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 IEEE Fellow recognizes IEEE members whose extraordinary
accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of
this prestigious grade elevation. The total number of new IEEE Fellows selected
in any one year does not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the total voting
Institute membership.
IEEE VTS welcomes nominations for IEEE Fellow in three
technical areas:
- Portable and mobile communications
- Automotive electronics
- Land transportation
To be eligible for IEEE Fellow, a nominee must be an IEEE
Senior Member or IEEE Life Member, and to have been a member in good standing
in any grade for a period of five years or more preceding 1 January of the year
of elevation. IEEE Society Affiliate membership does not apply. IEEE Fellow
nominees are classified into the following four categories:
- Application Engineer/Practitioner
- Educator
- Research Engineer/Scientist
- Technical Leader
The nominator can be any person, including non-IEEE members,
and does not have to be an IEEE Fellow. The nominator has the responsibility
to:
- Prepare the IEEE Fellow Grade Nomination Form
- Solicit at least five, but no more than eight, IEEE Fellow
references capable of assessing the nominee’s contributions
- Solicit no more than three endorsements capable of
supporting the nomination. Any person, including non-IEEE members, may submit
an endorsement
- Identify an IEEE Society/Technical Council whose evaluating
committee will assess the nominee’s technical qualifications and contributions
IEEE Fellow nominations are evaluated first by the IEEE
Society/Technical Council, and then by the Judges on the IEEE Fellow Committee.
The IEEE Fellow Committee recommends nominees to the IEEE Board of Directors,
according to the following criteria:
- Technical accomplishments (40 points)
- Society Evaluation (25 points)
- References (15 points)
- External and IEEE Service Activities (10 points)
- Total years in the profession (1/10 of 1 point for each year
beyond Bachelor’s Degree)
The next deadline for submitting IEEE Fellow nominations is 1
March 2017 (hard deadline, no extensions).
Further details about the IEEE Fellow program, including the
nomination form are available: http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/index.html. | 
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