The Alvah K. Borman Award
This award honors Alvah K. Borman, Dean of Graduate Placement Services, Northeastern University, for his numerous outstanding contributions to engineering cooperative education over many years, including the founding and editorship of the CEED Newsbriefs from 1969 until his death ten years later.
The Division allows for the presentation of one award every other year to Division members, past or present, who have made sustained, honorable, and meritorious contributions to the promotion of the philosophy and the practice of cooperative education in engineering and/or engineering technology.
Nominations are made in the fall of each year, with the award being presented at the mid-winter meeting of the CIEC. The award consists of a $750 honorarium, a plaque, and a certificate of achievement.
– List of Past Winners (Adobe PDF file)
The Alvah K. Borman Award will be awarded at the 2026 CIEC in New Orleans, LA, Feb. 2-6, 2026.
Nominations are now open. This award requires submissions from 2 nominators for each nominee, both must be CEED/ASEE members. If you selected a nominee, please identify an additional nominator who will complete the second nomination submission. Each nomination form must be submitted online by 5 p.m. ET, Monday, November 10, 2025.
For questions or more information contact:
Awards Chair
Rachel Mangiavellano
Associate Director of Early Career Development & Experiential Education
Michigan State University
College of Engineering
Phone: 517-432-6575
Email: leonerac@msu.edu