Awards

E. Ross Bartley Award - 2014

Presenter: Brad C. Wheeler

About Brent R. Sweeny

Brent Sweeny holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California, Riverside, and began working at Indiana University in 1976. During a nearly four-decade career at the university, Sweeny provided operations support for the most advanced research and education networks in Indiana, across the US, and the world. His expertise in the realm of high-performance networking began in the 1980s, when he connected IU and other Midwest universities to the Internet. In the 1990s, he served as IU's lead network engineer, helping design and build Abilene, Internet2's first national network.

Sweeny actively served on several technical advisory groups, working groups, and technical conferences, including the TransPAC3 operational advisory group, the Internet2 Internet Protocol Version 6 Working Group, the National Coordinating Office-sponsored Joint Engineering Team, the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network, and the Quilt Telepresence Working Group.

Sweeny is a recipient of the Internet2 President’s Leadership Award. Upon his retirement in 2014, Sweeny was awarded the E. Ross Bartley Award. This award is the highest staff award given by the president to a member of the administrative or support staff who demonstrates outstanding leadership, service, and professional accomplishment at the local, state, or national level.