Luke Popiel

a student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, was named Outstanding Student of the Year at the 2012 Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony. The award recognizes outstanding achievement by an undergraduate student who has distinguished himself/herself in the engineering and scientific community and who is also a member of ESD. Since his freshman year at WSU, Popiel was part of the Formula SAE team, was one of eight students selected to participate in the College of Engineering Study Abroad Program in Turkey, and participated in the Emerging Scholars Program in Mathematics. He began his fourth cooperative work study assignment in May 2012 with the Department of Defense in Washington D.C. His assignments included global experience in internet and network technologies, operating systems and server technology configuration, and vulnerability assessments for Android devices and applications. Popiel recently served as vice president of the College of Engineering's Engineering Student Faculty Board and as the IEEE Student Representative. He founded the first Engineering Society of Detroit Student Chapter at WSU and holds many community service awards.