Dulcy Abraham, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Best Poster Presentation, 2020 Transportation Research Board Committee on Pavement Management Systems

For her jointly authored paper, "Prediction of Pavement Performance using Non-homogeneous Markov Models: Incorporating the Impact of Preventive Maintenance.”

Dionysios Aliprantis, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Best Paper Award, 2020 IEEE Power & Energy Conference at Illinois

For his co-authored paper, “Autonomous Power Dispatch for a Deep Space Vehicle Power System.”

Andres Arrieta, Mechanical Engineering

NSF CAREER Award

For his project titled, “The Mechanics of Hierarchically Multistable Metastructures.”

Arezoo M. Ardekani, Mechanical Engineering

Arthur B. Metzner Early Career Award, Society of Rheology

“For highly innovative theoretical and computational research on the motion of particles and swimming organisms in viscoelastic fluids and flow of complex fluids through porous media, which are opening up new approaches to environmental remediation, energy production, and the design of biomedical devices.”

Young Investigator Medal, Society of Engineering Science

For her fundamental contributions to the fields of theoretical and computational fluid dynamics, particularly in the areas of complex, multiphase, and stratified flows, and for her exemplary leadership and service to the engineering science community.

US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering

For groundbreaking research on the hydrodynamics of swimming organisms and suspension flows.

Saurabh Bagchi, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Best Paper Award

17th ACM International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks

For his co-authored paper, “CrowdBind: Fairness Enhanced Late Binding Task Scheduling in Mobile Crowdsensing.”

Xiaoping Bao, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

LG Chem Global Innovation Award

17th ACM International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks

For his project, “Biomanufacturing Universal Natural Killer Cells from hiPSCs for Immunotherapy.”

Ed Berger, Engineering Education & Mechanical Engineering

Best Diversity Paper, Education Research and Methods Division, American Society for Engineering Education

For his jointly authored paper, "Effects of Test Anxiety on Engineering Students’ STEM Success" (First Author: Justin Major).

Sunil Bhave, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Google Faculty Research Award

For his project titled “RF MEMS applications in Quantum Computing.”

Alexandra Boltasseva, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

For innovative research on new materials for plasmonic and metamaterial nanophotonic devices.

J. Stuart Bolton, Mechanical Engineering

Per Bruel Gold Medal for Noise Control and Acoustics, American Society for Mechanical Engineering

For numerous seminal, distinct, and far-reaching contributions to the field of acoustics and noise control engineering spanning research, education, service to the technical community, and industrial engagement.

Bryan Boudouris, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Owens Corning Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

For significant advances in the design, synthesis, engineering, and application of radical-containing materials and open-shell macromolecules and their implementation in myriad next-generation device platforms.

Hua Cai, Environmental and Ecological Engineering & Industrial Engineering

NSF CAREER Award

For her project titled "Risk Modified Life Cycle Assessment"

Monica Cardella, Engineering Education

Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education

For contributions to the scholarship of pre-college engineering education in formal and informal settings.

Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Engineering Education, Pre-college Engineering Education Division

For significant contributions to the field of pre-college engineering.

Luciano Castillo, Mechanical Engineering

Member, National Academy of Engineering of Mexico

For demonstrating the importance of turbulence on wind energy and the critical role of renewable energy (solar PV and wind) on water preservation, and for the visionary consortium on Renewable Energy & Water to create the longest innovation park in the world along the USA/Mexico border.

Fellow, American Physical Society

For demonstrating the importance of the initial conditions of scaling arguments in turbulent boundary layers, for demonstrating the importance of turbulence in wind energy, and for mentoring and creating new opportunities for under-represented minorities in fluid dynamics.

Robert Connor, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Richard S. Fountain Award

Steel Bridge Task Force of the American Iron and Steel Institute; the National Steel Bridge Alliance; and the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials T-14 Technical Committee for Structural Steel Design

Fellow, American Physical Society

In recognition of his leadership in steel bridge research and outstanding efforts to advance American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials specifications.

