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2010 Engineers Week Banquet
February 18, 2010 at Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, CA
The SVEC honored Richard Elkus and Alan Title for their remarkable contributions by welcoming them into its Hall of Fame. Banquet featured the California High Speed Rail Project by Robert Doty (Peninsula Rail Program Director) and Timothy Cobb (SF to SJ Segment Project Manager). Scholarships were awarded to seven students for academic excellence in engineering education.
From the SVEC President Dhaval Brahmbhatt to all those that helped with this banquet including council members, volunteers, and sponsors:
I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for your excellent support and superb performance. We had a great event we can all be proud of, and the team work made it happen!
Regards,
Dhaval J. Brahmbhatt
Photos of SVEC banquet (click here)
Miscellaneous banquet photos (click here)
A few photos by DJ Cline at http://www.djcline.com/2010/02/19/feb-18-2010-svec-banquet/
New Hall of Fame Members (click here)
Scholarship Awardees:
Killol Acharya
James Best
Pankti Doshi
Darrell Ford
Jon Rodriguez
Emily Ross
Alex Yu
Banquet Sponsors:
BAE Systems
Lockheed Martin
SEMI
Space Systems Loral
HP Labs
IEEE (CPMT, Nanotechnology, Solid State Circuits local chapters)
Lam Research
HNTB
Registration Volunteers:
Aarti Bansal
Nick DeCesare
Alana Guzzetta
Danielle Locklar
Jai Master
Lauren Reinnoldt
Michael Rooney
Sash Saseetharran
Hank Silva
TJ Watterson
Ian Whiteley
Organization and company displays at reception:
AIAA
BAE Systems
EAA
Encorps
INCOSE
ISEF/SJSU
LMCO
M3D
Ozen
SEMI
SCU Civil Engineering
Solar Training Institute
Banquet co-chairs were Steve Sherman and Greg Thiebaut, both PE civil engineers and members of ASCE (national sponsoring society for E-week).
Engineers Week Banquet program
2009 Engineers Week Banquet
February 19, 2009 at Doubletree Hotel, San Jose, CA
The annual banquet went very well with attendance over 350. We had a very interesting talk by the Honorable John Garamendi, Lieutenant Governor of California. Pictures of the night are posted up at our friend DJ Cline's website.
We have premiered our new SVEC Journal of technical papers written by engineers in our member organizations and which is available free for download. We're have also organized a guide to other local Engineers Week related festivities! We have added an online calendar of Bay Area technical events. If you have events to add to the calendar, please put them on a public Google calendar and send me a link.
Help us build this new website into a terrific resource to assist our member organizations and the technical community with links to professional training, volunteer opportunities reaching out to kids, and publicity for our member organization events and programs.
I hope that this website will help revitalize our organization and shape a new vision for SVEC. I would love to hear about any links you think we should add and ideas to make information better organized and more usable. With this website, SVEC has the resources to better become a focus of the local tech community and go on to even greater things!
Elise Engelhardt, 2007-2009, SVEC President
engelhardte @ asme.org
LEADERS IN SATELLITES, NANOTECHNOLOGY, MICROELECTRONICS, AND INFORMATION THEORY HONORED AT SAN JOSE EVENT
San Jose – February 17, 2009 – The Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) today announced that innovators in satellites, nanotechnology, microelectronics, and information theory will be honored at an event that takes place next week in San Jose. The organization will induct four technology leaders into the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame at its annual Engineering Week banquet on February 19, 2009.
The banquet theme is “Economic Renaissance Through Engineering,” and it includes a keynote by the Honorable Lt. Gov. Garamendi of California titled, “Keeping California Golden - Innovative Leadership and Investment.”
Four outstanding technology innovators will be honored at the SVEC Hall of Fame ceremony for their significant contributions. The honorees include —
Mr. Robert E. Berry
Chairman Emeritus and Systems Fellow, Space Systems/Loral
• For contributing to the establishment of today’s commercial satellite industry.
Dr. Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang
Chancellor, University of California, Merced
• For his seminal contributions to microelectronics, computer-aided design and development of interdisciplinary educational programs in information technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology.
Dr. Meyya Meyyappan
Chief Scientist for Exploration Technology Center for Nanotechnology,
NASA Ames Research Center.
• For his success in developing one of the world’s largest research centers for nanotechnology and for his technical contributions to nanotechnology.
Dr. Jimmy Kazuhiro Omura
Technology Strategist, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
• For his fundamental contributions to information theory, data encryption systems, and spread spectrum radios.
At the banquet, the Silicon Valley Engineering Council will also award $1000 scholarships to qualified high school seniors and college undergraduates who intend to pursue degrees in engineering. In addition, the first issue of the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Journal will be published.
About the Silicon Valley Engineering Council
Founded in 1989, SVEC is a dedicated, non-profit educational organization focused on helping local chapters of its member engineering organizations and technical societies to better serve their constituents and the community. Among other activities, SVEC sponsors educational programs; promotes career development and community service; and increases the public’s understanding of the impact of engineering and science in enhancing quality of life. For further information, see http://www.svec.org