Professor Yogesh Jaluria was honored as the 2016 "Eminent Scientist" by the Wessex Institute, an international research organization, for his scientific achievements. The institute, which is located in Southampton, UK, is involved in research, conferences and monographs in a wide range of areas in engineering. The award was presented to Professor Jaluria at Heat Transfer 2016 - 14th International Conference on Simulation and Experiments in Heat Transfer and its Applications, held in September 2016 in Ancona, Italy. At this conference, Professor Jaluria also presented a Plenary talk and served as a panelist on a discussion on emerging areas in heat transfer.