[LCM Events] 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet- NOMINATIONS Deadline SOON!

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NOMINATIONS!


The MIT Arab Students Organization proudly presents:



The 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet



Keynote speaker and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award:

Dr. Ahmed Zewail, Professor, California Institute of Technology

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999)



When:

Saturday, April 26, 2008, 6pm to 9pm



Where:

Republic Ballroom, Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers

39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA



*** The MIT Arab Students Organization is seeking NOMINATIONS for the Young
Professional Award, the Undergraduate Student Award, and the Graduate
Student Award. ***



The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, February 29, 2008.
Nominations should highlight the professional, academic and/or
extra-curricular achievements of the nominees and include any supporting
materials (publications, academic records, references, etc). Candidates can
also nominate themselves.  Nominations should be sent by email to:
arab-comm at mit.edu and include the following:



Name of nominee

Title

Address

Phone number

Fax number (if available)

E-mail address

A brief Nomination Statement. How does the nominee qualify for the award?

Any supplementary material that support the nominee’s claim to the award

The nominator’s (if any) name, title, address, phone and fax number, and
e-mail address

(Optional) The names and contact information of other people who would
second the nomination.



Qualifications and criteria for nomination (for all three awards):

- The nominee must be an Arab or an Arab-American.

- The nominee must be under 35 years of age.

- The nominee’s CV must prove significant scientific and technical
contributions.
- The nominee has committed to continue contributing to his/her field.
- Current MIT ASO officers must forfeit any promised financial returns from
the awards to qualify.



Nominations will be reviewed by a selection committee to be formed at MIT,
and winners will be notified of the committee’s decisions by March 14.



This is a great opportunity to be recognized by the Arab community, not only
in the Boston area, but nationwide. The success of previous years is a
testimony to how award winners and nominees attain a great deal of
recognition from the Arab community and beyond.



Please feel free to nominate professionals and students you know that you
think have made great contributions to the community. Remember. You can
nominate yourself!!


About the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards:

Every year, the Arab students at MIT organize the MIT ASO Science and
Technology Awards to recognize outstanding Arab contributions to science and
technology in the US. The ceremony consists of the following awards:



1. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the career-long achievements of
a leading scientist or technologist of Arab origin.

2. The Young Professional Award recognizes the early career achievements of
a young Arab-American scientist or technologist.

3. The Student Awards, given to one Undergraduate student and one Graduate
student, recognize the academic and leadership achievements of outstanding
Arab students in any US campus. Each of these awards comes with a $1,000
cash scholarship.







About this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Dr. Ahmed  Zewail:



Ahmed Zewail is presently the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry and
Professor of Physics, and the Director of the Physical Biology Center for
UST and the NSF Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (LMS) at the California
Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.

Professor Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his
pioneering developments in the field of femtoscience, making it possible to
observe the movement of the individual atoms in a femtosecond, a split
second that is a millionth of a billionth of a second. Such a
development—which literally changed our view of the dynamics of matter—holds
great promise in the areas of technology and life sciences. Currently his
research interests include the biological sciences, the complexity of
molecular function and the new development of ultrafast diffraction for the
imaging of transient structures in space and time with atomic-scale
resolution.

Professor Zewail was educated in Egypt, received his B.S. (with first class
honors) and M.S. from Alexandria University, and his Ph.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania. His honors include more than 100 prizes and
awards, Orders of Merit, and Orders of States from around the world. These
include the Robert A. Welch Prize, Wolf Prize, King Faisal Prize, Benjamin
Franklin Medal, Peter Debye Award, and the E. O. Lawrence Award. From Egypt
he received the Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile, the highest state
honor, and postage stamps were issued to honor his contributions to science
and humanity.

He holds honorary degrees in the sciences, arts, philosophy, law, medicine,
and literature from universities and institutions around the world including
the U.S.A., England, Switzerland, Egypt, Belgium, Australia, Canada, India,
Italy, Scotland, Korea, Sweden, France, China, Mexico, Ireland, Japan,
Lebanon, and Argentina. He is an elected member of national and
international academies and societies, including the National Academy of
Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of
Achievement, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of
Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, the Royal Society of London, the Russian
Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Academy of
Sciences of Malaysia, and the French Academy of Sciences. He is on the Board
of Trustees and Board of Directors of national and international foundations
and universities, and holds the Honorary Chair at the United Nations
University.

Professor Zewail is renowned for his public lectures and writings
encompassing science and technology, education and world affairs, and for
his tireless efforts to help the population of the have-nots. In his recent
biography Voyage through Time—Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize, he gives an
exposé of his life and work until the receipt of the Nobel Prize, and he
suggests a concrete course of action for the world of the have-nots and for
a new vision of world order.

Ahmed Zewail is the father of four children and lives in California.



(Source: Professor Zewail’s website)



Tickets sale announcements will be made within the next few weeks. Thank you
for your continued support, and we hope to see you at the event!



Best regards,

Hazem M. Zureiqat

Lead Organizer

5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet

hazemz at mit.edu