The Cindy Moore Courageous Impact Award was established in 2022 in honor of Cindy Moore through a generous donation from Hecla Mining. The award was established to recognize the outstanding achievements and lasting impact of women in mining or the mine service industry.

Cindy Moore Courageous Impact Award Guidelines

A candidate for SME Fellow Award must have been a full member of SME for at least 15 years. A candidate must have demonstrated significant and sustained contributions to the minerals industry and to SME. There must be some contributions to both the industry and SME, though significant and sustained contributions can be to either one.

SME Fellow Award Guidelines

The Robert M. Dreyer Award in Applied Economic Geology (Dreyer Award) was established in 2000 from a generous bequest from Dr. Dreyer’s estate. The Dreyer Award recognizes outstanding achievements in applied economic geology. The outstanding achievements so recognized must have been accomplished through commercial exploration or development of metalliferous and/or nonmetalliferous mineral deposits.

The Robert M. Dreyer Award Guidelines

The John Fritz Medal is presented each year for scientific or industrial achievement in any field of pure or applied science. It was established in 1902 as a memorial to the great engineer whose name it bears.

The John Fritz Medal Award Guidelines

The Robert E. Murray Innovation Award was established in 2017 to recognize individuals or organizations who advance the mining industry through the implementation of technical innovation. Its primary focus is to award operations or organizations that are changing the mining industry through the inclusion or adaptation of cutting edge technologies and innovative processes.

The Robert E. Murray Innovation Award Guidelines

The mining and minerals industry has been and remains supportive of mining and mineral engineering education. There is a clear recognition that neither can exist without the other. Ivan B. Rahn, when Manager-Manpower Services, CONSOL, was a major part of this relationship. Significantly, and substantially different from his industrial colleagues, Mr. Rahn recognized that industry could have a say in the development of educational quality and, hence, the quality of graduates available for hire by industry. In pursuit of quality, he alone amongst his colleagues, attended every major SME meeting where education was on the agenda, provided input and insight into the educational needs of industry, did statistical analyses of mining and mineral engineering enrollments and graduation rates, supported the accreditation activities of ABET, and provided the social environment in which faculty could come together as a community. Indeed, there were some younger faculty members who came to believe that CONSOL’s support for education and the social reception for engineering educators was a permanent fixture. Mr. Rahn’s well-deserved retirement at the beginning of 1996 was accompanied by a rude realization that so much of what had come to be expected was entirely dependent upon him. The creation of the award and the naming of it for him were in clear recognition of his contributions to quality engineering education in the fields for which SME has responsibility: geological, mineral, mineral processing, and mining engineering. Making him the first recipient of the award was a most fitting gesture.

Ivan B. Rahn Education Award Guidelines

This award is based on Chapter Reports; nominations are not accepted for this award. Chapter reports are judged on the basis of a comprehensive review and evaluation with other reports from competing chapters. These chapter reports are used to evaluate the level and quality of chapter activities and operations. The financial resources of our Chapters vary therefore, the selection process for the award places a strong emphasis on a Chapter's activities as opposed to the glossiness of reporting those activities. The winning chapter receives a $500 cash award, a certificate of recognition and a ticket to the awards banquet at the SME annual meeting. The winning chapter also receives a travel allowance of up to $500 to offset travel expenses related to the meeting. The three runner-up chapters receive certificates of recognition. All entrants are recognized in Mining Engineering.

SME Outstanding Student Chapter Report Contest Guidelines

Eligibility Criteria:

• Must be a current SME Member
• Age 40 or under by application deadline of June 1
• Completed B.S. or B.A. degree
• Able to attend all Board meetings
• Two in-person meetings held at the SME Annual Conference & Expo (February) and the SME Mid-year Meeting (September)
• Two conference call meetings

Preferred:

• SME participation/leadership through Local Sections, Divisions, SME Foundation, or other SME sponsored programs.

Intern Responsibilities:

Interns will:

• Attend all open board meetings and participate actively, but refrain from voting
• Attend the Emerging Leaders Alliance Conference in October in Washington, D.C.
• Attend the SME Leadership Orientation that occurs on Saturday mornings of the SME Annual Conference & Expo

Questions? Contact Raven Refuerzo at refuerzo@smenet.org.

SME Board of Directors Internship Program

The purpose of the Miners Give Back Award is to promote humanitarian and service-oriented projects by SME Sections in communities where the sections operate, and to facilitate networking between Sections, as well as improve networking between the Sections and SME. The Miners Give Back award is intended to increase the level of participation by the SME Sections in humanitarian efforts and community service and provide rewards/recognition each year for the outstanding project(s). The SMEF accepts nominations from SME Sections that summarize their completed project(s) and/or community service activities in the preceding year (January 1 to April 1). For multiple projects, please submit an application for each project.

Miners Give Back Award Guidelines

The Syd S. and Felicia F. Peng Ground Control in Mining Award (Peng Award) was established in 2004 through a generous donation from Syd and Felicia Peng. The purpose of the Peng Award is to provide recognition to individuals that have demonstrated technical and scientific excellence in advancing the understanding of ground control technologies or approaches by either publication or direct applications in the mining industry

Syd S. and Felicia F. Peng Ground Control in Mining Award Guidelines

The Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal Award (Rand Award) recognizes distinguished achievement in mining administration, regarding mining in its broad sense to include metallurgy and petroleum.

Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal Award Guidelines

SME staff will determine which papers, published by SME over a period of four years, are eligible for this award. Nominations are not accepted for this award. Eligible papers are Single- or dual-authored technical papers where the lead author is a member in good standing of one of the AIME member societies, under the age of 35 at the time the paper was peer-approved/reviewed and published in the four years preceding May 1 of the judging year. SME Publications --- Before February 2019 -- Mining Engineering magazine; Minerals and Metallurgical Processing journal; Transactions of SME. As of February 2019 – Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration – research journal of SME. AIME Member Society Staff reviews its journals and transactions from the previous four years to nominate authors of technical papers that meet the above eligibility criteria.

Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award Guidelines