Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

The award was for for outstanding early career contributions to the microwave profession.

Dr. Leah Jamieson is a part of several small groups. Purdue’s Dean of the College of Engineering is one of about 30 engineering deans who are women in the country. She is the only one in the Big Ten.

The title is "Analysis and control of PMSG-based wind turbine with Vienna rectifier near current zero crossings". His advisor is Professor Dionysios Aliprantis.

The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program is an intensely competitive worldwide program, which honors exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation in many academic disciplines and areas of study.

Professor Appenzeller's research interests include experimenting with novel device concepts to improve transistor performance, exploration of nanomaterials and future nanoelectronics applications.

The Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae Award is presented to men and women who have distinguished themselves in any field in ways that reflect favorably on Purdue University, the engineering profession, or society in general.

BoilerMake featured ideas ranging from abstract data analyzing applications strictly for employer use to fun, personal projects. The “Domino Bot,” presented by Jack Schneider, Kevin Rockwell and Eric Rice, was not only one of the ideas, but the winning creation.

Bearing Analytics, led by doctoral students Anurag Garg and Lokesh Gupta, won $30,000 as the top presenter in the Gold Division for graduate and undergraduate student teams

Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.