RURAL ELECTRICITY RESOURCE COUNCIL
ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY AWARD

Instructions for Preparing a Nomination

Please use the nomination form for submitting a nomination. The nominator of the candidate for Rural Electricity Resource Council Electric Technology Award shall submit a completed nomination form to headquarters by October 31.

All award nomination forms and letters of support are to be submitted to ASABE headquarters in the following electronic format only. Hard copy sent via regular mail will no longer be accepted.

The nomination form and required letters of support are to be sent as PDF files emailed to the attention of ASABE Awards Administrator, Carol Flautt - flautt@asabe.org Nomination forms and letters of support submitted in this format will allow headquarters to send the documents electronically to the award selection committee. It is the responsibility of the nominator and authors of the support letters to verify that the PDF file appears as intended.

The required letters of support can be included with the nomination form or sent separately as a PDF file emailed to the attention of ASABE Awards Administrator, Carol Flautt - flautt@asabe.org by October 31.

Nomination Form in MS Word format: food.doc Word document to be completed, converted to a PDF file and emailed to the attention of ASABE Awards Administrator, Carol Flautt – flautt@asabe.org

Free PDF converters are available such as - CutePDF Writer

Nomination Form: food.pdf.  It is recommended that you first fill out the PDF form, review, and then email to the attention of ASABE Awards Administrator, Carol Flautt – flautt@asabe.org

Purpose of the Award

To honor and recognize members of the ASABE for their personal and professional innovation of programs that enhance the performance of the food, agricultural and environmental system through technology related to electrical energy, and to emphasize the unique role of engineering in the system.

The Award

The name of the award shall be the Rural Electricity Resource Council Award. The award is sponsored by the Rural Electricity Resource Council, Wilmington, Ohio, RERFC is a national organization comprised of electric utilities dedicated to the assurance of adequate electric energy supplies to enhance the profitability of American agriculture and agribusiness.

The M-153 Rural Electricity Resource Council Electric Technology Committee will be responsible for the selection of the award recipient with final approval by the M-102 Awards Coordinating Committee.

The award shall consist of an engraved walnut plaque to be presented to an individual at the Annual International Meeting of the Society.

NOTE:  Those nominating a candidate will be advised only if their candidate is selected. Each nominee will be considered by the award committee for two additional years if not selected the year nominated.

Eligibility for the Award

Qualifications for candidates for the Award will require publication of accomplishments in some manner to make them available to others in industry and/or education. Publication in Transactions of the ASABE, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, an ASABE technical paper or other release of ASABE is desirable. Publication of works in other technical societies associated with the food system will also demonstrate impact, along with publication in popular magazines, trade journals, organizational newsletters and/or information leaflets. The documentation cited can be written, video, pictorial, computer based, etc. Information can include feature articles, technical abstracts, news items, advertisements or other identifiable releases. Accomplishments can reference to a single very significant innovation or a series of innovations over time that focus on greater safety, efficiency and/or productivity in the food system through the impact of electrical energy and/or technology. The focus can involve hardware, software, standard of practice, design procedure or concept, educational practice or an effort that has manifested itself in some practical usable scheme or plan related to engineering, the electric power industry and/or the food system.

Past Recipients of the Award