New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Honor 2016 Inductees

Hoboken, NJ — Andrew Sheldon reports in NJBIZ that the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame hosted its annual awards banquet on October 27 at The W Hotel in Hoboken.
 
The event is aimed at honoring inventors throughout the state, from graduate students just beginning their careers to those that have a long and storied history of innovation in New Jersey.
 
Receiving the Trustees Award at the event will be Owen O’Connor.  The award is in recognition of “his world-renown contributions to medical research, leadership and dedicated service to society,” according to Stevens Institute of Technology, co-sponsor of the hall.
 
Inductees into the Inventors Hall of Fame for 2016 are Yann LeCun, Salvatore Salamone, Howard Fidel and Dr. Donald Landry.
 
Other recipients of various awards include:​

​Inventor of the Year Award
 
·        Boris Volodin
·        Ralph Arcurio
·        Fernando Muzzio
·        Rodney Rothstein
 
Innovators Award
 
·        Puneet Sharma
·        Annmarie Sabb
·        Atam Dhawan
·        Manfred Bitter
·        Charles Gentile
·        Paola Leone
·        Dr. Rummana Aslam
·        Dr. David Schwartz
·        Sujatha Iyengar
·        Hongjun Wang
·        Narayan Ganesan
·        Sujatha Koduvayur Parthasarthy
 
Advancement of Invention and Process Award
 
·        Mukundan Iyengar
·        Edison Innovation Foundation
·        Thomas Edison Historical Park
·        SITE (Student Inventions through Education) and EIRC (Education Information & Resource Center)
·        The Enterprise Development Center (EDC), an NJIT Organization
 
Graduate Student Award
 
·        Constance Maglaras
·        Rebecca Chung
·        Jennifer Therkorn
·        Eman Mahmoodi
·        Eric Boon
·        Meng Xu
·        Jin Zou
·        Yuan Gu
·        Naga A. Musunuri
 
Honored for Outstanding Contributions
 
·        Ralph W. Selitto Jr.
 
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