1946-2009 |
Elen has made significant contributions to broadening the Unidata community. She has expanded the user base to geography with Unidata tools such as the Integrated Data Viewer. She has been a strong promoter and ambassador for Unidata in national and international venues conveying the importance of community leadership and participation. |
The Russell L. DeSouza award honors "individuals whose energy, expertise, and active involvement enable the Unidata Program to better serve the geosciences."
Professor Cutrim has been a member of the Unidata Users Committee since 2003, and has been actively engaged in the Unidata triennial workshops. She has been an inspiration and a source of strength for her colleagues on the Users Committee, as well as the Unidata staff, always projecting her generosity, enthusiasm, radiant smile, unwavering optimism, and incredible kindness.
Elen has made significant contributions to broadening the Unidata community. She has expanded the user base to geography with Unidata tools such as the Integrated Data Viewer. She has been a strong promoter and ambassador for Unidata in national and international venues conveying the importance of community leadership and participation. Her efforts, including serving as a co-organizer of many sessions at the AGU , EGU, and Congresso Brasileiro de Meteorologia to address issues important to the community, have not only expanded the participation in Unidata in the U.S., but also in Latin America, Europe, and beyond.
She has been tirelessly devoted to her students and her classes, establishing high expectations while serving as a true community role model. She graciously takes on responsibility with no expectation of gratitude in return, but merely because she thinks it’s the right thing to do.
As her long-time colleague, Professor Perry Samson, University of Michigan wrote:
Her energy is infectious, and her attitude is ALWAYS positive and inspirational. In many ways she exactly reminds me of Russ DeSouza, with whom I had the honor of sharing Users Committee membership long ago.
