Barnie E. Rushing, Jr.
Faculty Distinguished Research Award
Contact:
Karlene A. Hoo, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research
Nominations due (to Linda True) by 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 20, 2007.
Each year the Texas Tech Association of Parents presents the Barnie E. Rushing, Jr. Faculty Distinguished Research Award. The purpose of this award, which provides a $1,500 honorarium, is to recognize outstanding research or scholarly activity by a member of the Texas Tech faculty and to encourage high quality research and publication by the faculty of the University. This announcement is a request for nominations for this award.
Each college is requested to solicit nominations for the award from its faculty and to select from those nominations one name to be submitted to this office as the college’s nominee for the University award. The College of Arts and Sciences may submit two nominations: one from the area of natural sciences and mathematics, and one from the area of humanities and social sciences. Nominees must hold the rank of assistant professor or above, and their research contributions should be of such quality that their significance has been or likely will be recognized nationally by peers in the nominee’s own discipline. For the purpose of this award, achievements in the arts, such as paintings and musical compositions, will be considered along with more traditional research or intellectual property development.
Each college may use whatever procedure it deems most appropriate to select its nominee, but it is suggested that a committee comprised of active researchers in the college be formed to screen the nominations and make the selection.
Continuing a practice begun several years ago, the Texas Tech Association of Parents screening committee will automatically consider, together with this year’s nominees, the top runner-up from last year’s selection for this year’s Research Award. The college of the prior year runner-up should submit an updated vita and other supporting materials for the current year selection process. Complete instructions are outlined in a memorandum sent to the deans dated September 19, 2007.
College nominations are due to Linda True in the Office of the Vice President for Research by 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (103 Holden Hall, 742-3905). Please provide all information detailed in the OP32.24 checklist. In addition to the 20 pages of supporting materials, you are requested to include a description of the nominee suitable for the President to read at the spring faculty awards convocation. This description should be approximately 100 words in length and should be emailed to linda.true@ttu.edu. A sample description is found at:
Sample Nominee Description
The winner of the Barnie E. Rushing, Jr. Faculty Distinguished Research Award will be announced in March, 2008. The recipient will also be recognized and presented an honorarium at the Texas Tech Association of Parents spring scholarship breakfast. Even though a college's nominee may not be selected for the Barnie Rushing Award, he or she will receive a $1,500 honorarium and will be recognized as the college's researcher of the year at the spring faculty honors convocation.
Your help in soliciting nominations for this prestigious
award and in arranging for the selection of your college’s nominee will
be much appreciated. A listing of the previous Texas Tech Association of
Parents Faculty Research Award Recipients by year is noted below:
2006-07 Prof. Linda Allen, Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and
Sciences
2005-06 Prof. W. David Nes, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts
and Sciences
2004-05 Prof. Valery Levitas, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
2003-04 Prof. David Knaff, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and
Sciences
2002-03 Prof. Kishor Mehta, Wind Engineering, College of Engineering
2001-02 Prof. Sunanda Mitra, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College
of Engineering
2000-01 Prof. Vivien Allen, Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural
Sciences
1999-00 Prof. Frits Ruymgaart, Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts
and Sciences
1998-99 Prof. Michael Willig, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
1997-98 Prof. James R. McDonald, Civil Engineering, College of Engineering
1996-97 Prof. Thomas Baker, Law, School of Law
1995-96 Prof. Walter McDonald, English, College of Arts and Sciences
1994-95 Prof. Richard Bartsch, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts
and Sciences
1993-94 Prof. Janet W. Perez, Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures,
College of Arts and Sciences
1992-93 Prof. Clyde F. Martin, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
1991-92 Prof. James G. Hunt, Business Administration, College of Business
Administration
1990-91 Prof. Purnendu K. Dasgupta, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College
of Arts and Sciences
1989-90 Prof. Rodney L. Preston, Animal Science, College of Agricultural
Sciences
1988-89 Prof. Robert J. Baker, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and
Sciences
1987-88 Prof. Henry Wright, Range and Wildlife Management, College of Agricultural
Sciences
1986-87 Prof. Shelby Hunt, Business Administration, College of Business
Administration
1985-86 Prof. John F. Walkup, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering
1984-85 Prof. J. Knox Jones, Jr., Biological Sciences, College of Arts and
Sciences
1983-84 Prof. William J. Conover, Business Administration, College of Business
Administration
1982-83 Prof. Henry J. Shine, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
1981-82 Prof. M. M. Ayoub, Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering
1980-81 Prof. Eric Bolen, Range and Wildlife Management, College of Agricultural
Sciences
1979-80 Prof. Magne Kristiansen, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering
1978-79 Prof. Pill-Soon Song, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
1977-78 Prof. Richard Saeks, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering
Texas
Tech University Office of the Vice President for Research; 2600 Broadway, Holden
Hall Room 103; Box 41075; Lubbock, TX 79409-1075
806.742.3905
(office).................806.742.3947 (fax)