Bahram Jalali, Northrop Grumman Endowed Opto-Electronic Chair in Electrical Engineering, was honored by the Engineering Council with a Distinguished Engineering Achievement Award presented in February. Jalali was recognized for "seminal contributions in establishing the field of silicon photonics and for time stretch techniques resulting in a new generation of real time high throughput instruments."
Jalali was recognized for groundbreaking research, published last year in collaboration with the laboratory of engineering professor Dino De Carlo, on the use of Serial Time-Encoded Amplified Microscopy, the world’s fastest laser scanner capable of recording images in a dim environment, to conduct blood screening with record sensitivity.
The Engineers' Council was founded in 1955 as the San Fernando Valley Engineers’ Council mutual benefit society through the joint efforts of the California Society of Professional Engineers, the American Institute of Plant Engineers, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
