2026 Awards_Service and Faculty Award Subcommittees

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About the Service and Faculty Award Subcommittees

About the Subcommittees

• The Service and Faculty Award Subcommittees are charged with reviewing nomination packets for each eligible candidate and making award recipient recommendations to the SPE Board of Directors. The subcommittees are:
• SPE Distinguished Service Award
• SPE Public Service Award
• SPE Giovanni Paccaloni Young Professional Service Award
• Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty

These subcommittees are composed of 7 to 13 SPE professional members in good standing who have an appreciation of service, service experience, expertise, and interest in the awards for which they are judging and are often prior service or faculty award recipients. The incoming SPE President appoints service and faculty award subcommittee members.

Qualifications and Experience

• Current SPE professional member with an unbiased vested interest in SPE (required)
• Appreciation of service, service experience, and interest in serving on an award subcommittee (required)
• SPE member for at least five years (recommended)
•  Recipient of the SPE award being judged (recommended)

Expected Time Commitment

• Three-year term for members
• One-year term for the chair, typically an existing actively engaged award subcommittee member in the third year of his or her term
• Ability to meet for approximately three teleconference deliberations between March and May

Deliverables and Expectations

• Subcommittee members must act in the best interest of SPE and must ACTIVELY participate.
• No travel required. Communication will take place via teleconference and email.
• Nomination reviews take place online and during deliberation teleconferences.
• Deliverables - Recipient recommendation(s) to the SPE Board of Directors for final approval
• Applicants will be notified by end of August.