Kumar Honored with The Ohio State University Award 

Chair of Excellence Professor in Computer Science receives Distinguished Alumni Award for Academic Excellence » 

Dr. Santosh Kumar, Director of NIH-funded mDOT Biomedical Technology Resource Center and Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence Professor in Computer Science, was selected by The Ohio State University’s College of Engineering to receive the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award for Academic Excellence. The award recognizes alumni for significant achievement in an academic setting with an emphasis on teaching, research or other contributions to education. These exceptional alumni from across the College of Engineering have achieved distinction in their fields or through their extraordinary service contributions since graduating from The Ohio State University.

“We’re thrilled to celebrate these 16 exceptional alumni and their achievements in innovation, scholarship, leadership and service,” said Dean Ayanna Howard. “These Buckeyes not only inspire us and make us proud, they also illustrate how engineers, architects and planners benefit society and improve our world.”

As stated on the OSU website, “A leading researcher in artificial intelligence for wearables, Santosh Kumar (MS ’02, computer and information science; PhD ’06, computer science and engineering) is the Lillian & Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence Professor in Computer Science at the University of Memphis. Since 2006, he has led and participated in federally-funded multidisciplinary projects totaling over $50 million.”

For a full list of the 2021 recipients’ impressive achievements, visit the OSU webpage announcing the 2021 alumni award honorees.

We congratulate Dr. Kumar on all his successes!