{"667968":{"#nid":"667968","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Eta Kappa Nu Awards Outstanding Teacher Awards to Naeemi and Krishna","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn April 28, 2023, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/azad-j-naeemi\u0022\u003EAzad Naeemi\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/tushar-krishna\u0022\u003ETushar Krishna\u003C\/a\u003E were celebrated as the recipients of this year\u0027s Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) Outstanding Teacher Awards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHKN award recipients are determined by a majority vote of the graduating class of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) undergraduate program. They recognize the central and crucial role of professors in training and motivating future electrical, computer and allied field student engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Naeemi received this year\u2019s W. Marshall Leach\/Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Senior Teacher Award. Naeemi\u2019s research crosses the\u0026nbsp;boundaries\u0026nbsp;of materials, devices, circuits, and systems investigating integrated circuits based on conventional and emerging\u0026nbsp;nanoelectronic\u0026nbsp;and spintronic devices and interconnects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe holds the distinction of being the inaugural recipient of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/naeemi-receives-inaugural-2022-ieee-solid-state-circuits-society-james-d-meindl\u0022\u003EIEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) James D. Meindl Innovators Award\u003C\/a\u003E. He has also received accolades such as the NSF CAREER Award, SRC Inventor Recognition Award, and multiple best paper awards at international conferences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn recognition of his innovative use of educational technology, Professor Naeemi was honored by the Institute with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/ece-members-awarded-innovative-teaching-and-outstanding-leadership\u0022\u003EClass of 1934 Outstanding Innovative Use of Education Technology Award\u003C\/a\u003E this year. His educational tools have greatly enhanced the learning experience of students studying quantum theory and semiconductor physics\/devices worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Professor Krishna was awarded the Richard M. Bass\/Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Junior Teacher Award. His research encompasses computer architecture, interconnection networks, networks-on-chip (NoC), and deep learning accelerators, with a particular emphasis on optimizing data movement in modern computing systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKrishna was inducted into the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/krishna-inducted-hpca-hall-fame\u0022\u003EHigh-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA) Hall of Fame\u003C\/a\u003E in 2022, recognizing his significant contributions to the field. He has also been honored with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/five-ece-faculty-members-honored-ctl-award\u0022\u003EClass of 1940 Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award\u003C\/a\u003E from Georgia Tech (2018) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/ece-faculty-staff-and-students-receive-honors-roger-p-webb-awards-program-0\u0022\u003ERoger P. Webb Outstanding Junior Faculty Award\u003C\/a\u003E from the ECE (2021).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENaeemi and Krishna\u2019s enduring impact on the School of ECE undergraduate program and the wider engineering community will forever be recognized with their names etched on the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Teacher Awards display in the Van Leer Building.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EProfessor Naeemi received this year\u2019s W. Marshall Leach\/Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Teacher Award and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAssociate Professor Krishna was awarded the Richard M. Bass\/Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Junior Teacher Award.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Professors Azad Naeemi and Tushar Krishna have been recognized by graduating seniors with Eta Kappa Nu outstanding teaching honors for 2023."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-06-02 13:24:24","changed_gmt":"2024-08-28 17:58:22","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670913":{"id":"670913","type":"image","title":"Professors Azad Naeemi (left) and Tushar Krishna (right).","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EProfessors Azad Naeemi (left) and Tushar Krishna (right).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1685711787","gmt_created":"2023-06-02 13:16:27","changed":"1685711897","gmt_changed":"2023-06-02 13:18:17","alt":"Photo of Professors Azad Naeemi (left) and Tushar Krishna (right).","file":{"fid":"253879","name":"Azad Naeemi and Tushar Krisna.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/02\/Azad%20Naeemi%20and%20Tushar%20Krisna.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/06\/02\/Azad%20Naeemi%20and%20Tushar%20Krisna.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4896941,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/06\/02\/Azad%20Naeemi%20and%20Tushar%20Krisna.jpg?itok=Oez0EcC2"}}},"media_ids":["670913"],"groups":[{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5518","name":"Azad Naeemi"},{"id":"173453","name":"Tushar Krishna"},{"id":"5365","name":"Eta Kappa Nu"},{"id":"192712","name":"IEEE-HKN"},{"id":"66891","name":"Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"192713","name":"W. 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