March 3, 2005

Honors

Mark Hersam, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has been recognized by the New Faces of Engineering program of Engin-eers Week for his work in silicon-based molecular electronics.

During the past year he also has been featured on the covers of the professional journals Nano Letters, Nanotechnology and Applied Physics Letters, and as one of the Chicago’s outstanding “30 under 30” persons by 606 magazine.

The New Faces program highlights interesting and unique work of young engineers and the resulting impact on society.

Kenneth Janda, Payson S. Wild Professor Emeritus in Political Science, has been inducted into the Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.

Janda was one of 19 outstanding alumni, including several heads of colleges, universities and corporations, who were honored for their accomplishments.

Janda has taught and conducted research in the fields of American government, political parties, elementary statistics, computer methods and the logic of inquiry.

Manijeh Razeghi, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Alok Choudhary, professor of electrical and computer engineering, have been elected fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE).

Razeghi was honored for contributions to the development of compound semiconductor growth technology and Choudhary for contributions to high performance computing systems.

Razeghi has also been elected a fellow of the Institute of Physics.

The director of the Northwestern Center for Quantum Devices, Razeghi has authored more than 1,000 papers and eight books and holds 50 patents. Her research interests are in nanotechnology, nanophotonics, quantum and quantum dot-based devices, lasers, waveguides and other electronic and optical technologies.

Razeghi is a fellow of the International Engineering Consortium, the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineering, the Optical Society of America, the American Physical Society and the International Engineering Consortium, and is a life member and fellow of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). She has been awarded the IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize and the SWE Achievement Award.

Choudhary, who also holds appointments at the Kellogg School, was co-founder and vice president for research and technology of Accelchip Inc.

He received the National Science Foundation’s Young Investigator Award in 1993, an IEEE Engineering Foundation award, an IBM Faculty Development award, and an Intel research council award.