The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) recently announced three alumni award winners, two Distinguished Leadership Awardees and one Titan Awardee, who are innovators in biomedical, extreme environment robotics and science fiction and fantasy writing.
The honorees will be recognized at a ceremony on IMSA’s campus Friday, May 25 at 1:15 p.m..
• Dr. Princess Imoukhuede, a 1998 graduate of IMSA, is a 2018 Distinguished Leadership Award winner. Her award winning research has the potential to effectively treat and cure more than 70 diseases, including breast cancer. Imoukhuede is assistant professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Receiving the 2018 Distinguished Leadership Award is Dr. Aaron Parness 2000, Group Leader, Extreme Environment Robots at NASA. Parness’s research in extreme terrain mobility is enabling humankind to explore new worlds.
• Michael Damian Thomas 1992, is the 2018 Alumni Titan Award Winner. Thomas, co-editor and publisher of award winning Uncanny Magazine, is an enthusiastic and energetic champion who has invested significantly in the IMSA community.
— Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
