C. Allin Cornell Award 

C. Allin Cornell Award

CERRA, acting through the CERRA Board, may bestow the C. Allin Cornell Award on a suitable person at the time of the next ICASP conference. The Award shall recognize that person's outstanding contribution(s) to the science and/or application of risk and reliability theory relevant to civil engineering.

There shall be a standing committee of the CERRA Board for the express purpose of deciding the recipient of the C. Allin Cornell Award. The Award will be conferred at the next ICASP conference.

The committee shall consist of all previous recipients of CERRA Award and C. Allin Cornell Award willing to act. The President of CERRA shall arrange for the initial meeting of the committee (virtually or actually) but shall not be involved in its deliberations (unless he/she qualifies under the above criterion). The committee shall nominate its own chair and shall conduct its own deliberations in a manner it sees fit. It may accept nominations from the CERRA Board or other parties but need not consider such nominations in detail.

The committee shall provide a general statement supporting its decision. It is not obliged to give detailed reasons. The committee's decision shall be final when it reports to the CERRA Board prior to the ICASP conference. The committee may decide that no award be made.

The CERRA Board shall accept the committee's decision and record it in its minutes. The CERRA Board shall arrange with the current ICASP conference organizers for the Award to be conferred at an appropriate time during the conference.

The Award will consist of a framed certificate of a design approved by the CERRA Board and signed by the (out-going) president of CERRA and the Chair of the current ICASP conference. The production of the certificate will be the responsibility of the current ICASP conference.

Approved: February 2009