Larry K. Martin, a University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at Mānoa graduate student, has been named the winner of the 2011–12 Alton B. Zerby and Carl T. Koerner Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Award, recognizing him as the most outstanding electrical engineering student in the nation.
Martin, who graduated with his BS in electrical engineering from UH Mānoa in fall 2011, was named the winner of the award by , the national electrical engineering society, based on his achievements as an undergraduate student.
Martin had previously been recognized with the 2012 Â鶹´«Ã½ Council of Engineering Societies Student Engineer of the Year Award and the Fall 2011 Outstanding Graduating Senior in Electrical Engineering.
Martin has received numerous other scholarships and awards, including being a two-time recipient of the prestigious National Consortium for Measurement and Signature Intelligence Research Scholarship. He has also authored or co-authored several journals, conference papers and magazine articles.
As program/technical manager of the UH Mānoa ’s Small-Satellite Program, Martin assisted in writing several proposals that earned the program two NASA launch opportunities in 2013–14. The mission of the two nanosatellites scheduled to launch is to provide calibration for radar stations around the world. The program was founded by Electrical Engineering Professor Wayne Shiroma in 2001.
“It’s great to see that Larry’s tremendous accomplishments are being recognized on the national level as well,” said Shiroma. “I’m also very proud that another student from our program has received this prestigious honor.”
Martin will be recognized at the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu awards banquet in March 2013 in Orlando, Florida.
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