Bruce Kieler DrPH ’94, MPH ’88, MBA, MA

Bruce Kieler and his colleagues Rudolph Henry MS and Rebecca Shawver MPA were recognized by the Indian Science Monitor, a nonprofit organization that promotes scientific discoveries and knowledge throughout India. In a special ceremony held in Bangalore, India, on January 17, 2015, Kieler and his colleagues were awarded the Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose Memorial Award for 2014 for the key roles they as grants professionals played in the innovative and collaborative development and sustainability of nuclear power technology training programs in the Texas Gulf Coast Region. The programs they helped develop were deemed “a model for the education of nuclear power technologists in India.” The award Kieler and his colleagues received is named for Sir Bose, who was an Indian scientist known for his investigation of radio and microwave optics and his significant contributions to plant science in the early 20th century.