Louis M. Sardella Professorship in the Whiting School of Engineering

LOUIS M. SARDELLA, Engr 1969, was the founder of Sun Automation Group, an international company that manufactures machinery used in corrugated box production. Mr. Sardella, who held 17 patents, traced his success back to his undergraduate years at Hopkins. “Professors challenged us and taught us to think critically, and it opened up the world for me.”

Mr. Sardella passed away in January 2020. He was a longtime supporter of the Whiting Engineering School, serving as a member of the National Advisory Council, and in 1999 endowed the Sardella Scholarship Fund in gratitude for the assistance he received as an undergraduate.

Louis M. Sardella Professorship in Mechanical Engineering

LOUIS M. SARDELLA, Engr. 1969, was the founder of Sun Automation Group, an international company that manufactures machinery used in corrugated box production. Mr. Sardella, who held 17 patents, traced his success back to his undergraduate years at Hopkins. “Professors challenged us and taught us to think critically, and it opened up the world for me.” 

Mr. Sardella passed away in 2020. He was a longtime supporter of the Whiting Engineering School, serving as a member of the National Advisory Council, and in 1999 endowed the Sardella Scholarship Fund in gratitude for the assistance he received as an undergraduate. The Baltimore native established this professorship as a way of recognizing the tremendous effect faculty can have on students and the institution at large, and also as a way of supporting the Department of Mechanical Engineering.