Shawn Blanton Wins Prestigious Emerald Award for Outstanding Recruitment of Minorities

Carnegie Mellon University’s Shawn Blanton has won a 2006 Emerald Award for outstanding leadership in recruiting and mentoring minorities for advanced degrees in science and technology. Blanton joins an elite group of past winners who have done everything from designing missile defense systems for the U.S. Navy to helping computerize the U.S. government.

“It is both an honor and a privilege to be recognized by peers for my work in recruiting African Americans into the exciting fields of engineering and science,” said Blanton, a professor in electrical and computer engineering, and also Director of the Center for Silicon System Implementation (CSSI). In C2S2, Blanton works on advanced problems in testing of lithographically friendly “regular” circuit fabrics, in C2S2’s Silicon Infrastructure Theme.

The Emerald Awards, sponsored by Science Spectrum magazine, are billed as the premier awards for African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans and Native Americans working in the research sciences. A distinguished panel of academic and business professionals looks for candidates with extensive management and financial responsibilities, innovators in science and technology, and those who are respected within their organization.

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