7.0 AWARDS
7.1 ASCE National AwardsThe basic purpose of ASCE awards is to advance the engineering profession by recognizing meritorious achievement. EWRI administers a group of ASCE awards for which prescribed endowments are established to fund the necessary costs of plaques, medals, honoraria, certificates and certain other associated expenses. A compilation of the ASCE-EWRI Awards is listed in the ASCE Official Register under Awards.
Most ASCE awards are bestowed annually.Details, including eligibility, nominations, and presentations are given in the ASCE Official Register and on the ASCE Honors & Awards Website. At its discretion, the EWRI Awards Committee may solicit recommendations for award nominees from the councils/ committees having most knowledge of the candidates in the field of endeavor.
The ASCE BOD makes the following awards on recommendation of the EWRI GB. The EWRI GB currently administers the following ASCE awards:
- Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award
- Ven Te Chow Award
- Simon W. Freese Environmental Engineering Award and Lecture
- Samuel Arnold Greeley Award
- Rudolph Hering Medal
- Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize
- Julian Hinds Award
- Wesley W. Horner Award
- Hydraulic Structures Medal
- Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Lecture Award
- J. C. Stevens Award
- Royce J. Tipton Lecture Award
- Hans Albert Einstein Award
Membership in ASCE is a prerequisite for eligibility to receive the Greeley, Hinds, Stevens, Tipton and Hering Awards. The Hans Albert Einstein Award, is based on recommendations from a committee formed by the EWRI and COPRI (Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute) Governing Boards and consists of three members of the EWRI Awards Committee and three members of the COPRI Awards Committee.
Procedures for establishing ASCE awards are contained in the ASCE Official Register. An award that is named for an individual (e.g., the Ven Te Chow Award) requires a minimum endowment of $25,000.
7.2 EWRI Institute/Council Awards7.1.3 Administration of ASCE Awards
After being established and properly funded, ASCE awards are administered by the ASCE BOD Executive Committee through the ASCE Honors & Awards Department. Each award has its own process for nomination. The ASCE Official Register outlines those processes. The EWRI Awards Committee will assume the administrative duties for all ASCE award nominations that are assigned to EWRI by the ASCE BOD.
The EWRI GB and EWRI councils/committees may establish awards for:
- Exceptional service to EWRI,
- A Memorial
- Papers or any other document issued by EWRI,
- Other noteworthy activities, including student papers and presentations
A formal proposal is developed to establish an award and must be approved by the EWRI Awards Committee and the EWRI GB. EWRI award details are covered on the EWRI Awards website. An EWRI Memorial award requires a minimum $15,000 endowment.
Eligibility for endowed EWRI Awards will be determined at the time of endowment by the benefactor or originating council/committee in consultation with the EWRI Awards Committee and GB. For other Awards, eligibility is determined by the GB in consultation with the ExComs and councils.
The EWRI Awards Committee administers GB awards. Council/committee awards are administered by the respective council/committee as described in the initial proposal. Often a council may assign a subcommittee to oversee the nomination process and recommend recipients to the EWRI Awards Committee. The EWRI Awards Committee reports to the GB all award recipients during the year and the date and location of presentations.
7.2.3 Embodiment of EWRI Awards
It is desirable, but not required, that each named award be presented each year. Unless previously approved by the GB or funded by contributions, cash or honoraria may not be presented.
Normally, EWRI awards take one of the following forms:
- Paper certificate,
- Certificate laminated to a plaque,
- Plaque,
- Similar suitable memento.
7.2.4 Financial Considerations
Council/committee awards may be funded by EWRI within its annual budget. Requests for such award funding must be made explicitly by the appropriate ExCom each year in their budgeting forms. The maximum amount budgeted for any council/committee award cannot exceed $150 unless funded by alternate EWRI GB authorized methods.
At present, there are two acceptable alternative funding methods for council/committee awards:
- The cost may be included in a budget for a specialty conference at which the award is presented.
- Contributions may be solicited from external sources, including EWRI members. Solicitations must have advance EWRI GB approval. The EWRI Director will establish an account to hold council/committee award contributions.
7.3 Expressions of Appreciation
7.4 Activities of EWRI Awards CommitteeIt is customary to recognize the routine service of any member of EWRI who has satisfactorily completed a term of service on the GB or any council or committee.
There are three types of EWRI approved certificates of appreciation:
- Type 1: Given to outgoing EWRI GB members, outgoing ExCom members, outgoing members of other council/committee reporting directly to the EWRI GB and other EWRI members or nonmembers that the EWRI GB feels is especially deserving. The certificates consist of one of several standard service certificates preprinted for each position title, the committee name, and the recipient's name. An appropriate frame or mounting is provided.
- Type 2: Given to other outgoing council/standing committee members. The certificate consists of a standard service certificate preprinted with the words “For services as council/committee chair" (or other appropriate designation), the committee name, and the recipient's name. A frame or mounting may be provided.
- Type 3: All other certificates of appreciation (e.g., conference steering committee members, task committee members, and so on) take the form of a standard certificate with the recipient's name and a citation typed thereon. A frame or mounting may be provided.
Only the EWRI GB can authorize Type 1 certificates. Normally, those certificates are presented at a function at which the GB members are in attendance. However, the council/committee may request approval to present the certificate at a conference or similar event at which the EWRI GB might not be in attendance.
The appropriate ExCom may authorize the issuance of Type 2 and 3 certificates and may present those at a time and place of its choice.
7.3.2 Other Forms of Appreciation
Provisions for a form of appreciation other than certificate types 1, 2, and 3 may be recommended by the appropriate ExComs and approved by the EWRI Awards Committee.
The role of the EWRI Awards Committee is to recommend to recipients for ASCE awards, and to recommend and maintain an environmental and water resources awards program for best papers published under the Institute's auspices, as well as to maintain the Codes and Standards awards of the ASCE. The members of the EWRI Awards Committee will consist of either the chair, past chair, or representative of each council and. Their terms are either two or three years.
The number and categories of the awards presented by EWRI is reflective of the broad profile of the professional disciplines represented by its membership. Because awards are generally presented at a gathering of the major professional disciplines active within EWRI, presentation of EWRI awards may occur at different times and places during the year.