Jennifer DeBoer, Engineering Education

Best Student Paper Award, Graduate Studies Division, American Society for Engineering Education

For her jointly authored paper, "A Systematized Literature Review of the Factors that Predict the Retention of Racially Minoritized Students in STEM Graduate Degree Programs." (First Author: Fantasi Curry)

Honorable Mention, Best Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Paper Award, American Society for Engineering Education

For her jointly authored paper, "A Systematized Literature Review of the Factors that Predict the Retention of Racially Minoritized Students in STEM Graduate Degree Programs." (First Author: Fantasi Curry)

Dan DeLaurentis, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Systems Engineering Journal Best Article Award, International Council on Systems Engineering.

For his co-authored paper titled “System Architecting and Design Space Characterization.”

Board of Directors, Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center

Letian Dou, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science

For producing multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.

Area 8E Electronic and Photonic Materials Programming Chair, 2020-2021, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Kerrie Douglas, Engineering Education

Best Paper Award, Graduate Studies Division American Society for Engineering Education

For her jointly authored paper, "Assessing Engineering Ph.D. Students’ Research Experiences: What is Important to Assess?" (First Author: Eric Holloway)

Anter El-Azab, Materials Engineering

Chair-Elect, Technical Thrust Area on Nanotechnology and Lower Scale Phenomena of the U.S. Association of Computational Mechanics

Vice Chair, Professional Development Committee, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society

Jane Frankenberger, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Fellow, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

For impactful research and extension to improve agricultural drainage management, watershed leadership, and water quality.

Robert Frosch, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers

For contributions to research on the design and behavior of structural concrete, which has resulted in changes to both the ACI Building Code and AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications.

Joe W. Kelly Award, American Concrete Institute

For outstanding contributions to education in the broad field of concrete.

Allison Godwin, Engineering Education

Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Clemson University College of Engineering Computing and Applied Sciences

The Outstanding Young Alumni Award recognizes graduates under 40 who are making a major impact on the world around them.

Best Diversity Paper, Education Research and Methods Division, American Society for Engineering Education

For her jointly authored paper, "Effects of Test Anxiety on Engineering Students’ STEM Success." (First Author: Justin Major)

Rajamani Gounder, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Area 20A Programming Chair, 2020-2021, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Rao Govindaraju, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Founders Award, American Institute of Hydrology

In recognition of his outstanding, long-term, dedicated service to the Institute.

Carol Handwerker, Materials Engineering

Congress Testimonial, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing on Research and Innovation to Address the Critical Materials Challenge.

Sherry Harbin, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering & Basic Medical Sciences

Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

For developing collagen formulations that rapidly self-assemble at physiological conditions into mechanically and proteolytic stable material that promotes tissue regeneration.

Makarand Hastak, Construction Engineering and Management

Best Peer Reviewed Paper Award - Runner Up, American Society of Civil Engineers

For his co-authored paper, "Capacity Building for an Infrastructure System in Case of Disaster Using the System's Associated Social and Technical Components."

Kathleen Howell, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Distinguished Service Award, International Astronautical Federation

For outstanding competence and continuous dedication to the IAF Astrodynamics Committee and Astrodynamics Symposium for over 20 years.

Distinguished Alumni Award, Iowa State University

The Iowa State University Distinguished Alumni Award honors ISU alumni who are nationally and/or internationally recognized for preeminent contributions to their professions or life's work.

Zubin Jacob, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Director's Fellowship, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

For groundbreaking research in the area of thermal light sources, which aims to design new sources of thermal radiation that leverage quantum behavior of molecules even in the presence of heat.

Leah Jamieson, Electrical and Computer Engineering

James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

For contributions to the promotion, innovation, and inclusivity of engineering education.

Krishna Jayant, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Young Investigator Grantee, International Human Frontier Science Program Organization

For his project titled “Large-scale Mapping of Intracellular Dendritic Dynamics During Memory Formation and Replay.”

Joseph Jewell, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For outstanding contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.

Dan Jiao, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Intel Outstanding Research Award

For her innovative research on Nonlinear Signaling Analysis and Gen-2 Tool Development.

Distinguished Microwave Lecturer - 2021-2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Microwave Theory and Techniques Society

For her research on Fast Solvers for Electromagnetics-Based Analysis and Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.

