2021 Faculty Excellence Awards Recipients



Award ceremony held Friday, April 23rd at 5:30PM (ET) to honor our outstanding faculty through the College's Faculty Excellence Awards celebration. View the video here.

A digital version of the Faculty Excellence Awards program was produced and shared on April 23, 2021.

This year's recipients are:

EARLY CAREER TEACHING AWARD

Tyler Tallman
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

DEAN A.A. POTTER UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING AWARD

Michael Zoltowski
Electrical and Computer Engineering

GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORSHIP AWARD

Julie Liu
Chemical Engineering

ONLINE EDUCATION AWARD

Milind Kulkarni
Electrical and Computer Engineering

EARLY CAREER RESEARCH AWARD

Shreyas Sen
Electrical and Computer Engineering

IMPACT ON INDUSTRY AWARD

Gerhard Klimeck
Electrical and Computer Engineering

RESEARCH AWARD

Steven Son
Mechanical Engineering

DEAN H.T. YANG LEADERSHIP IN SERVICE AWARD

David Umulis
Biomedical Engineering and
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

ENGAGEMENT AWARD

Steven Collicott
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2020-21 Approved or Ratified Distinguished and Named Faculty

Alexandra Boltasseva
Ron and Dotty Garvin Tonjes Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nikhilesh Chawla
Ransburg Professor in Materials Engineering

Letian Dou
Charles and Nancy Davidson Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Chi Hwan Lee
Leslie A. Geddes Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Vivek Narsimhan
Michael and Carolyn Ott Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Matthew Ohland
Dale and Suzi Gallagher Professor in Engineering Education

Anand Raghunathan
Silicon Valley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Brett Savoie
Charles and Nancy Davidson Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Andrea Vacca
Maha Fluid Power Faculty Chair

Chongli Yuan
Charles and Nancy Davidson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

Pablo Zavattieri
Jerry M. and Lynda T. Engelhardt Professor in Civil Engineering