INSTRUCTIONS FOR AIMBE FELLOWS NOMINATION FORM

1.Candidates for Fellow may be recommended by Fellows of the College, or by voting representatives of the Council of Societies, Industry Council or Academic Council.  Nominators who are Foreign Fellows must have a co-nominator who is a Fellow (with permanent residence in the United States).

2.The major criterion that must be addressed in the nomination of a Fellow candidate for the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering s a demonstrable record of outstanding or exceptional achievement in research, development, education, manufacturing, public service, technological leadership and/or clinical practice as they relate to medical and biological engineering.

3.The nominator must in a clear, concise and comprehensive fashion provide information that supports the nomination of the candidate.

4. Information in support of the nomination of the candidate should come from the curriculum vitae and other sources as deemed appropriate by the nominator. The form must be completed and submitted electronically, together with a curriculum vitae or resume, to the AIMBE office at info@aimbe.org with the subject line Fellows Nomination.

5.The nominator must fill out the nomination form. Under no circumstances is the nomination form to be sent to the nominee for completion. Nomination forms completed by the nominee will not be considered.

6.The nominator must identify the one (1) specialty area that best fits the nominee. Nominees from Industry may be identified as the Industrial Practice and Service specialty area.  Following receipt of the nomination form and curriculum vitae or resume, the chair of the Fellows Selection Committee will distribute to an appropriate member of the Committee those nominations that are in a specialty area in which the member is knowledgeable. The member will then consult with a subcommittee of colleagues selected from the membership of the College of Fellows of AIMBE.

7.The Fellows Selection Committee will collect the recommendations of the committee members and reach a consensus on those candidates to be nominated for election to membership in the College of Fellows of AIMBE.

8.Regarding major criterion for nomination, the nominator should include identification of individual achievements under items 7, 8, 9, and 11 in the nomination form. Professional and public service contributions should be included under item 10. The form may refer to the nominee's curriculum vitae or resume.  Biographical information provided by the nominator will be used on the ballot and printed materials.

9.The original official nomination form and curriculum vitae or resume must be emailed to the AIMBE office at info@aimbe.org with the subject line: Fellows Nomination by the deadline to be considered.

 

DEADLINE IS JULY 7, 2008

Fellows Nomination Form (Word)

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