Five recent School alumni received National Science Foundation Career Awards in 2010 and 2011.

• Jeffrey D. Varner (BS 1992, MS 1995, PhD 1997; Advisor - Doraiswami Ramkrishna), Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University
• Tanmay Lele (PhD 2002; Advisor - Doraiswami Ramkrishna, co-advised by Jochen Lauterbach), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida
• Aditya Bhan (PhD 2005, Advisor - Nicholas Delgass, co-advised by Jochen Lauterbach), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
• Jamey D. Young (PhD 2005; Advisor Doraiswami Ramkrishna), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University; Jamey is also Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
• Selen Aydogan Cremaschi (PhD 2006; Advisors - Joe Pekny and Rex Reklaitis), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Tulsa