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2018 winners Nalini Nadkarni (left) and Jeffrey Rosenbluth (right)
Distinguished Innovation and Impact Award (DIIA)
The DIIA recognizes outstanding faculty innovators for contributions that improved the lives of people. The DIIA recognizes contributions by faculty from all academic disciplines, including health care, energy, environment, business, law, communications, technology, or the arts. Awards are given each year to one or two outstanding tenure-track faculty members who distinguished themselves and the University through entrepreneurial activities that resulted in innovations with a measurable societal impact.
The DIIA award is administered in partnership with the Academic Affairs office. Learn more about the award here.
Winners
- 2018 - Nalini Nadkarni and Jeffrey Rosenbluth
- 2017 - Troy D'Ambrosio and John Kircher
- 2016 - Jim Agutter, Dana Carroll and Baldomero (Toto) Olivera
- 2015 - Lisa Cannon-Albright and William Jenson
- 2014 - Glenn Prestwich and V. Kim Martinez
- 2013 - Dale Clayton and Ric Harnsberger
- 2012 - Florian Solzbacher, Stephen Jacobsen and Ellen Bromberg
- 2011 - Carl Wittwer and Ted Stanley