We are pleased to announce several opportunities to recognize the quality of contributions of our community members through various awards at the Hilton Head 2022 Workshop. There are several prestigious award categories for our participants as listed below.
TRF Named Awards - Awards for Established Researchers
Denice Denton Mentorship Award
The Hilton Head Workshop is pleased to announce the 2022 Denice Denton Mentorship Award. This award recognizes long-term mentors with a proven record of mentoring researchers and engineers in areas of interest to the TRF.
The award is given in honor of Denice Denton (1959 - 2006), who earned her BS, MS and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and then went on to a groundbreaking career in academia.
Winners will receive formal recognition at the Hilton Head 2022 Workshop, a commemorative plaque and free registration to all future Hilton Head Workshops. The
Nomination Form (pdf) is due 1 May 2022 via email to
awards@hh2022.org.
Mark Shannon Grand Challenges Award
The Hilton Head Workshop is pleased to announce the 2022 Mark Shannon Grand Challenges Award. This award recognizes the long-term contributions of members of our technical community who have committed to a vision that addresses humanity's pressing issues.
The award is given in honor of Mark A. Shannon (1955 - 2012), who earned his BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees at the University of California, Berkeley, and was on the Mechanical and Systems Engineering faculty of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Winners will receive formal recognition at the Hilton Head 2022 Workshop, a commemorative plaque and free registration to all future Hilton Head Workshops. The
Nomination Form (pdf) is due 1 May 2022 via email to
awards@hh2022.org.
Wen Ko Technical Leadership Award
The Hilton Head Workshop is pleased to announce the 2022 Wen Ko Technical Leadership Award. This award recognizes researchers with an outstanding track record of technical leadership and innovation in areas of interest to the TRF.
The award is given in honor of Wen Hsiung Ko (1923-2017), a member of the Electrical Engineering faculty of Case Western Reserve University from 1959 to his retirement in 1993.
Winners will receive formal recognition at the Hilton Head 2022 Workshop, a commemorative plaque and free registration to all future Hilton Head Workshops. The
Nomination Form (pdf) is due 1 May 2022 via email to
awards@hh2022.org.
Bench-to-Market Award
New for Hilton Head 2022 is the Bench-to-Market Award given to a team of young researchers (students or recent graduates) with solid plans to turn their research into innovative products that could visibly impact the global economy in 5-7 years. Submissions are due by 5 May 2022.
Springer Nature Best Paper and Best Poster Awards
These awards recognize the top submissions to the conference in terms of general quality, originality, and timeliness. The Awards Committee carries out the assessment based on the submitted full papers and, in the case of the Best Poster Awards, on-site evaluations by the committee members.
Student Travel Awards
Limited support is available for student presenters to attend the workshop.
