The San Diego County Engineering Council (SDCEC) is an umbrella organization consisting of local engineering society chapters, both collegiate and professional. They recognize the contributions of individuals, projects and engineering heroes in San Diego County and Imperial County that advance engineering and technology benefiting the general public through their annual San Diego Engineers Week Awards Banquet. This year, 9 Outstanding Engineering Honor Awards were presented during Engineers Week on February 18. ECE Department Chair Prof. Pamela Cosman is one of the Engineering Honor Award Recipients. 

Pamela Cosman makes innovative direct outreach contributions including her two children’s books that introduce engineering through fiction, and her advice book for girls (Free to Choose STEM: Data and Reflections on Girls and STEM Careers). At UCSD, she directed the NDTech summer internship for autistic young adults, and advanced the success of low-income engineering students through the NSF S-STEM ACES program, providing scholarships, facilitated learning groups, cohort building activities, and faculty mentoring.

For more information of this award, please go to https://www.sandiegoengineers.org/awards.