Zee Zhai May 15, 2026

The Asian American Engineer of the Year Award (AAEOY) Executive Committee announces the AAEOY 2025-2026 awardees as follows:

Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award


Mr. Lip-Bu Tan
CEO
Intel Corporation

Distinguished Leadership in Science & Technology Award


Dr. Arun Majumdar
Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Stanford University


Executive of the Year Award


Dr. Xiaodong Che
Chief Technology Officer
Western Digital


Dr. Sam Heidari
CEO
Lumotive


Dr. Jungwon Lee
Corporate Executive Vice President
Samsung Electronics


Dr. Liu Ren
Vice President & Chief Scientist
Bosch Research

Dr. INDRADEEP GHOSH
CEO
Fujitsu Research of America

Mr. Brandon Wang
Vice President
Synopsys

Mr. John Hu
Senior Director, Advanced Technology Group
Nvidia


Mr. Sokwoo Rhee
Corporate EVP for Innovation
LG Electronics
Head of LG NOVA
LG Electronics’ North American Innovation
Center

Dr. Stacey Ma
Executive Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing Gilead Sciences


Engineer of the Year Award


Ms. Vivian Ye
Principal Member of Technical Staff
AT&T

Dr. GANPING JU
Chief Technologist
Seagate Technology


Most Promising Engineer of the Year Award


Mr. Max Fang
Director of Architecture
Ambarella

Ms. Sakun Duwal
Manager
R&D Science and Engineering Sandia National Laboratories




Mr. Johnny Ho
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Perplexity AI