Sandip Tiwari, the Charles N. Mellowes Professor in Engineering and director of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), has been named the recipient of the 2007 Cledo Brunetti Award from the IEEE.

The IEEE (officially the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers but known just as "I-triple-E") presents the award for "outstanding contributions to miniaturization in the electronics arts." Tiwari was cited "for pioneering contributions to nanocrystal memories and to quantum effect devices."

The award consists of a certificate and honorarium and will be presented at an IEEE conference during 2007.

"This award brings well-deserved honor to Sandip. This is great news for all of us," said Clif Pollock, director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Tiwari joined the Cornell faculty in 1999 as professor of electrical and computer engineering and the Lester B. Knight Director of the Cornell NanoScale Facility. In 2004 he was named director of NNIN, a consortium of 13 institutions, including Cornell, that provide nanoscale research and development capabilities, supported by the National Science Foundation. He is currently on sabbatical leave as the Gordon McKay Visiting Professor at Harvard.

His current research looks into the challenging questions that arise when connecting large scales, such as those of massively integrated electronic systems, to small scales -- small devices and structures that come about from the use of nanoscale technology. His work has spanned science and engineering of the solid state. His highly cited publications include the subjects of nanocrystal memories, quantum wire lasers, transistors in silicon and compound semiconductors, and his Cornell group's work on power-adaptive devices and circuits and three-dimensional integration.

The IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award was established in 1975 through a bequest made by the late Brunetti, who was an executive of the FMC Corp.