College of Engineering Awards

Distinguished Alumni Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The Distinguished Alumni Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recognizes alumni for significant achievement in research, design, creation or ideation of an original idea or concept, or achievements in a startup or self-made business.

Not currently accepting nominations.

Past Recipients

Year Awardees
2024 Jay Qin, BME, MS 1991
2023 Laura Ensign, CBE: BS 2007
Srinivasan "KG" Ganapathi, MSE: MS 1988; PhD 1990
2022 Xi-Yong (Sean) Fu, MSE (PhD 01, MS 00)
2021 Janet Braun, ISE 82
Rakesh Gupta, EE 83
Michael Snyder, AAE (MS 11, BS 09)
2020 Seyed Madaeni, ISE 12
Ali Rahimi, CSE 14
2019 Michael J. Reidelbach Sr., CER 69
John L. Smucker, ME 67
Michael Triplett, CHE 97, 04
2018 Kevin Hrusovsky, ME 83
Dennis Guenther, ME 71, 74
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