FPSA-FPEI FOOD ENGINEERING AWARD

Instructions for Preparing a Nomination

Please use the nomination form for submitting a nomination. The nominator of the candidate for the FPSA-FPEI Food Engineering 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: fpsa.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: fpsa.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

Past Recipients of the Award

 Purpose of the Award

To honor and recognize those who have made engineering contributions in research, development or design of food processes significant to the food industry; or in outstanding leadership, management or education to advance the food engineering profession.

The Award

The name of the award shall be the FPSA-FPEI Food Engineering Award. The sponsors of the award are the Food Processing Suppliers Association Foundation, 1451 Dolley Madison Boulevard, McLean, VA 22101-3850 and the Food and Process Engineering Institute of ASABE.

The FPSA-FPEI Food Engineering Award shall be presented annually; alternating between recognition of a "Distinguished" Food engineer in odd-numbered years, and an "Emerging" Food Engineer with less than ten years of practice - less than 10 years from the date of nominee's terminal degree (B.S., M.S., PhD) to the date of the nomination submission, to be presented in even-numbered years. The award includes a gold medal, a certificate, $2000 cash and the recipient's travel expenses to the annual conference of the International Association of Food Industry Suppliers for presentation of the award. The winner will also be honored with a plaque at the Annual International Meeting
of the Society.

Award recipients will be selected by a jury appointed by the M-154 FPSA-FPEI Food Engineering Award Committee with final approval by M-102 Awards Coordinating Committee.

NOTE:  Those nominating a candidate will be advised only if their candidate is selected. Each nominee will be considered two years later if not selected the year nominated. A candidate nominated for the "Emerging" Food Engineer award may only get one chance at selection because of the
10-year-practice rule.

Eligibility for the Award

The principal criteria to be used as a basis of selection for the award are:

• The degree to which human performance and progress in the application of engineering technology has been significantly advanced.
  
• The development of new and useful machines, processes or methods for the food industry.
  
• Leadership shown in the professional development of the food industry.
  
• The inspirational example of the individual's activities in the food industry, and food engineering
  profession.