Current DEAA Awardees

The following individuals, have been selected to receive the 2009 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award. The awardees have distinguished themselves through their outstanding personal qualities, knowledge, and significant contributions to their fields.
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	David DiLaura ― Special David DiLaura retired as professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering in 2007, after 26 years as the guiding force behind the lighting engineering program at CU-Boulder. He was an outstanding teacher and scholar whose innovative research revolutionized the field of lighting design and manufacturing. >>More
	Dayl Larson ― Private Practice Dayl Larson is retired from the prestigious Colorado firm H&L Architecture, where he was a professional architect specializing in the design of education and health care facilities for more than 30 years. He and former classmate George Haller established the partnership in 1962, and grew it into the successful firm H&L is today. >>More
	Kenneth May ― Industry & Commerce Kenneth May is a successful engineer and entrepreneur who has made significant contributions to the field of solar energy over the last 30 years through his dedication to solar energy concentration systems. He is currently the director of the industrial division at Abengoa Solar, a multinational company that is planning to build the largest solar power plant in the world southwest of Phoenix. >>More
	Kile Morgan ― Industry & Commerce Kile Morgan is a third-generation homebuilder who has excelled in business and challenged others with the extent of his civic-minded philanthropy.  Morgan is the former president and CEO of Ponderosa Homes, which under his leadership in the 1980s and ‘90s, built and sold 3,500 homes in the San Francisco Bay area. >>More
	Theodore W. Randolph ― Research & Invention, Education A professor of chemical and biological engineering at CU-Boulder since 1993, Theodore “Ted” Randolph is a world leader in protein stabilization and supercritical fluid technology in processes for enzymatic catalysis, particle formation, and drug delivery. He is a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and co-directs the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, a joint research center involving the CU-Boulder and Denver campuses. >>More
	Nguyen Xuan Vinh  ― Research & Invention, Education CU-Boulder’s first Ph.D. graduate in aerospace engineering sciences, Nguyen Xuan Vinh, went on to lead a distinguished career as a professor at the University of Michigan. He also has been a leader in the worldwide Vietnamese community, recognized both for being a champion of the community and for his literary contributions as a published poet and novelist. >>More