MAE alumni honored by College of Engineering
An elite engineer instrumental in transforming the Olay brand into a $2.5 billion-dollar powerhouse, an educator dedicated to providing access and opportunity to Buckeyes, and a pioneer in the development of DNA nanomachines are among the 16 recipients honored with 2021 Excellence in Engineering and Architecture Alumni Awards.
The honors recognize exceptional alumni from across the College of Engineering who have achieved distinction in their fields or through their extraordinary service contributions since graduating from The Ohio State University. A celebration of the 2021 winners will be held in 2022.
“We’re thrilled to celebrate these 16 exceptional alumni and their achievements in innovation, scholarship, leadership and service,” said Dean Ayanna Howard. “These Buckeyes not only inspire us and make us proud, they also illustrate how engineers, architects and planners benefit society and improve our world.”
The following MAE alumni were honored in the 2021 College of Engineering awards:
Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award
The Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award will be presented to Carlos Castro (BS ’05, MS ’05, mechanical engineering), professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Ohio State. He has pioneered the use of engineering mechanics and design approaches for developing DNA nanomachines with complex motion, dynamic behavior and programmed stimulus response. Castro’s DNA origami research aims to develop nanodevices for measurement, manipulation and drug delivery in biological systems.
Distinguished Alumni Award for Career Achievement
- Jacqueline H. Chen (BS ’81, mechanical engineering) is a senior scientist at Sandia National Laboratories’ Combustion Research Facility. Her broad research contributions in turbulent combustion elucidating turbulence-chemistry interactions through direct numerical simulations has helped advance predictive models used to design automotive, gas turbine and jet engines, as well as led to her election to the National Academy of Engineering.
- Innovator William (Bill) L. Clippard III (BS ’63, mechanical engineering) is the retired president of Clippard Instrument Laboratory, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Under his 50 years of leadership, the company has become a world leader in miniature pneumatics and developed advanced pneumatic products for industrial and aerospace applications.
Distinguished Alumni Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- As CTO for Redwire, Michael Snyder (BS ’09, MS ’11, aeronautical and astronautical engineering) leads the space infrastructure company’s R&D program. Previously, he co-founded Made In Space, which grew to be the leader of in-space manufacturing technology, and led its engineering efforts until it was acquired by Redwire.