The national award recognizes the importance of immigrants and their descendents to US economic and social vitality
Radar technology trailblazer and University of Michigan engineering professor Kamal Sarabandi is among this year's recipients of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
The National Academy of Engineering and NAE president John L. Anderson Feb. 9 announced it has elected 106 new members and 23 international members, including eight Indian Americans and two Indian-origin engineers.
The newly-elected group of members brings the total U.S. membership to 2,355 and the number of international members to 298, the academy said in a news release.
Among the Indian American engineers named in the U.S. are Santokh S. Bandesha, Rajiv Laroia, Azad M. Madni, Sumita B. Mitra, Krishnan K. Sabnani, Kamal Sarabandi, S.V. Sreenivasan, and Nikhil Trivedi.
Badesha is a corporate fellow and manager of open innovation at Xerox Corp., in Webster, N.Y., and was named for developing materials enabling the broad use of laser printing and the creation of color laser printing.