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Menon Named Distinguished Alumni

CSE is proud to announce that the College of Engineering has designated Dr. Jai Menon as a Distinguished Alumni for 2004.

The Distinguished Alumnus Awards were established by the faculty of the College of Engineering to recognize distinguished achievement on the part of alumni in the field of engineering or architecture by reason of significant inventions, important research or design, administrative leadership, or genius in production. Nominations are judged by the College Committee on Honorary Degrees and Honors on behalf of the College faculty.

Dr Jai Menon earned both MS and PhD degrees in computer science from The Ohio State University in 1978 and 1981, respectively. Dr. Jai Menon is IBM Research's leading authority on the design and architecture of data storage systems, which enable enterprises and organizations to manage their data reliability and efficiently.
In 1982, Menon joined IBM Research in San Jose, California, where he became a pioneering researcher and designer of data storage systems and RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) architectures. He was named functional manager, CS Storage Systems, in April 2000. In May 2001, Jai was named IBM Fellow, the company's most prestigious and highest technical honor.

Dr. Menon is also Co-Director of the Storage Systems Institute, a virtual organization/joint program between IBM Research and the Storage Systems Group aimed at speeding the incorporation of scientific and technological advances into IBM storage systems products.

Jai is an IEEE Fellow and member of the IBM Academy of Technology, Menon has received numerous IBM technical awards, published 31 refereed papers and 46 technical reports and is contributing author to three books on database and storage systems. He holds over 45 U.S. Patents and has 20 additional patent applications on file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He received the 2002 W. Wallace McDowell Award from the IEEE for "Leading Contributions to the Architecture and Design of Data Storage Systems and RAID Technology."

Chairman Stuart Zweben(l) with Jai Menon (r) and Jai's son, Vijay.