Awards Banquet 2024
The Washington Academy of Sciences hosted its Annual Awards Banquet on Friday May 17 at the beautiful headquarters of the National Academy of Sciences building on Constitution Avenue. This annual gala event is a highlight of the year for the Washington DC science community.
Here are the members of the Board of Managers of the Washington Academy of Sciences for 2024-2025. From left, they are Jerome Gibbon, Ram Sriram, Matt Humbard, Al Jones, Paul Cotae, Mala Ramaiah, Vijay Kowtha, David Torain, Mahesh Mani, Judy Staveley, Claudia Cotca, Paul Arveson, and Michael Cohen. (Not shown are Anne Kornahrens, Mei Sun, and Ken Baclawski.)
A special feature of this event was the presence of large number of talented high school students from the DC area.
Meet the Awardees for 2024
Awards were given from the Academy to ten amazing scientists, engineers and educators at the awards banquet. Congratulations to these well-deserving awardees!
Ms. Ashrita Gandhari (r) receives the Student Achievement Award from Judy Staveley.
Dr. David Zahavi (l) receives the Early Career Award in Health Care Informatics from Jill Reedy and Mahesh Mani.
Dr. Justyna Zwolak receives the Excellence in Research Award in Applied Mathematics from Ronald Boisvert (l) and Mahesh Mani.
Dr. Min Wu receives the Excellence in Research Award in Computer Science from Dinesh Manocha (l) and Mahesh Mani.
Dr. Miguel Lejeune receives the Excellence in Research Award in Applied Mathematics from Srinivas Prasad (l) and Mahesh Mani.
Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri receives the Leadership Award in Manufacturing Engineering from Ram Sriram (l) and Mahesh Mani.
Dr. Shawn Moylan receives the Leadership Award in Manufacturing Engineering from Kevin Jurrens (l) and Mahesh Mani.
Dr. Azad M. Madni receives the Distinguished Career Award in Systems Engineering from Marilee Wheaton and Mahesh Mani.
Dr. Ruzena Bajcsy receives the Distinguished Career Award in Computer Science from Min Lin (l) and Mahesh Mani.
Dr. Andrew Allen receives the Distinguished Career Award in Physics from Igor Levin (l) and Mahesh Mani.
Congratulations to all these awardees!
If you know a scientist, engineer or teacher who may be deserving of recognition by the Washington Academy of Science, please let us know! Nominations for the coming year are now open.