Thanks to everyone who came out to the Awards and Recognition Banquet this weekend at Mez!

On May 12, ENCS held their annual Awards and Recognition banquet at the MEZ Restaurant in Durham, NC. This event is held to honor those IEEE ENCS members who have distinguished themselves through their professional activities and contributions to the engineering profession. This years’ honorees included the following:

* Outstanding Volunteers – Mary Ellen Randall, Past Chair and Region 3 Director Elect, and Paul Goodson, Past Chair and PACE Chair. For organizing the 2011 section retreat and 2012 leadership event.

* 2011/2012 Fellows – newly elevated Fellows honored included Veena Mishra, Dev Palmer, and Michael Devetsikiotis (see presentation ppt for a full list of ENCS 2011/2012 fellows).

* 2011/2012 Senior Members – newly elevated Senior Members included Rhett Davis, Russ Frazier, Michael Papazoglou, and Zhi “George” Gao. (see presentation ppt for a full list).

* Life Member – John Held, long-time ENCS member and past chair.

Mary Ellen Randall also presented Dev Palmer with an award from Region 3 Director David Green for his service as Region 3 Awards and Recognition chair.

As Dev Palmer pointed out, we have an unusually high percentage of members who have achieved higher grades of membership through their professional achievements. Thanks to all the members and guests who attended – this is a great opportunity to honor our distinguished members!

To view event photos at Picasa Web Albums, please click here.

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– Barry Peddycord, 2012 ENCS Webmaster