Medal of Excellence 2023 Presented by Corning Incorporated
The Medal of Excellence Awards, established in 2006, recognize graduates of Rutgers University School of Engineering who have distinguished themselves professionally since graduation in industry, academia, government, research, and business, while raising scholarship funds to support success.
Honorees are celebrated at a networking dinner event that is attended by alumni and SoE faculty and students, as well as an impressive representation of local industry members and other distinguished guests. In addition, the Rutgers Engineering Society (RES) presents its Distinguished Engineer Award at this event. Read the honoree bios>>
Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering
500 Bartholomew Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Cocktail Reception
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Dinner and Award Presentations
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Medal of Excellence 2023 Honorees
Medal of Excellence Award
John Sharkey (BS’79, MS’90 Industrial Engineering)
Vice President, Chief of Staff to the CEO
Corning Incorporated (Retired)
Distinguished Achievement in Research
Heidi Taboada, Ph.D. (MS’05, PhD’07 Industrial Engineering)
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering
University of Texas at El Paso
Distinguished Achievement in Industry
Rina Parikh (BS’88 Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Executive Vice President
MAG Aerospace
Bharat Parikh (BS’87 Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Board Director, Strategic Advisor Army C51SR
MAG Aerospace
Distinguished Young Alumna
Nicole Di Stefano Gonzalez (BS’13, ME’17 Biomedical Engineering)
Principal Manager, Customer Success for Health and Life Sciences
Microsoft
Dean’s Award for Service
Peter Cherasia (BS’84 Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Chairman of the Board
Trade Informatics LLC