Greetings Albuquerque Section Members,

Each year, the IEEE Albuquerque Section, in collaboration with the University of New Mexico Sigma Xi Chapter, recognizes the achievements of its membership and others who serve the science and engineering community.

This year’s awards will be presented at the annual joint IEEE – Sigma Xi ceremony on May 19, 2025. Nominations are now open for the following IEEE awards (download links at the end of this post):

• Outstanding K-12 STEM Educator
• Outstanding Engineering Educator
• Outstanding Young Engineer
• Outstanding Engineer
• Outstanding Entrepreneur
• Outstanding Corporate Service
• Outstanding Undergraduate Engineering Student
• Outstanding Graduate Engineering Student
• Outstanding Service
• Outstanding Humanitarian Service

Additionally, nominations are open for the following awards from the UNM branch of the Sigma Xi honor society:

• Noteworthy Technical Support Person
• Superior Undergraduate Student
• Excellence in Graduate Research

Nominations will be accepted until April 17th, 2025 and recipients will be notified by May 1st. I encourage you to nominate an exceptional student, teacher, colleague, intern, mentor, or co-worker. Please feel free to forward and share the attached flyer as well.

To nominate, please use the MS Word nomination documents at the Section website and send your completed nomination package according to the guidelines to any of the following:

• IEEE Section Chair, Lee Gill, lgill@sandia.gov, 
• IEEE Section Vice Chair, Lee Rashkin, lrashki@sandia.gov,
• UNM Sigma Xi Chair Ray Byrne, rhbyrne@sandia.gov and
• Professor Harjit Ahluwalia, hsa@unm.edu

We look forward to recognizing outstanding members of our IEEE Section.

Best Regards,

Lee Rashkin

Vice Chair, IEEE – Albuquerque Section

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