Gordon Scholar students, alumni in addition to manufacture professionals, UC San Diego faculty in addition to staff filled the Great Hall on March 9, 2016 to recognize the awardees of the annual Gordon Engineering Leadership Awards.
“You all are at the correct house at the correct time, the combination of data in addition to energy... [creates] unlimited potential for the world,” Linden Blue, the co-owner in addition to vice chairman of General Atomics, speaks to the room subsequently accepting the Professional Gordon Engineering Leadership Award.
Dean Albert P. Pisano introduced Blue, recognizing him for his inspirational applied scientific discipline leadership in addition to technical contribution to aviation in addition to energy. Blue is the paradigm of an applied scientific discipline leader; possessing technical innovation, applied scientific discipline excellence, in addition to corporate leadership, Blue is credited for edifice 1 of San Diego’s almost prestigious applied scientific discipline companies - General Atomics. The fellowship is 1 of the world's leading resources for high-technology systems, including nuclear fuel systems, remotely operated surveillance aircraft, airborne sensors, in addition to advanced electronic, wireless in addition to Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation technologies.
“The purpose of nuclear unloose energy started General Atomics,” Blue explains. “President Eisenhower's peace first held that the awesome unloose energy potential of nuclear might could hold upwards used both peacefully in addition to productively, in addition to that's how General Atomics was founded. We’ve made 67 ISO reactors that induce got been sold all over the globe inward universities in addition to hospitals.”
Aside from helping oversee a various engineering portfolio, Blue is currently working to develop the Energy Multiplier Module, EM2, which is a pocket-size nuclear might generator that converts spent nuclear fuel into energy. Bloomberg News latterly called EM2 1 of the spill out 8 methods to saving the planet.
The awards were presented to the undergraduate in addition to graduate students past times Gordon Center board members Rusty Sailors, CTO/President of LP3, Carmela Keeney, Executive Director of SPAWAR in addition to Dr. Ebonee Williams, Executive Director of Gordon Center. The Gordon Center’s annual Engineering Leadership Awards recognizes outstanding student, industrial/government/military in addition to academic leaders who induce got demonstrated excellence inward leadership, applied scientific discipline ability, communication skills in addition to teamwork. In add-on to undergraduate in addition to graduate opportunities, the California State Summer School for Mathematics in addition to Science (COSMOS) provides high schoolhouse students the chance to explore in addition to function on applied scientific discipline projects inward a four-week summertime program. The best teams are awarded applied scientific discipline leadership awards past times the Gordon Center inward a ceremony which takes house inward August.
Through its Gordon Scholars Program in addition to Engineering Leadership Awards, the Center identifies in addition to celebrates talented individuals alongside leadership potential. In addition, the Center exposes students to the advice, sense in addition to attitudes of proven applied scientific discipline leaders through grooming events including workshops, leadership forums in addition to summertime programs. Winners have a medal, membership inward the Gordon Center Alumni Network in addition to a monetary award.
Recipients of the laurels are offset nominated past times mentors in addition to subdivision chairs. They are chosen through a competitive alternative procedure past times the Gordon Center Advisory Board. This twelvemonth the graduate in addition to undergraduate awards were presented to the next outstanding students for their contributions to applied scientific discipline leadership.
Graduate Awards
Michael Barrow - Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science & Engineering
In recognition of his leadership co-directing 8 teams of undergraduate researchers in addition to for edifice an alliance betwixt the School of Engineering in addition to the School of Medicine for medical figurer vision research.
Jessica Ungerleider - Ph.D. Candidate, Bioengineering ( Buzz Woolley recipient)
In recognition of her technical contributions to the designing of nanoparticles for treating illness in addition to for edifice community amid graduate students.
Elide Pantoli - Ph.D. Candidate, Structural Engineering
In recognition of her leadership on large-scale structural testing blueprint in addition to analysis in addition to for educating the adjacent generation of structural engineers.
Undergraduate Awards
Amanda Beck - Bioengineering
In recognition of her technical contribution to statistical analysis of EMG signals in addition to to leadership of projection teams.
Ryan Collins - Electrical & Computer Engineering
In recognition of his vision for the Institute of Electrical in addition to Electronic Engineers (IEEE), increasing technical contest participation, in addition to fostering applied scientific discipline community through outreach.
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Denali Dahl-Nanoengineering
In recognition of her leadership of multidisciplinary applied scientific discipline teams inward Republic of the Fiji Islands in addition to the Philippines in addition to inward her commitment to humanitarian engineering.
Neel Parekh - Bioengineering
In recognition of his leadership inward multiple query teams in addition to his commitment to the evolution of low-cost medical devices through UCSD’s Engineering World Health.
Phuong Truong - Structural Engineering
In recognition of her leadership founding UCSD's Keystone Structural Engineering in addition to Divergent Engineering Teams in addition to her contributions to ocular implantable sensor research.