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2021 Awardees
Due to the pandemic, the in-person award presentation for the 2021 honorees was rescheduled for May 2022.
 

Alumnus of the Year Award
Tyson Tuttle M.S. ’92
President and CEO (Ret.)
Silicon Labs

Lifetime Contribution Award
Enrique “Rick” Ainsworth
Executive Director (ret.)
Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity (CEED), UCLA

Professional Achievement Award
Lisa D. Cagnolatti ’83
Senior Vice President of Customer Service
Southern California Edison

Rising Professional Achievement Award
Jamal Madni M.S. ’08, M.S. ’12
Co-Founder & CEO
Ingage

University Service Award
Jane P. Chang
Professor and the William F. Seyer Chair
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA

Engineering Alumni Association Service Award
Coretta Harris ’83
Systems Engineer

V. M. Watanabe Excellence in Research Award
Yousef Bozorgnia
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA
Director
Natural Hazards Risk and Resiliency Research Center (NHR3)

Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award
Veronica Santos
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Associate Dean
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Faculty Affairs
UCLA

Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award
Aaron Meyer ’09
Assistant Professor
Bioengineering, UCLA

Edward K. Rice Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
Ahmed Alaa Ibrahim PhD ’19
Postdoctoral scholar
UCLA

Edward K. Rice Outstanding Master’s Student Award
Camille H. Le ’18, MS ’19
Junior Development Engineer
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA

Edward K. Rice Outstanding Bachelor’s Student Award
Richa Ghosh ’20
NSF Graduate Research Fellow