Notables

Lester Eastman, the Given Foundation Professor of Engineering, is the recipient of the 1999 Graduate Teaching Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The award carries the citation "For inspirational teaching with an impact on semiconductor devices through interdisciplinary graduate education." Eastman, who joined the faculty in 1957, combines fundamental textbook knowledge with the latest research when teaching graduate courses. He is regarded in the technical community as one of the premier lecturers in the area of compound semiconductors. Indeed, he and his students invented semiconductor devices called planar-doped diodes and pioneered a process called planar doping. Eastman has supervised over 100 doctoral theses, and 16 of his former students are faculty members at various universities, and others have gone on to successful careers in industry and government.

Linda Nozick, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is among 83 engineers invited to participate in the National Academy of Engineering's fourth annual Frontier of Engineering symposium. The event is intended to bring together some of the nation's top engineers between the ages of 30 and 45 to highlight leading-edge research and engineering. The participants, from academia, industry and government, were chosen from a field of more than 240 nominees. The symposium will be held Sept. 17-19 in Irvine, Calif.

Malcolm C. Bourne, professor emeritus of food science and technology at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, has been named an Inaugural Fellow to the International Academy of Food Science and Technology by the International Union of Food Science and Technology. Among other things, Bourne worked on the prevention of post-harvest food loss in developing countries.

Food science Professor Robert B. Gravani was installed as the 86th president of the Ithaca Rotary Club in June. Gravani has been on the faculty since 1978.