Kevin Kornegay, Cornell associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named the Janice Lumpkin Educator of the Year by the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). The award is one of 15 annual Golden Torch Awards given by the NSBE for those in the profession who have achieved excellence in their chosen disciplines. The award was recognized during NSBE’s 31st Annual National Convention and Career Fair in Boston in March.

The Golden Torch, which symbolizes the “everlasting burning desire to succeed and affect positive change in the quality of life for all people,” is the premier award and recognition program for African-American technical professionals. The Educator of the Year award recognizes a faculty member with demonstrated commitment to advancing education in engineering, science, and mathematics. This is the second year in a row the award has been given to Kornegay.

Kornegay is director of the Cornell Broadband Communications Research Laboratory, where research focuses on the design of integrated circuits that operate at radio and millimeter wave frequencies for broadband wired, wireless, and optical communications systems, such as high-speed wireless local area networks. He previously has been named one of the “50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science for 2004,” has received the Cornell Provost’s 2004 Award for Distinguished Scholarship, and was named Black Engineer of the Year in 2001. He joined the Cornell faculty in 1998.

—Cornell News Service