RECENT
FACULTY DISTINCTIONS
Faculty Awards 2006
Rajeev Alur, Computer and Information Science: Elected Chair of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Imbedded Systems, June 2005
Dawn A. Bonnell, Materials Science and Engineering: Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research; Staudinger-Durrer Prize, Department of Materials at ETH, Zurich
Joseph Bordogna, Electrical and Systems Engineering: National Science Foundation Distinguished Service Medal
I-Wei Chen, Materials Science and Engineering: 2006 Sosman Award of the American Ceramic Society
Ira M. Cohen, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics: Sustained Service Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
John C. Crocker, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Named one of Popular Science’s “Brilliant 10”
Leif H. Finkel, Bioengineering: 2006 S. Reid Warren, Jr. Award for Distinguished Teaching
Eduardo D. Glandt, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Elected corresponding member of the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Argentina
Zachery G. Ives, Computer and Information Science:National Science Foundation Career Award
Ali Jadbabaie, Electrical and Systems Engineering: 2005 George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award for best contribution to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Automatic Control
Vijay Kumar, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics: Elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Jennifer R. Lukes, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics: National Science Foundation Career Award
David E. Luzzi, Materials Science and Engineering: Selected Science and Technology Chair for the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (2006-2007)
Steven B. Nicoll, Bioengineering: 2006 Ford Motor Company Award for Outstanding Faculty Advising
Warren D. Seider, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Vaclav Vitek, Materials Science and Engineering: Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Beth A. Winkelstein, Bioengineering: National Science Foundation Career Award; 2006 Ford Motor Company Award for Outstanding Faculty Advising
Shu Yang, Materials Science and Engineering: National Science Foundation Career Award
Faculty Awards 2005
Steven C. Batterman, Bioengineering: Elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Founders Award of the Young Forensic Scientists Forum, American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Joseph Bordogna, Electrical and Systems Engineering: Elected Eminent Member of Eta Kappa Nu, Honor Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Lifetime Achievement Award of the D.C. Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies; U.S. Government Leadership Award of the Semiconductor Industry Association; Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from North Carolina AT&T State University
Susan B. Davidson, Computer and Information Science: Fulbright Fellowship; Hitachi Chair at INRIA in 2004
Peter K. Davies, Materials Science and Engineering: S. Reid Warren, Jr. Award for Distinguished Teaching for 2005
Aravind K. Joshi, Computer and Information Science: 2005 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science of the Franklin Institute
Sampath K. Kannan, Computer and Information Science: Outstanding Faculty Advising Award for 2005
Michael J. Kearns, Computer and Information Science: George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research; 2004 Henry and Bryna David Lecturer, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education of the National Academy of Sciences
Insup Lee, Computer and Information Science: Selected the Institute of Electrical Engineers Computer Society Distinguished Visitors Program Speaker for 2004-2006
Max Mintz, Computer and Information Science: 2004 Award for Teaching Excellence in the Hard Sciences from the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education
George J. Pappas, Electrical and Systems Engineering: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Benjamin C. Pierce, Computer and Information Science: Listed as one of the “15 most-acknowledged computer scientists” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Warren D. Seider, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: 2004 Warren K. Lewis Award for Contributions to Chemical Engineering Education by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Jianbo Shi, Computer and Information Science: National Science Foundation Career Award
Santosh S. Venkatesh, Electrical and Systems Engineering: 2004 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching
Vukan R. Vuchic, Electrical and Systems Engineering: Appointed Professor Extraordinary in Civil Engineering by the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa
Wayne L. Worrell, Materials Science and Engineering: Edward Goodrich Acheson Medal of the Electrochemical Society
Shu Yang, Materials Science and Engineering: Named to the 2004 list of the world’s 100 Top Young Innovators by Technology Review
Faculty Awards 2004
George Biros, Mechanical Engineering and
Applied Mechanics: Gordon Bell Prize in High Performance Computing
Dawn A. Bonnell, Materials Science and Engineering:
elected President, American Vacuum Society; elected to the
Governing Board, American Institute of Physics
Joseph Bordogna, Electrical and Systems
Engineering: Leadership in Technology Management Award from
the International Conference on Management of Engineering
and Technology
Thomas A. V. Cassel, Mechanical Engineering
and Applied Mechanics: S. Reid Warren Award for Distinguished
Teaching for 2003
Stuart W. Churchill, Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering: Chemical Engineering 2003 Alumni Society Merit
Award, University of Michigan
Dennis E. Discher, Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics:
George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research;
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award of the Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation of Germany; appointed to the Board of Reviewing
Editors, Science
Raymond J. Gorte, Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering: appointed to the Editorial Board, Journal of
Catalysis
Sudipto Guha, Computer and Information Science:
Sloan Research Fellowship
William R. Graham, Materials Science and
Engineering: Ford Motor Company Award for Faculty Advising
for 2004
Daniel A. Hammer, Bioengineering: George
H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
Ali Jadbabaie, Electrical and Systems Engineering:
National Science Foundation Career Award
Michael J. Kearns, Computer and Information
Science: elected Fellow, American Association for Artificial
Intelligence
John D. Keenan, Electrical and Systems Engineering:
Ford Motor Company Award for Faculty Advising for 2003; S.
Reid Warren Award for Distinguished Teaching for 2004
Vijay Kumar, Mechanical Engineering and
Applied Mechanics: elected Fellow, American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
Kenneth R. Laker, Electrical and Systems
Engineering: Emberson Award of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers
Daniel D. Lee, Electrical and Systems Engineering:
National Science Foundation Career Award
E Christopher Lewis, Computer and Information
Science: National Science Foundation Career Award
Noam Lior, Mechanical Engineering and Applied
Mechanics: elected Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics
David E. Luzzi, Materials Science and Engineering:
appointed to the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
Amir Roth, Computer and Information Science:
National Science Foundation Career Award
Saswati Sarkar, Electrical and Systems Engineering:
National Science Foundation Career Award
Lawrence K. Saul, Computer and Information
Science: National Science Foundation Career Award
Stephanie Weirich, Computer and Information
Science: National Science Foundation Career Award
Karen I. Winey, Materials Science and Engineering:
elected Fellow, American Physical Society
Stephan A. Zdancewic, Computer and Information
Science: National Science Foundation Career Award
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