ICCM

ICCM World Fellow

The designation of World Fellow is an award given by ICCM in recognition of the following: (i) outstanding contribution to the field of composite materials through research and/or industrial development, (ii) international recognition and contribution to the work of ICCM, and (iii) other contributions to the field, e.g., through education, contributions to other major conference series, development of standards/design codes, editorial work etc. There are no specific designated amounts of contributions that must be made with regard to each of these items. However, any person who becomes a World Fellow of ICCM must have made contributions to each area that are representative of the expectations of such a recognition. Overall, this person is to have made significant contributions to the objectives of ICCM as captured in the articulation of these three items.

Award description

All World Fellows are designated as Life Members of ICCM.

How to apply?

All nominations shall be submitted by a member of the ICCM Executive Council (EC) or a current World Fellow to the ICCM Senior Vice President (see Executive Council for up to date membership) no later than SIX months prior to the next ICCM conference. The nominator thus must work with this person in preparation of the package so that the person submitting the package has knowledge and supports its content.

A nominator of an individual for this award is responsible for assembling the information needed to address the contributions with respect to all of these items, and to put into a nomination package what can be useful to the Awards Committee, and ultimately the Executive Council, in consideration of the nominee. This includes the following restrictions on the content of such a package in terms of minimum content:

There must be a curriculum vitae of the nominee.
There must be a minimum of two letters of recommendation from current ICCM members.
One letter of recommendation must be from a member of the ICCM Executive Council or a current World Fellow of ICCM.
One letter of recommendation must be from an ICCM member who is outside the ICCM World Region of the nominated candidate.

All nominations shall be reviewed by the Awards Committee for accuracy of submitted documents.

All nominations shall be reviewed by the Awards Committee and scored in regard to the three designated items:

(i) Outstanding contribution to the field of composite materials through research and/or industrial development

(ii) International recognition and contribution to the work of ICCM

(iii) Other contributions to the field, e.g., through education, contributions to other major conference series, development of standards/design codes, editorial work etc.