions about the New Faces program, criteria, or nomination process should be
addressed to your society contact, Kalyani Mallela at awards-chair@swe.org.
Recognition
SWE will select five individuals to represent our Society as SWE’s New Faces of Engineering for 2013.
Each of these five individuals will be featured in SWE Magazine. The top individual will be
submitted to EWeek as SWE’s candidate for the Diversity Council. One candidate will be featured as
the Diversity Council’s representative in the USA Today during Engineering Week in 2013; this may
or may not be SWE’s candidate.
It is ok to apply through multiple organizations if you would like to. To apply that way, please use
the nomination form on the eWeek website:
http://www.eweek.org/NewsStory.aspx?ContentID=281
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Nomination Information
All nominations are to be submitted online. The following information is needed to complete each
nomination.
Candidate’s Information
Name
Title and employer
Work Address
Work Phone
Email
Age as of December 31, 2012
Ethnic Background
Education : School(s) and location; Degrees and majors
Are you a P.E.?
SWE Membership Number
Professional/Technical Society Activities
Fluent Languages
Statement:
A statement of 200 words or less supporting the candidate's nomination. Facts presented should include
engineering achievements in design, research, development, or management during the last two to five years,
and their importance. Please avoid acronyms.
Publicity
For publicity purposes, list the names and addresses of two or more publications in the nominee’s hometown.
Publication Names and Addresses
Additional Information
If you are selected as one of SWE’s top 5 candidates, you will be asked to submit 2 photographs (one color, one
black and white) at least 300 dpi, and a digital signature for the Photograph Consent and Release form.
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