Awards

The IACEE awards were last presented at the IACEE World Conference 2024 in Comillas, Spain. 

Nominations are collected and handled confidentially by the IACEE Awards Committee, and award recipients are selected by the IACEE Council. All award nominations are currently closed. 

1. IACEE Award for Individual Leadership in Continuing Engineering Education given In Memory of Joseph M. Biedenbach

Dr. Joseph M. (Joe) Biedenbach was one of three American CEE leaders who invented the series of World Conferences on CEE that was begun in Mexico City in 1979. Joe had a distinguished career in CEE and used his outstanding talent as a visionary, conference organizer, and friend to have a major impact on CEE from the sixties through the early nineties in ASEE, IEEE, and IACEE. Probably no other figure in CEE in the US was as beloved as Joe and as respected for his selfless giving to the profession. Joe’s activity in creating the World Conferences led to the founding of IACEE at the Fourth WCCEE in Beijing in 1989. His last professional position was as a Chaired Professor of Continuing Engineering Education at the University of South Carolina, where he died suddenly in April, 1990 at the age of 63. Shortly thereafter, IACEE honored his memory by naming its only award (at that time) after him.

Past Award Recipients

Amy Moore, 2024
Nelson Baker, 2021
Patricio Montesinos-Sanchis, 2018
Kirsti Miettinen, 2016
Andy DiPaolo, 2014
Markku Markkula, 2012
Mervyn E. Jones, 2010
Frank E. Burris, 2008
Manfred Horvath, 2006
Christopher Padfield, 2004
John P. Klus, 2001
Edward Prosser, 1998
M. V. Ranganath, 1995
Javier Jimnez Espriu, 1992

2. IACEE Award for Corporate Leadership in Continuing Engineering Education given in Memory of Glen L. Martin

Dr. Glen L. Martin was the first Industrial Organizations & Companies representative to serve on the IACEE Council after the founding of IACEE in Beijing in 1989. Glen had a long career in engineering education that included serving as Dean of Engineering at San Diego State University. Glen was a warrior for the establishment of closer ties between industry and academe, a passion that led him to become Director of Professional Development for the engineering consulting firm CH2MHill. He died suddenly at age 59 while attending the IACEE Council Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1991. The Council subsequently chose to honor his memory by naming IACEE’s principal corporate award after him.

Past Award Recipients

Dassault - France, 2024
IBM - New York, 2022
Sinopec - New York, 2022
Norwegian Public Roads Administration - Norway, 2021
MABE - Mexico, 2018
Eletricidade de Portugal - Portugal, 2016
AT&T - USA, 2014
Open Hydro - Ireland, 2012
Baosteel Group Corporation - China, 2010
General Electric Company - USA, 2008
Robert Bosch Corporation - Germany, 2006
General Motors Corporation - USA, 2004
Nokia Corporation - Finland, 2001
Cummins Engine Company - USA, 1998

3. IACEE Fellow Award

Past Award Recipients

Soma Chakrabarti and Katriina Schrey-Niemenmaa, 2024
Kim Scalzo and Wu Xiujun, 2021
Susan M. Bray, 2018
Mervyn Jones and Markku Markkula, 2016
Frank Burris and Alfredo Soeiro, 2014