Members are elected as Fellows in recognition of contributions in both “significant service to NAMS” and “significant professional accomplishments in the membrane field”. The contribution in one of these areas shall be outstanding, and significant contribution in both areas is necessary. A nominee for election of NAMS Fellow should have demonstrated long term accomplishment in membrane science, engineering and/or practice for at least 15 years past receiving their final academic degree. They also shall have been a regular NAMS member for at least 10 years and be a current NAMS member for at least the last three years consecutively.

Service to NAMS can be documented by combinations from the following categories: consistent contributions to NAMS Annual Meetings as session presenters and co-chairs; meeting volunteers; workshop instructors; and overall meeting organizers; and/or sustained service over many years, with both leadership and participatory roles in the NAMS Board of Directors and NAMS’ standing and executive committees.

Professional accomplishment in the membrane field can be documented by success in process, product or theoretical developments, project leadership, managerial achievement, the education of engineers, or other activities related to science and engineering, particularly in the areas related to membrane science and technology. Examples of publications, patents, citation frequency, invited lectures, and professional awards and/or promotions are useful metrics.

The selection process has the following steps. A panel of reviewers is recruited by the Fellows Committee Chair to become ad hoc members of the Committee. The Committee conducts a review of each application to ensure that the applicant meets the Fellows’ requirements and votes to recommend them for Fellows recognition.

The nominator must be a NAMS Member. Current Board members cannot nominate fellows or be named fellows. They also may not write recommendation letters. The nomination deadline for 2024 is Feb 15th, 2024.

Nomination package containing the nomination form, CV, and supporting letters should be sent as one pdf file to the Fellow Selection Committee Chair, Ranil Wickramasinghe (swickram@uark.edu) and cc awards@membranes.org. Please put “YYYY NAMS Fellow nomination” as the Subject of the email (with YYYY as the year) and name the file attachment…”YYYY_NAMS_Fellow_xxxxxxx” where xxxxxx is the nominee’s last name. All nominees will be informed of the Board’s decisions by February 29, 2024.