Previous Award Winners
2006 Awardees
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Professional of the Year Award: Frank Martinez
Frank Martinez, Navajo, is from Window Rock, AZ. Martinez is the worldwide digital inclusion program manager for Intel’s customer solutions group. He’s responsible for setting the strategy and managing the operation of Intel’s worldwide digital inclusion program, which aims to significantly increase access to and usage of computers and the Internet among those who historically have not been able to afford or who lack the skills to use a computer. Martinez received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University and his master's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Executive Excellence Award: Ray Haynes
Ray Haynes, Cherokee Nation, Deer Clan, was born in Hemet, CA. Haynes is director of technical alliances in the Office of the Chief Engineer for Northrop Grumman Space Technology. Haynes received his bachelor’s in aerospace engineering as well as his master’s of business administration at the University of Arizona. He went on to obtain his Ph.D. in operations research from Arizona State University, and is Professor Emeritus at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, California.
Most Promising Engineer/Scientist Award: Bevan Baas
Bevan Baas, Navajo, is assistant professor at the University of California, Davis in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Baas spent two years at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA, and then completed his bachelor’s in electronic engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He worked at Hewlett-Packard (HP) Computer Systems Division for two and a half years, and then began graduate school at Stanford University where he completed his master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering.
Technical Excellence Award: Chris J. Cornelius
Chris Cornelius, Oneida from the Turtle Clan, grew up in Billings, MT. Cornelius is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff in the Chemical and Biological Technologies Department at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Cornelius began his undergraduate education at Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman. Cornelius was the second Native American to graduate from MSU’s chemical engineering program in 1994 and the first Native American to graduate from Virginia Tech’s chemical engineering Ph.D. program in 2000.
2005 Awardees
AISES Professional of the Year
Nancy Jackson, Seneca Nation of New York
Deputy Director, Sandia National Laboratories' International Security Center
AISES Executive Excellence Award
Johnpaul Jones, Choctaw/Cherokee
Founding principal of Jones & Jones Architects
AISES Technical Excellence Award
Mark Hakey, Abanaki tribe, St. Francis-Sokoki Band
IBM Senior Technical Leadership Member
AISES Promising Engineer/Scientist Award
John DeBassige, Ojibwe
Mechanical Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories
2004 Awardees
AISES Professional of the Year
Richard Kevin “Savik” Glenn, Inupiaq Eskimo
V ice President of Lands, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
AISES Executive Excellence Award
Richard “Rick” Stephens, Pala Band of Mission Indians
Senior Vice President, Boeing Company
President, Shared Services Group - Boeing
AISES Technical Excellence Award
Not awarded
AISES Promising Engineer/Scientist Award
Aaron M. Thomas, PhD, Navajo
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Idaho
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