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 an/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 2024 CIEC in Garden Grove, CA.

Nominations are now open. There is a new online submission process. This award requires submissions from 2 nominators for each nominee. If you selected a nominee, please identify an additional nominator who will complete the second nomination submission. The nomination deadline has been extended. Each nomination form must be submitted online by Friday, November 3 at 5:00 pm EST.

For questions or more information contact:

Monique Elmore
Awards Chair
Sr. Associate Director Cooperative Education
Mechanical Engineering
Clemson University
Phone: 864-656-3150
Email: moniqug@clemson.edu