Chinese Institute of Engineers, USA (CIE-USA) is proud to co-sponsor the National Engineers Week (E-Week) and is working with other national engineering societies on the National E-Week Steering Committee in the planning and development of many exciting programs for 2007-2008. One of the highlights is the Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY) Award.

The AAEOY Award is the only program of its kind presented in conjunction with the celebration of National Engineers Week in the United States. It creates a meaningful platform to recognize outstanding Asian American professionals in academia, public services and corporate entities for their personal achievements as well as for the significant contributions to their associated institution, our communities and our nation. Many of the recipients represent monumental breakthroughs in science and technology. The impacts are global and everlasting, and the results benefit all mankind.

Previous award recipients include Dr. Leo Esaki, the 1973 Nobel Prize winner in Physics; Dr. Chang-Lin Tien, former chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley; Dr. Samuel Ting, the 1976 Nobel Prize winner in Physics; Dr. Steven Chu, 1997 Nobel Prize winner in Physics; Dr. Yuan-Cheng Fung, Prof. Emeritus, Dept of Bioengineering at Univ. of Calif., San Diego; Dr. Daniel Chee Tsui, 1998 Nobel Prize winner in Physics; Dr. Albert Y.C. Yu, former Senior VP of Intel, and Dr. Yuan Tseh Lee, 1986 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry; and many other outstanding achievers from corporate America that were presented to us by their corporate sponsors.

The 2007 AAEOY Award Ceremony and Banquet were held on Saturday, March 31 at the Hotel Washington, DC and an events illustration and information package is presented through links on the left of this page.

The 2008 AAEOY Award Ceremony and Banquet will be the seventh consecutive year that CIE-USA hosts this event and it will be a major celebration of the National Engineers Week. The AAEOY Award winners will be announced through public press releases during the US National Engineers Week (February 17-23, 2008). The Ceremony and Banquet will be held afterwards in Dallas, Texas, at the Renaissance Hotel on Saturday, March 1, 2008.

This historical event has received strong corporate, community, academic and government support. Major sponsors include Lockheed Martin, IBM, Boeing, BP, Cisco, GM, Sandia National Laboratory, Microsoft, ITRI, CTCI, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and TI.

To sponsor National Engineers Week Asian American Engineer of the Year and nominate a candidate award recipient, please visit the link Sponsorship & Nomination program.