C. Robert Kenley, Industrial Engineering

Best Article Award, Systems Engineering, INCOSE

For his jointly authored paper, "System Architecting and Design Space Characterization.”

Nan Kong, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Best Paper Award, Design in Engineering Education Division, American Society for Engineering Education

For his jointly authored paper "Problem Reframing and Empathy Manifestation in the Innovation Process" (First Author: Eunhye Kim).

Hyowon Lee, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

NSF CAREER Award

For his project titled “Self-Clearing Glutamate Biosensor Towards Chronic Neurodegeneration Monitoring.”

David Love, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fred W. Ellersick Prize, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Communications Society

For his co-authored paper titled “Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in Multi-Cell Networks: Theory, Performance, and Practical Challenges.”

Luna Lu, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

American Concrete Pavement Association Scholar in Concrete Pavement and Materials Science, Indiana Chapter of the American Concrete Pavement Association

The ACPA Scholar designation recognizes an outstanding faculty member in the School of Civil Engineering.

Ajay Malshe, Mechanical Engineering

20 Most Influential Professors in Smart Manufacturing, Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

For the development of nanomanufacturing innovations that have contributed to solving pressing manufacturing, operational and maintenance challenges.

Amy Marconnet, Mechanical Engineering

ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer, American Society of Mechanical Engineering

For significant impact on the field of heat transfer through a creative, interdisciplinary approach to evaluate, understand, and control the physical mechanisms governing the thermal transport properties of materials, machines, and systems.

Ernesto Marinero, Materials Engineering

Chair-Elect American Association for the Advancement of Science Section on Industrial Science and Technology

Theresa Mayer, Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships, Electrical and Computer Engineering

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology advises the President of the United States on matters involving science, technology, education, and innovation policy. Members include distinguished individuals from sectors outside of the Federal Government having diverse perspectives and expertise in science, technology, education, and innovation.

Issam Mudawar, Mechanical Engineering

Space Processing Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For decades of research and advances in fluid-based heat transfer in aerospace applications, including the Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment in ISS.

Zoltan Nagy, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Pharmaceutical Discovery Development and Manufacturing (PD2M) Forum Award for Outstanding Contribution to QbD for Drug Substance, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

For field-leading advances in crystallization systems and drug product process intensification.

William Oakes, Engineering Education

Best Paper Award, Graduate Studies Division, American Society for Engineering Education

For his jointly authored paper "Assessing Engineering Ph.D. Students’ Research Experiences: What is Important to Assess?" (First Author: Eric Holloway).

Matthew Ohland, Engineering Education

William Elgin Wickenden Award, American Society for Engineering Education

For his co-authored article "Beyond pipeline and pathways: Ecosystem metrics," the best paper of the year in the Journal of Engineering Education.

Alice Pawley, Engineering Education

Sterling Olmsted Award, American Society for Engineering Education

For innovative scholarship that offers an unfailingly incisive and constructive address of insistent inequities in engineering as both a professional discipline and an educational field.

Vilas Pol, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Professional Achievement Award for Innovations in Green Process Engineering for Sustainable Energy and Environment, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Program Committee

For distinguished contributions as an educator and for outstanding professional achievement in advancing innovations in green process engineering.

Senay Purzer, Engineering Education

Best Paper Award, Design in Engineering Division American Society for Engineering Education

For her jointly authored paper "Problem Reframing and Empathy Manifestation in the Innovation Process" (First Author: Eunhye Kim)

Anand Raghunathan, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Qualcomm Faculty Award

For his research and mentorship in the area of digital integrated circuits and systems.

Shripad Revankar, Nuclear Engineering

Technical Achievement Award, American Nuclear Society Thermal Hydraulics Division

For his significant contributions to reactor thermal hydraulics through experiments, and for the modeling of phenomena important in the analysis of nuclear reactor safety and applications.

Fabio Ribeiro, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award

For significant contributions to the advancement of Catalysis

Timothy Rogers, Electrical and Computer Engineering

NSF CAREER Award

For his project titled “Accessible Accelerators: Leveraging Productive Software on Efficient Hardware.”

