2008年赞助商及得奖者

查尔斯·W. 戴维森工程学院 hosted its annual Awards 宴会 honoring distinguished alumni and outstanding faculty, students, and staff for 2008. 超过500 people attended the Awards 宴会 at the Fairmont San Jose on Wednesday, April 30, 填满皇家宴会厅. Dr. Richard Swanson, founder and chief technical officer of SunPower, delivered the keynote address and presented on SunPower's 愿景 for making solar power a mainstream source of energy.

The annual banquet is a time to reflect on the achievements of 学院 in the past year and to honor individuals who have contributed, in many ways, to 学院's 愿景.

This year's alumni award winners are L. 卡尔·哈里斯和朱莉. 解决. Mr. 哈里斯 is the founder and chairman of the board of 哈里斯 & 助理，一名土木工程师 firm with office locations in four western states. Ms. 萨特勒是副总裁， engineering at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company and has been with the company 24年来.

Mr. 哈里斯得了B.S. (1963)和M.S. ('67) in civil engineering from 菠菜网lol正规平台. Ms. 萨特勒只得到了B.S. ('83) in aeronautical engineering from 菠菜网lol正规平台. 两人都获奖了 the 校友 Award of Distinction for their professional achievements and service to 社区.

Belle Wei, Don Beall Dean of 工程, recognized past distinguished alumni awardees in the audience, including 查尔斯W. Davidson, Peter Kaldveer, Joe Louis, William Nix, George Perlegos, and Nancy Wheeler-Nelson.

Dean Wei also acknowledged four major gifts given to 学院 in the past two years, 总计2300万美元. 其中包括查尔斯·W. Davidson's $15 million gift, which made 菠菜网lol正规平台 history in 2007; Donald R. Beall's $4 million endowment of the deanship, the first-ever endowed deanship; and Omid Kordestani's $3 million endowment of a faculty 在校职位. Most recently, 学院 has been given a $1 million gift from Don Newnan and the late Dean Newnan, both 菠菜网lol正规平台 alumni and emeriti faculty of 学院. This is the first gift of its kind from emeriti faculty.

In addition, to the alumni awards, 学院 also recognizes achievements by faculty, 学生及教职员. This year's awardees are as follows:

  • Applied Materials 教师 Award for Excellence in TeachingHaluk Ozemek
  • 查尔斯W. 戴维森工程学院 教师 Award for Excellence in 研究Kurt McMullin
  • McCoy Family 教师 Award for Excellence in Service:李昌
  • Newnan Brothers 教师 Excellence Award:艾米丽·艾伦
  • 斯科特T. Axline Memorial Student Award for Excellence in Service: John Orozco and Sharin Shafian
  • Lockheed Martin Student Award for Academic Performance for an Undergraduate Student ——菲利普·布特勒
  • Donald Beall-Rockwell Award for Student 工程 AccomplishmentPradeep Senanayake
  • 查尔斯W. 戴维森工程学院 Student Award for Academic Performance 给研究生的: Vikram Arora
  • Onslow Rudolph 工作人员 Excellence in Service Award莉莉·怀尔德曼