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namely, the Asad Madni Technical Achievement
Award. She also created, with IEEE-HKN graduate
students, the " Grad Lab " series of webinars to help
prepare and support students through graduate
programs. Her diverse roles in IEEE have given her
keen abilities to see and build partnerships across
other IEEE organizations and societies, according to
her nominator.
Outstanding Teaching Award recipient, Dr. Thomas
D. O'Sullivan fosters excitement, motivation,
curiosity, and creativity, instilling strong technical and
communication skills in his students, according to
his nominator. In six years, he has taught over 300
undergraduate and graduate students, advised 12
Ph.D. students, mentored 15 undergraduate research
assistants, and advised two student groups, including
IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu. He strives to create an inclusive
learning environment and, this year, 46 percent
of students enrolled in his technical elective are
women, compared with about 30 percent of electrical
engineering majors overall in the program.
Outstanding Young Professional award recipient, Dr.
Achuta Kadambi, has commercialized his research in
computational imaging into a thriving venture, known
as Akasha Imaging. Beyond the startup, Prof. Kadambi
leads a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles,
that is looking to understand how the behavior of
circuitry and gadgets vary across demographic types,
according to his nominator. For example, light-based
medical devices will perform less well on darker skin
tones. Dr. Kadambi works with teams in electrical
engineering, at the university's medical school, and
the Equity and Diversity Initiative (EDI) offices at UCLA
to invent new devices that are fair. He also has taught
" intro to computer science " courses at prisons to help
reduce the rate of re-entry into the prison system.
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Awards Program.
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