Farshid Sadeghi, Mechanical Engineering

Honorary Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

For the introduction and development of a novel approach in rolling contact fatigue of heavily loaded lubricated contacts through the use of continuum damage mechanics to investigate the microstructure of isotropic and anisotropic materials as stochastic sources of failure; and for a model that demonstrates excellent corroboration with open-published results.

Carlo Scalo, Mechanical Engineering

Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research

For his project titled “Reynolds-Averaged Modeling and Real-Gas Effects in Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary Layers.”

Fabio Semperlotti, Mechanical Engineering

Young Faculty Award, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

For his project titled “A Variable and Multi-fractional Order Computational Mechanics Framework: Simulation, Optimization, and Monitoring of Hypersonic Structures in a Multi-physics Environment.”

Shreyas Sen, Electrical and Computer Engineering

NSF CAREER Award

For his project titled “Body-Wire: Transforming Healthcare using Secure Human Body Connected Intelligent Nodes.”

Vladimir Shalaev, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, American Physical Society

For pioneering contributions to the discipline of composite optical materials and metamaterials, including seminal work on the understanding of nanoscale optical composites, and for developing metamaterials and metasurfaces for crucial photonics applications.

Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science

For authoring multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year of publication, demonstrating significant research influence among their peers.

Jie Shan, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Fairchild Photogrammetric Award, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

In recognition of his lifelong contribution to the science and art of photogrammetry, remote sensing, and image interpretation.

Tom Shih, Aeronautics & Astronautics

Thermophysics Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For significant contributions in the development and application of computational design tools for the thermal management of gas turbines to improve efficiency and service life.

Kevin Solomon, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Early Career Award, Department of Energy

For his project titled "Genetic Tools to Optimize Lignocellulose Conversion in Anaerobic Fungi and Interrogate Their Genomes.”

Dengfeng Sun, Aeronautics & Astronautics

Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For outstanding contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.

John Sutherland, Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Indiana Recycling Rockstar Award, Indiana Recycling Coalition

For significant impact on the circular economy in the state of Indiana.

Hong Tan, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Google Faculty Research Award

For her project titled “Tactile Supplements to Speech Perception: A User-Centered Approach.”

Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Haptics

For her co-authored paper titled "A Phonemic-Based Tactile Display for Speech Communication."

Vikas Tomar, Aeronautics & Astronautics

Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty Award Government of India

VAJRA Faculty Award is instituted to build strong international connections with the R&D; ecosystem of India.

Rodney Trice, Materials Engineering

Editor for all Ceramics Papers, Additive Manufacturing

Pramey Upadhyaya, Electrical and Computer Engineering

NSF CAREER Award

For his research project titled “Spin-Magnon based Hybrid Quantum Devices.”

Amit Varma, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Special Achievement Award, American Institute of Steel Construction

For groundbreaking work in developing and promoting SpeedCore, a concrete-filled composite plate shear wall system that is revolutionizing the speed at which steel-framed buildings are constructed.

David Warsinger, Mechanical Engineering

Innovators Under 35, MIT Technology Review

For developing batch reverse osmosis technology that could alleviate the drawbacks of existing desalination plants.

Andrew Weiner, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Quantum Information Science and Engineering Network Triplet Awardee

For innovative research focused on the development of integrated photonic nodes for hybrid classical/quantum networks.

Dana Weinstein, Electrical and Computer Engineering

US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering

In recognition of her important contributions to research on hybrid MEMS-IC devices for low-power wireless communication, microprocessor clocking, and sensing applications.

Janelle Wharry, Materials Engineering

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award American Nuclear Society

In recognition of her development of innovative methods for mechanical testing of materials under extreme radiation environments.

Wenzhou Wu, Industrial Engineering

Young Investigator Program, U.S. Army Research Office

To support his research in manufacturing quantum electronics materials.

Peide Ye, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science

For authoring multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year of publication, demonstrating significant research influence among their peers.

Kejie Zhao, Mechanical Engineering

Young Scientist Award, Energy Storage Materials Journal

For seminal contributions to the forefront of electro-chemo-mechanics in energy storage materials.

NSF CAREER Award

For his project titled “Superelastic Organic Semiconductors (SOSs): A New Class of Molecular Crystals of Responsive Shape Memory.”