The University of Texas at Arlington

 

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

 

University Award for Distinguished Record of

Research or Creative Activity

 

Purpose of Award

 

The University Award for Distinguished Record of Research or Creative Activity recognizes a faculty member for achieving a distinguished record of research and scholarship or creative activity over an extended period of time.

 

Eligibility

 

Any full-time, regular faculty member of The University of Texas at Arlington is eligible to be nominated for this award.  Evidence of research or scholarly achievement must be in published form, and evidence of artistic or creative accomplishment must be in a form appropriate to the nominee’s discipline.

 

Nominations

 

Nominations may be made by any full-time, regular member of The University of Texas at Arlington faculty, but each nomination must be reviewed by and transmitted through the departmental Research Committee of the nominee’s department.  In the case of units not organized into departments, nominations must be directed through and reviewed by the college-level Research Committee.  The departmental or college committee will rank the nominees from the unit and forward them to the Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies for review by the University Research Committee.

 

University Research Committee Selection Criteria

 

The emphasis of the University Research Committee in selecting faculty to be recognized for a Distinguished Record of Research or Creative Activity award in on quality and importance of the research or creative accomplishment rather than on quantity of publications or pages, number of performances or gallery showings, or number of creative objects produced.  Therefore, all nominations and supporting documentation should focus on the importance of a nominee’s research or creative activity and the quality of the contribution that the person has made in his or her field.

 

                                        Nomination Procedure and Documentation

 

Each nomination received by the University Research Committee must include the five items listed below.

 

                1.  A one-page (maximum) letter of nomination from the nominator outlining the basis for the nomination.

                2.  The nominee’s curriculum vita including the nominee’s citation index entry information, if applicable.

                3.  Copies of the nominee’s major publications and other appropriate supporting documentation of the                                nominee’s scholarly achievement or creative activity (i.e., reviews of published work or creative                                activity).

                4.  A one-page (maximum) letter from the appropriate (departmental or college) Research Committee

                      summarizing the Committee’s basis for support of the nomination.  The Committee must also state a

                      ranking of the nomination if more than one nomination for the award is reviewed by the Committee for

                      any one award year.

                5.  A completed cover sheet (copies available in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies).

 

Incomplete Nominations

 

Incomplete nominations and nominations which have not been reviewed by the appropriate Research Committee will not be considered by the University Research Committee and will not be returned to the nominator until after the final selection process has been completed.

 

Nomination Deadline

 

One copy of the nomination and all supporting materials must be received in the Office of the Vice President for Research no later than 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 9, 2004.

 

 

Recipients of the University Award for

Distinguished Record of Research or Creative Activity

 

                        YEAR                                        AWARDEE                                        DEPARTMENT

 

                        1979                                        William F. Pyburn                                Biology

                                1979                                        David Keens                                         Art

                                1980                                        Tseng Huang                                        Civil Engineering

                                1981                                        V. Lakshmikantham                              Mathematics

                                1982                                        Zoltan Schelly                                      Chemistry

                                1983                                        Donald Greenspan                               Mathematics

                                1984                                        H. J. Arnott                                           Biology

                                1985                                        Vincent Bruno                                      Art

                                1986                                        Richard B. Myrick                                Landscape Architecture

                                1987                                        Brooks B. Ellwood                               Geology

                                1988                                        Edmund D. Brodie, Jr.                          Biology

                                1988                                        Dennis S. Marynick                             Chemistry

                                1989                                        Adrian K. Fung                                    Electrical Engineering

                                1990                                        Robert E. Longacre                              Foreign Languages and Linguistics

                                1990                                        Robert F. McMahon                            Biology

                                1991                                        Constantin Corduneanu                     Mathematics

                                1991                                        Syed R. Qasim                                      Civil Engineering

                                1991                                        Krishnan Rajeshwar                            Chemistry

                                1992                                        Kamesetty Rao                                     Electrical Engineering

                                1992                                        John Maruszczak                                 Architecture

                                1993                                        Joseph W. Bastien                               Sociology and Anthropology

                                1994                                        Lawrence L. Schkade                           Information Systems and

                                                                                                                                                   Management Sciences

                                1994                                        Frank Lewis                                           Electrical Engineering

                                1995                                        Rangachary Kannan                            Mathematics

                                1996                                        A. Haji-Sheikh                                      Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering

                                1997                                        Martin Pomerantz                 Chemistry and Biochemistry

                                1998                                        Jonathan Campbell                              Biology

                                1998                                        Susan Hekman                                      Political Science

                                1999                                        Martin Price                                          Architecture

                                2000                                        Richard Francaviglia                            History

                        2001                                        Juergen Schieber                                  Geology

                                2002                                        William Ickes                                        Psychology

                                2003                                        Alex Weiss                                            Physics