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2020-2021 Asian American Engineer of the Year Award and Conference, Hosted by Chinese Institute of EngineersFREMONT, Calif., July 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY) Award has been presented every year since 2002 as part of the US National Engineers Week program (DiscoverE®) to honor outstanding Asian American professionals in academic, public services, industries and government entities. The more than 300 awardees honored since have served as role models and sources of inspiration for the STEM community. Past awardees included 9 Nobel Laureates, academic scholars, key corporate executives, and an astronaut! AAEOY Award Ceremony is the main program of the AAEOY Award and Conference to recognize all awardees. Traditionally, the award ceremony includes a banquet to recognize and celebrate the achievements of the awardees. Due to the restrictions of the pandemic, 2020-2021 AAEOY Ceremony will be hosted online with a virtual ceremony on July 18, 2021. For this year's AAEOY, we are excited to honor two Distinguished Awardees: Distinguished Leadership in Technology Award
Mr. Jensen Huang, Founder, President and CEO, NVIDIA
Besides the Distinguished Awards, we are also honoring 18 awardees in the categories of Asian American Executive of the Year Award, Asian American Engineer of the Year Award and Asian American Most Promising Engineer of the Year Award. These honorees are from corporations including Boeing, IBM, TI, ams, GM and DuPont, and from government entities including Sandia National Laboratories, Idaho National Laboratory, Naval Air Warfare Center, Army Inspector General Agency, Air Force Research Laboratory, Navy Undersea Warfare Center and Army Engineer Research and Development Center. For more information about the AAEOY program, awardees and event registration, please visit http://www.aaeoy.org Chinese Institute of Engineers, USA (CIE/USA), founded in 1917 in New York, is a non-profit organization promoting the advancements of science and technology, as well as STEM education. CIE/USA has 7 chapters throughout the US. Contact: View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2020-2021-asian-american-engineer-of-the-year-award-and-conference-hosted-by-chinese-institute-of-engineers-301328517.html SOURCE Chinese Institute of Engineers |