TESLA Annual Gala | Celebrating Tesla’s Legacy & Wardenclyffe’s Future / Nov 16th, 6 – 10 PM @ Flowerfield

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DINNER COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Michael Faltischek, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek
Jim Hayward, Applied DNA Sciences
Eugene Sayan, Softheon
Seyong Park, Intelibs
Hana Zuric , Office of Economic Development, SBU
Anil Kapoor, SVAM International
Anne Marie Scheidt, Stony Brook University
Joseph Campolo, Campolo, Middleton, McCormick
Peter Goldsmith, Chair of LISTnet, and Director-CoECS/NYIT
Samir Nizam
Babak Beheshti, NYIT

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

HONORING: DR. YACOV A. SHAMASH
(Life Fellow, IEEE) 

This award recognizes an individual that embodies Nikola Tesla’s spirit of 
innovation and has worked over their career for the betterment of humanity. DR. YACOV A. SHAMASH (Life Fellow, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, U.K., in 1973. He is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA, where he was the Founder of the New York State Center for Excellence in Wireless and in Information Technology, and the New York State Center for Excellence in Advanced Energy Research and Technology. He has previously served as the Vice President for Economic Development, the Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Dean of the Harriman School for Management and Policy. Prior to joining Stony Brook University, he developed and directed the National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for the Design of Analog/Digital Integrated Circuits and also served as the Chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. Dr. Shamash serves on the Board of Directors of Comtech Telecommunications Corporation, Key Tronic Corporation, and Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. 

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INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

HONORING: PROF. CHAD BOUTON
FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL
RESEARCH, NORTHWELL HEALTH

For more than two decades, Prof. Bouton has conducted cutting-edge research while pioneering disruptive technologies with more than 70 patents in cancer, diabetes, heart failure, and paralysis. In 2016, Prof. Bouton published groundbreaking results in Nature that demonstrated the restoration of thought-driven movement in a paralyzed human for the first time. More recently, he and his colleagues have developed a ‘double neural bypass’ that restores the sense of touch and lasting movement by linking the brain, body, and spinal cord through brain implants and artificial intelligence. Prof. Bouton has received many professional awards and recognized by the U.S. Congress for his significant contributions to science and multiple fields in medicine and technology.

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RISING STAR AWARD

HONORING: SAMMY CHU
EDGEWISE ENERGY

Sammy co-founded Edgewise Energy in 2019 to develop innovative clean energy projects to support regional sustainability and resilience. Edgewise developed and operates the largest community distributed generation 
portfolio on Long Island.

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