Commenced in 2002, AAEOY (Asian American Engineer of the Year) is an annual event on a national platform to recognize and honor outstanding Asian American professionals in Science and Engineering for their technical achievements, leadership and public services.
Distinguished Leadership in Science and Technology Award
| Lisa Su | AMD |
| Eugene L. Tu | NASA |
Distinguished Leadership In Technology Award
| Anne Chow | CEO, AT&T Business |
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
| Jensen Huang | Founder, President and CEO of NVIDIA |
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
| Morris Chang | Founder, former Chairman and CEO, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) |
Distinguished Science & Technology Award
| Tsu-Jae King Liu | Dean and Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering, UC Berkeley |
| Chi-Foon Chan | President & co-CEO, Synopsys |
| Zhijian “James” Chen | Professor, Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
| Sundar Pichai | |
| Yitang Zhang | UC Santa Barbara |
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
| Huang Chin-Pao | University of Delaware |
Distinguished Science & Technology Award
| Nam Pyo Suh | M.I.T. |
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
| Henry T. Yang | Chancellor, Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara |
Distinguished Science & Technology Award
| Manjul Bhargava | R. Brandon Fradd Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Princeton University |
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
| Victor J. Dzau | President, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science |
Distinguished Science & Technology Award
| Shuji Nakamura | Professor, Materials Department of the College of Engineering, UC Santa Barbara. Recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize. |
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
| Sanjay Mehrotra | CEO, SanDisk Corporation |
Distinguished Science & Technology Award
| Ernest Kuh | Professor Emeritus, EECS, UC Berkeley |
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
| Subra Suresh | Director, NSF |
Distinguished Science & Technology Award
| Alfred Y. Cho | Semiconductor Research VP, Bell Labs, Alcatel Lucent |
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
| Alice S. Huang | Senior Faculty Associate, California Institute of Technology |
Distinguished Science & Technology Award
| Venkatesh Narayanamurti | Director, Havard Kennedy School |