Anne Kiremidjian, professor of civil and environmental engineering; Kunle Olukotun, professor of electrical engineering and of computer science; and Joshua Makower, adjunct professor of medicine, have been elected to the 2021 class of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

From left to right: Joshua Makower, Anne Kiremidjian and Kunle Olukotun. (Image credit: Stanford Engineering (Kiremidjian and Olukotun) and New Enterprise Associates (Makower))

The three Stanford faculty members are among the 106 researchers nominated and chosen by their peers to join the academy, which is among the highest professional distinctions accorded any engineer.

Kiremidjian, the C. L. Peck, Class of 1906, Professor, is known for her research into the design and implementation of the first wireless sensors and a sensor network for diagnosing the health of buildings and other structures, and for developing advanced damage diagnosis algorithms, as well as advanced probabilistic seismic hazard, risk and resilience models.

Olukotun, the Cadence Design Systems Professor, was recognized for pioneering research in multicore processor design while leading the Stanford Hydra chip multiprocessor project. His role in advancing multicore processors to commercial realization and broad industry adoption was also cited.

Makower, co-founder of Stanfords Biodesign Innovation Program, and general partner of New Enterprise Associates, was recognized for inventing balloon sinuplasty, a treatment for chronic sinus inflammation that uses a small balloon catheter to modify the dimensions of the bony passages draining the major sinuses. Founder of medical device incubator ExploraMed, Makower was also cited for his role in developing and commercializing multiple other innovative medical device and health technologies.

The NAE announcement brings to 2,355 its total U.S. membership, with 113 from Stanford. The 23 new international members announced this week bring non-U.S. membership to 298. Newly elected members will be formally inducted during the NAEs annual meeting on Oct. 3, 2021.

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Artists rendering of the Ingenuity copter and Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Jim Willmore never talked too much about his job at Qualcomm, the San Diego-based mobile communications chip maker where he worked for 21 years, most recently as senior director of engineering.

So, it was a total surprise for his mother Betty Willmore and sister Tracy Punsel in 2018 when they learned something incredible about the Madison native and University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus (BSECE 84). Willmores name, along with those of his team members, was being inscribed on a small helicopter called Ingenuity being sent to Mars as part of NASAs Mars 2020 Mission. Thats all we knew about the project, says Betty, but we were very excited.

That probe is scheduled to land in the Jezero Crater on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021, and Betty and Tracy say theyll pop the cork on a bottle of champagne when it does. But it will be a bittersweet celebration: Willmore passed away unexpectedly at age 63 in October 2019, well before the mission carrying his name launched from Cape Canaveral in July 2020. In addition to his mom and sister, Willmore also left behind his wife, Lori, son, Travis, and two grandchildren.

He likely never expected that his work at Qualcomm would go interplanetary. In fact, much of his work was decidedly terrestrial; one of the companys major industries is producing chipsets for mobile devices. However, in the last decade it began moving into producing chips for automobiles as welland those chips must be even more rugged than chips inside cell phones.

Willmore and his team worked to improve the life expectancy of the chips as well as their heat and cold tolerance. He helped transform Qualcomm into a major player in the automotive world in a very short time, says Steve Sadler, who worked on Willmores team at Qualcomm and now leads it. Everything we do is on the shoulders of what Jim built.

Willmores expertise in improving environmental tolerances for chips is why NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) came calling. Instead of building all of its technology from the ground up, JPL recently launched a program to leverage commercial, off-the-shelf technology in some of its newer projects.

For the 19-inch-all, 4-pound Ingenuity copter, JPL decided to integrate the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 platform to control the craft. But before they sent it to the Red Planet, JPL engineers needed to know if the commercial product could stand up to the harsh condition on Mars, where nighttime temperatures can drop as low as minus 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Thats why they began consulting with Willmore.

When the JPL came to us and said, What happens when you subject these chips to cosmic radiation, Jim had the capability to make minor modifications to his tools and assess that, says Justin Gagne, director of engineering at Qualcomm. He would be able to expose the chips to higher and higher doses of radiation and show that at a certain point a subsystem failed and at what point the system stopped working entirely. This is the kind of detail JPL needed to assess the risk of using these applications in space.

