Indian-American computer engineer awarded Texas' highest academic award

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Category : Awards Published on: February 29 2024

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Ashok Veeraraghavan, an Indian-origin computer engineer and professor, has received the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Engineering Award, one of Texas' top academic accolades.
The prize is granted annually to outstanding researchers in the state who have made groundbreaking contributions in medicine, engineering, biological sciences, physical sciences, and technological innovation.
Veeraraghavan received this year's engineering prize, which recognized his group's "revolutionary imaging technology that seeks to make the invisible visible.

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Indian-American computer engineer awarded Texas' highest academic award