How to Nominate

AISC encourages everyone involved with steel construction to submit nominations. List the following information:

Name and affiliation of person nominated for Lectureship (see list of Past Winners)
Title of paper or papers to be named in nomination with publication citation.
In case of multiple authors, identify the principal author. Reasons for nomination.

A copy of the paper as well as any published discussion, must accompany the nomination.

Nominations must be received by August 2, 2010.

Send your nominations for the T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award to:

T.R. Higgins Award Nomination
c/o Janet T. Cummins
Engineering & Research Coordinator
American Institute of Steel Construction
One East Wacker Drive, Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60601

Eligibility
The author must be a permanent resident of the United States, and available to fulfill the commitments of the award. The paper or papers must have been published in a professional journal within the five-year period from January 1, 2005 to January 1, 2010.

Lectures
The 2011 award winner will give a minimum of six presentations of the lecture on selected occasions during the year.

Basis of Selection
The award will be made to a nominated individual on the basis of two criteria: (1) his/her reputation as a lecturer and (2) the jury's evaluation of the paper or papers named in the nomination. The papers will be judged for originality, clarity of presentation, contribution to engineering knowledge, future significance and value to the fabricated structural steel industry.