Ingenuity is considered a technical demonstration project, a mission that will assess whether its even possible to fly a drone helicopter in the Martian atmosphere, which is only about 1 percent as dense as Earths. Once it releases from the belly of the Perseverance rover, where it is docked, Ingenuity will charge its batteries using solar panels. Then, sometime in the spring of 2021, the copter will conduct a series of flights over 30 days, flying for up to 90 seconds at a time with a maximum altitude of 15 feet and a range of 980 feet. If the craft is able to fly for even one hop, it will be considered a successful learning experience.

By all accounts, Willmore relished being able to cooperate with JPL. To his family and friends, hes remembered as endlessly curious, especially about all things engineering-related, as well as history.

Willmores enthusiasm about the Mars project was infectious and led many other Qualcomm employees to embrace the project as well. But that was not surprising. Those who knew him say he was the epitome of positivity and had a knack for inspiring his team and friends to take on big challenges. The joke was that if Jim saw one drop of water in a glass, he would say it was full, says longtime friend and colleague Kaveh Kohani. Opportunity was his favorite word. He liked to say, When you fall down, the only place to go is up. He was absolutely the embodiment of that mentality.

Willmore was also an avid athlete, competing in dozens of triathlons and marathons, including the Boston Marathon three times. He was well known for riding his bike or running everywhere he went. He would also return to Madison frequently, competing in the Ironman Triathlon several times and setting up recruiting events for Qualcomm at UW-Madison.

While finding out Willmores name was headed to Mars was extraordinary, Betty and Tracy learned something even more incredible about their son and brother after he passed: his impact on other people. Ive never been hugged by so many people in my life than I was at his funeral, says Betty. People genuinely loved him. There were so many who told us how he had recruited them and mentored them and how inspiring he was. It was just wonderful.

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TORRANCE, Calif. & EATONTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Partner Engineering and Science, Inc., the countrys leading third-party engineering, environmental and energy due diligence consulting firm for the real estate industry, today announced its growth in 2020. Despite an economic slowdown that caused contraction across many sectors of the business world, Partner continued its decade-long expansion, hiring several of the industrys most well-regarded professionals, increasing headcount by 8% and bringing the company to a total of more than 1,000 employees.

After being founded in 2007 with eight employees, Partner has grown rapidly into the countrys largest and most active due diligence consulting firm, providing commercial real estate investors throughout North America and Europe with a broad range of services. By utilizing a dual-pronged expansion strategy fostering a collaborative, positive work environment to support recruiting and pursuing strategic acquisitions the company has consistently added talented engineering and due diligence professionals to its team, which, in turn, has attracted a large and growing client base.

While 2020 was a challenging year for much of the business community, Partner was fortunate enough to weather the storm well, and to actually grow many of our practice areas, particularly in the second half of the year, said Partners CEO Joe Derhake, PE. With the goal of providing the highest level of service to our clients, we are constantly looking to add to our bench of talent, and this was an unmatched year for Partner in this regard. When the 2008 recession hit, we were a fledgling one-year-old company, and our disciplined approach enabled us to not just survive that downturn, but to grow our capabilities markedly by adding seasoned industry professionals to our team. By following the same script in 2020, we were once again able to expand significantly, adding more than 70 talented members to our team and broadening the services we offer to our clients.

Our job as a trusted advisor to our clients is to listen and understand their needs, and then tailor a team to address those specific needs. I came to Partner because I saw an opportunity to better fulfill that mission theres a real team culture and nimbleness to pull the right resources and approach together for the client, said Greg Souder, who joined Partner in December as a Senior Managing Director Integrated Facilities Solutions. With Partners broad, multidisciplinary team, I can offer my clients a more integrated approach to assessing risk and managing their real estate. Partner already had a great platform and the trust of many of the top investors and financial institutions in the business. Now with so many industry veterans joining recently, the momentum is exciting going into 2021.

Due its rapid growth and industry impact, Partner has received a wide range of awards and accolades. In addition to numerous regional fastest-growing business recognitions, the company has been included on Inc. 5000s Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America list five times and has also been listed among ENRs Top 200 Environmental Firms and Top 500 Design Firms.

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About Partner Engineering and Science

Founded in 2007, Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. offers full-service engineering, environmental and energy consulting and design services throughout the Americas, Europe, and around the globe. Drawing on the companys diverse staff of over 1,000 seasoned professionals and its experienced leadership team, Partners multidisciplinary approach allows it to serve clients at all stages, from initial due diligence and design to development and construction, as well as the ongoing maintenance and optimization of real estate assets.

