On May 13th, the IEEE Albuquerque Section held its joint Award Banquet with the UNM Chapter of Sigma Xi at the UNM’s Continuing Education building.

Each Award consisted of a framed certificate and a monetary award. In the case of the Outstanding Young Engineer Award, the awardee is asked to give a talk at a publick talk event organized by Section later in the year.

Aaron Murray, the Section Chair presented the following awards:

Outstanding Young Engineer: Simon Barriga
Outstanding Graduate Student: Chris Leach
Outstanding Undergraduate Student: Raymundo Rael

After the award presentation, Dr. Dale Alverson, UNM’s Medical Director of the Center for Telehealth and Cybermedicine Research, gave the talk: “A Brave New World: A Time for Telemedicine and Health Information Technology,” which was received enthusiastically by the entire audience.

We look forward to next year’s nominations and awards.

Here are some of the pictures from the banquet:

Section Chair, Aaron Murray presenting the awards.

Some of the attendees.

Another view of the people attending the Awards Banquet.

Dr. Dale Alverson just before delivering his talk.

Dr. Dale Alverson at the beginning of his talk.

Dr. Harjit Ahlywalia, past Section Chair, Banquet organizer, and Master of Ceremonies.

2013 Outstanding Graduate Student Award to Chris Leach. Here, his wife receiving the award on his behalf.

2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Award presented to Raymundo Rael.

2013 Outstanding Young Engineer Award presented to Simon Barriga.

Regards,

Gilberto
Vice Chair