The award recognizes Asian-American engineering professionals with a record of significant personal achievements, contributions to academia, public service and industry.
Previous honorees have included Nobel Prize winners, leading professors, and corporate leaders.
In accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award, Dr. Kim expressed the hope that he "would join past recipients as a beacon for the aspirations of young Asians inclined to pursue engineering and provide the direction that will help enable them to achieve success in their chosen professions,_
As President of Bell Labs, Dr. Kim oversees a world-renowned research institution that is the innovation engine for Alcatel-Lucent and the source for groundbreaking solutions that shape the communications industry.
Dr. Kim's career spans industry, academia and military service.
Prior to his current position he was a professor at the University of Maryland, President of Lucent Technologies' Optical Group, and Chairman and CEO of a high-tech communications equipment company that he founded and eventually sold to Lucent Technologies. Earlier in his career, Dr. Kim held technical and leadership roles in the fields of computers, satellite systems, data communications and was a nuclear submarine officer in the U.S. Navy.
Dr. Kim, a member of the National Academies of Engineering, holds a Ph.D. in reliability engineering from the University of Maryland, a master's degree in Technical Management and bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is conferred annually by the Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA in conjunction with the celebration of National Engineer Week.
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach.
Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris.
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