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Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University

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The School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University seeks an exceptional artist-teacher in studio engineering and recording to join the popular music faculty. This is a full-time appointment, appointment type and rank based on experience, beginning Fall 2021.

About ASU

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 80,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nations fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

About the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts

ASUs Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is the largest comprehensive design and arts school in the country, built on a combination of disciplines unlike any other program nationally and located within a dynamic research university focused on transformative change. The Herberger Institute comprises the schools of Art; Arts, Media and Engineering; Music, Dance and Theatre; The Design School; The Sidney Poitier New American Film School, and the ASU Art Museum. The Herberger Institute is committed to redefining the 21st-century design and arts school through developing and scaling ideas to strengthen the role of designers and artists across all areas of society and culture and to increase the capacity of artists to make a difference in their communities. For more information on the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, visit herbergerinstitute.asu.edu.

About the School of Music, Dance and Theatre

The School of Music, Dance and Theatre is widely recognized for preparing artists, scholars, visionaries and entrepreneurs to become creative leaders who transform society through their creative work. Our internationally recognized faculty artists, scholars and guest artists are motivating and compassionate mentors who work with students to cultivate excellence and personal growth. Our nationally recognized programs feature a comprehensive range of degrees plus minors and certificates and more than 600 concerts, events, performances, productions and recitals each year. Located in the culturally rich Southwest in one of the most vibrant, expanding urban centers, our programs afford students access to a diverse environment and engagement in Phoenixs flourishing arts community. Above all, we value the creativity, personal experience and voice each student brings to the school. For more information on the School of Music, Dance and Theatre, visit musicdancetheatre.asu.edu.

The popular music concentration within the BA program in music in the School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University welcomes and accommodates 21st-century musicians interested in popular music, music industry studies and entrepreneurship. This includes but is not limited to singers and songwriters, laptop performers, producers, composers, instrumentalists, vocalists and musicians whose practices and playing styles are representative of varied popular music idioms. Students in this concentration develop general musicianship and are invited to specialize in multiple areas of study which include songwriting, production, composition, performance, engineering, sound design, events, music business, education, and advocacy work. All students gain a working knowledge of the music industry and music business, and the entrepreneurial skills necessary to gain meaningful employment upon graduation. Students participate in individual applied study in chosen specializations, as well as a variety of group performances and production opportunities. Internship courses provide opportunities for students to apply their learning in a real-life context and begin building relationships. A capstone senior year allows students to work more intimately with faculty on perfecting their craft as well as prepare for the shift from ASU to the industry. We seek an innovative artist-teacher who will act as chief engineer and educator for our new state of the art studio facilities in downtown Phoenix.

The successful candidate will develop the sound engineering and recording curriculum including, but not limited to, audio engineering and production, mixing and critical listening, and courses in the candidates area of expertise. Additionally, the candidate will be expected to run key recording sessions in the facility, and develop and prepare student assistant engineers.The candidate will mentor students through the specialization and capstone processes. Further responsibilities will include recruiting high-quality students regionally, nationally and internationally, and mentoring and assisting students in developing their professional goals.The candidate is expected to possess a broad knowledge of the sound engineering and recording industry as well as significant first-hand experience working within it, and to continue to pursue a professional career and actively participate in creative activity and/or research at the school.The candidate is also expected to demonstrate excellence in teaching with the ability to instruct at the undergraduate levels, both in-person and online, and to work effectively with faculty colleagues and administration in service to satisfy and advance the mission of the ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre. Our new colleague will have the experience of managing and organizing people and projects and outstanding communication, technical and interpersonal skills to support and forward a thriving program.

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All applications must be submitted electronically via http://apply.interfolio.com/84146

Application Deadline:

The application deadline is April 6, 2021. Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled.

ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses and certifications.

Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

(See https://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd401.html and https://www.asu.edu/titleIX/.)

In compliance with federal law, ASU prepares an annual report on campus security and fire safety programs and resources. ASUs Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available online at https://www.asu.edu/police/PDFs/ASU-Clery-Report.pdf. You may request a hard copy of the report by contacting the ASU Police Department at 480-965-3456.

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