Alumni Honored

The College of Engineering honored two alumni in 2020 for their achievements after graduation.

Ayyappan Sankaran (’87 MS, Electrical Engineering) is an entrepreneur who helped found several successful businesses. He holds multiple patents in digital video management, delivery, and advertising and is working on a new venture - Anokhi Inc. - that he co-founded in 2018. Previously, he co-founded YuMe Inc. in 2004 and StarNet Technologies in 1996.

Wendy A. Okolo (’10 BS,’15 PhD, Aerospace Engineering) is a researcher in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center, focusing on systems health monitoring and control systems design. Dr. Okolo is the first black woman to earn a PhD in aerospace engineering from UTA. In 2019, she was honored by the University as a Distinguished Alumna.