2014 Shamsher Prakash annual prize for excellence in teaching of Geotechnical Engineering

The Shamsher Prakash Foundation is happy to announce this year's "SHAMSHER PRAKASH PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING". The award is primarily oriented to young teachers (less than 40 years old). The final date for the acceptance of nominations is set on October 31, 2014.

The Shamsher Prakash Foundation solicits nomination (no application) for the "2014 SHAMSHER PRAKASH PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING" for young teachers (less than 40 years old). The candidate's area of expertise should be Geotechnical Engineering and/or Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. The candidate must have significant record of teaching excellence and show promise of continued excellence. The Prize consists of US $1100.00 and a plaque. The nominations may be made on plain paper. The age may be relaxed in exceptional cases at the discretion of the judging committee.

All nominations will be reviewed by a Judging Committee of International Experts from Canada, India, Ireland, and the United States. The award will be announced by December 31, 2014. Suitable arrangements will be made for awarding the Prize at an appropriate ceremony in the country of residence of the winner.

PARTICULARS FOR NOMINATION 

Please send a complete nomination package in PDF format to the Foundation electronically and 1 CD-R by mail.
The following information must be included in the order listed below:

• Name of the Candidate with complete mailing address, phone number, fax number, E-mail address, date of birth, and age as of December 31, 2014
• Nomination letter/s including a statement of 500 words outlining Significant Contributions towards Excellence in Teaching. (SEE NOTE BELOW)
• Two to Four more letters of recommendation (SEE NOTE BELOW)
• Chronology of education received
• Chronology of jobs held
• Area of specialization
• List of refereed publications and grants related to teaching
• One color digital photo (at least 300 dpi) with citation for listing
• Any other relevant information.

NOTE: Since teaching excellence can be demonstrated many different ways, the nominator and referees are requested to clearly state the criteria they used to justify their nominee's teaching excellence.
However, the following criteria are initially suggested; 1) LEADERSHIP IN TEACHING, 2) SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING, 3) EFFECETIVENESS OF TEACHING, 4) RELEVANCE OF TEACHING TO GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE, AND 5) PEER REVIEWS OF TEACHING

Please make sure to put all the above information in a single PDF file only not to exceed 5MB size

The announcement of the Prize may be viewed here!

For any other further information, please contact: Professor Shamsher Prakash

Previous Years Teaching Award Winners

Award Ceremonies

Shamsher Prakash, Ph D, PE, Dist. M ASCE
Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering
Missouri Science, and Technology,
http://7icchge.mst.edu
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President – SP Foundation: Anand Kutir, 1707 Jackson Circle, Rolla, MO 65401 USA
Tel/fax: 573-364-5572
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