ECE Alumni Awards 2020 Video (captioned)
On behalf of the ECE Alumni Board, we are excited to share with you the 2020 recipients of the ECE Alumni Awards. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois ECE was unable to hold its regular Alumni Awards events.
This video is a compilation of the 2020 award recipients' words of wisdom, reactions to receiving the award, and other noteworthy thoughts.
The Illinois ECE 2020 Alumni Recipients are listed below. Additional information on the recipients can be found here: https://ece.illinois.edu/newsroom/new...
The MARCIA PETERMAN ECE AWARD was established by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Board to honor the memory of Marcia Peterman. The award is presented annually to an alumnus, former faculty, or former staff member for dedicated service to the department. Here is the 2020 recipient:
PHILLIP M. LACHMAN (BSEE '04)
The YOUNG ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD recognizes alumni who have made outstanding professional contributions early in their careers to their fields since graduating from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Here are the 2020 recipients:
AADEEL AKHTAR (MS ’16)
PIERRE MARTIN (PHD '10)
AKSHAY NAHETA (BSEE '03)
The DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD honors Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering alumni who have made professional and technical contributions that bring distinction to themselves, the department, and the university. Here are the 2020 recipients:
GALE BEANBLOSSOM (MS '82)
YUSUF LEBLEBICI (PHD '91)
WILLIAM D. O'BRIEN, JR. (BSEE '66, MS '68, PHD '70)
YONG RUI (PHD '99)
JACK TRAUTMAN (BSEE '72)