On the evening of March 20, 2017, ECEDHA honored several deserving award winners for their contributions to the ECE community.  The Awards Banquet, sponsored by Quanser and Synopsys, took place during the 2017 ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECE xpo in Miramar Beach, Florida.  This year's conference had another record attendance, and in turn, a full ballroom to celebrate those listed below. We congratulate all winners for their fantastic accomplishments.

IEEE-HKN Outstanding Student Award:

Emily Hernandez, Auburn University

IEEE-HKN Distinguished Service Award:

Dave Soldan, Kansas State University

ECEDHA Diversity Award:

Athina Petropulu, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

ECEDHA Industry Award:

Igor Alvarado, National Instruments

ECEDHA Innovative Program Award:

Venkataramanan Balakrishnan, Purdue University

Kenneth Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

ECEDHA Robert M. Janowiak Outstanding Leadership and Service Award:

Tsuhan Chen, Nanyang Technological University

Greg Peters, Keysight Technologies

In the coming issues, we will provide a spotlight on each individual award winner. We begin with our first feature on Tsuhan Chen, seen below.

Tsuhan Chen was awarded the prestigious Robert M. Janowiak Outstanding Leadership and Service Award at the 2017 ECEDHA Annual Conference and ECE xpo in Miramar Beach, Florida this past March.

The Robert M. Janowiak Outstanding Leadership and Service Award is given to an individual with a sustained record of leadership and service to ECEDHA, and to electrical and computer engineering in general.

Tsuhan has a long history with the ECEDHA organization.  He served as President of the ECEDHA Board of Directors during his time at Cornell University.  Prior to his involvement, ECEDHA was a peer to peer organization.  It was through his dedicated efforts and vision that the organization has evolved to its current state today.  Tsuhan had the foresight to involve the entire ECE community and ecosystem, to ensure that ECEDHA remained the organization that both academia and industry looks towards for future direction and guidance. Tsuhan's tremendous leadership has helped to strengthen the organization, and in turn, the field of electrical and computer engineering as a whole.

Above (from left to right): Khalil Najafi, ECEDHA President, Tsuhan Chen, Nanyang Technological University, and Zhihua Qu, ECEDHA Awards Committee Chair

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