Jan P. Allebach, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Johann Gutenberg Prize, Society for Imaging Science and Technology

For seminal contributions to printing technology through his work on digital halftoning and color rendering algorithms.

Kingsly Ambrose, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Fulbright Scholar Award, Fulbright Scholar Program

For his project, “Nondestructive Quality Evaluation of Spices Using Particle-scale Data.”

Arezoo Ardekani, Mechanical Engineering

Executive Committee Member-at-Large, American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics

2021 Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grant for Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research, National Academy of Engineering

The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grants provide seed funding for U.S. FOE participants who are at U.S.-based institutions to enable further pursuit of important new interdisciplinary research and projects stimulated by the U.S. FOE symposia.

Participant, National Academy of Engineering US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

For demonstrating accomplishment in engineering research and technical work with recognizable contributions to advancing the frontiers of engineering.

Santokh Badesha, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Honorary Member, Society for Imaging Science and Technology

For outstanding contributions to the advancement of imaging science and engineering.

Member, National Academy of Engineering

For developing materials enabling the broad use of laser printing and the creation of color laser printing.

Saurabh Bagchi, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Adobe Faculty Award, Adobe

For contributions to reliable and secure cloud computing.

Member, International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) 10.4 Working Group on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance

For contributions to dependable autonomous systems.

Amazon Research Award, Amazon

For streaming video analytics for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Distinguished Visitor, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society: 2021-2023

Alexandra Boltasseva, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fellow, Materials Research Society

For her contributions to plasmonic and optical metamaterials including plasmonic waveguides for on-chip circuitry, high-temperature nanophotonics, optical structures with extremely low refractive index, and tunable plasmonics.

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

For demonstrating a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.

Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science

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

Bryan Boudouris, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society

For his fundamental insights connecting polymer structure with charge transport in free radical conducting polymers, organic electronics, and functional block copolymers.

Christopher Brinton, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Distinguished Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers INFOCOM Technical Program Committee

Awarded for producing high quality reviews of papers submitted to INFOCOM 2019.

Hua Cai, Industrial Engineering / Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Best Paper Award, Resources, Conservation & Recycling

For the paper, “Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions reduction from bike share systems: a model considering real-world trips and transportation mode choice patterns.”

Luciano Castillo, Mechanical Engineering

Associate Fellow for the Class of 2021 in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Somali Chaterji, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Amazon Research Award, Amazon

For streaming video analytics for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Adobe Research Award, Adobe

For the project, "FlexFed: Flexible Federated Learning on Diverse Devices".

Jun Chen, Mechanical Engineering

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

For his use of digital holography as a multiphase flow diagnostic tool, and application of his expertise to underwater energy-generating turbines, aerodynamic noise, and cardiovascular flow.

Mung Chiang, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

For demonstrating a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.

International Fellow, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences promotes engineering and economic sciences and the advancement of business and industry for the benefit of society.

Brandon Chynoweth, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Applied Vehicle Technology Panel Technology Award, NATO Science and Technology Organization

For contributions to an outstanding NATO Science and Technology Research Task Group, which successfully enhanced the capabilities of hypersonic boundary layer transition prediction.

Steven Collicott, Aeronautics and Astronautics

President-elect, American Society for Gravitational and Space Research

Melba Crawford, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Outstanding Service Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society

For her outstanding service for the benefit and advancement of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society.

Chelsea Davis, Mechanical Engineering

CAREER Award, National Science Foundation

For the project, "Illuminating Interfacial Mechanics: Utilizing Mechanophores to Visualize Mechanical Performance at Soft Matter Interfaces."

Jamie Davis, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Software Engineering Distinguished Paper Award, European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering

For the paper titled, "A Principled Approach to GraphQL Query Cost Analysis."

Daniel DeLaurentis, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Fellow, International Council on Systems Engineering

For outstanding contributions to modeling and simulation methodology and to design theory for system of systems and complex aerospace vehicles.

Letian Dou, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher

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

International Association of Advanced Materials Young Scientist Award

Awarded to young researchers who have conducted high quality research in the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Technology.

American Made Solar Prize, US Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory

For his research in the area of stable and scalable perovskite solar cells.

Kerrie Douglas, Engineering Education

CAREER Award, National Science Foundation

For the project, "Fair Assessments: Examining Cultural Familiarity to Decrease Bias in Engineering Classroom Assessments."

Brad Duerstock, Industrial Engineering

Semifinalist, Inclusive Design Challenge, Department of Transportation

For development of the Efficient, Accessible and Safe Interaction in a Real Integrated Design Environment for Riders with disabilities (EASI RIDER).

Shawn Ehlers, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Excellence in Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

For developing the IN-PREPared - Indiana Purdue Rural Emergency Preparedness website.

Margaret Gitau, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Fellow, Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program

For the project, "Fixing a Leaky Pipeline in Academia: Professional Development for Historically Disadvantaged Women Graduate Students and Emerging Scholars in South Africa."

Allison Godwin, Engineering Education

Editor’s Choice feature in the American Society of Civil Engineering’s Journal of Civil Engineering Education

For the article, “Connecting Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Professional Competencies and Their Leadership Development.”

Craig J. Goergen, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Fulbright Scholar Award, Fulbright Scholar Program

For the project, "Retrospectively Gated Multispectral 4D Photoacoustic Cardiac and Brain Imaging."

Christopher Goldenstein, Mechanical Engineering

NASA Early Career Faculty Award

For the project, "Ultrafast Laser Absorption Spectroscopy for Characterizing Shock-Heated Gases."

Jay Gore, Mechanical Engineering

Global Advisor for the Smart Campus Cloud Network

The Smart Campus Cloud Network is a global network of the education campuses of schools, colleges, institutes, and universities committed to making a tangible contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Rajamani Gounder, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Associate Editor, Science Advances

Early Career Award in Catalysis Science and Technology, American Chemical Society

For pioneering research accomplishments in the design or synthesis of catalysts and/or chemical or mechanic characterization of catalysts leading to recognized advancements in the understanding and application of catalysts.

Eckhard Groll, Mechanical Engineering

Honorary Fellow, Institution of Engineers in Scotland

Honorary Fellowship is the highest honor bestowed by the Institution of Engineers in Scotland.

Carol Handwerker, Materials Engineering

Fellow, Materials Research Society

For national leadership across the field of electronic materials packaging, from structure evolution in ceramics to Pb-free solder replacements, and for leadership in sustainability in materials selection and materials education.

Sogand Hasanzadeh, Lyles School of Civil Engineering / Construction Engineering and Management

Thomas Glavinich ELECTRI International 2020 Early Career Award, ELECTRI International

For the project, "Examining a Latent Side-Effect of Electrical Safety Interventions among T&D; Line Workers."

Ahmed Hassanein, Nuclear Engineering

Charles K. Birdsall Award, Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers Nuclear and Plasma Science Society

For contributions to recent innovation and leadership in computational plasma physics for applications to magnet fusion in full 3D simulation of plasma evolution during transit events in ITER Tokamak devices.

Outstanding Achievement Award, American Nuclear Society Fusion Energy Division

In recognition of his pioneering worldwide research and leadership on the effects of plasma-material interactions during plasma instabilities in Tokamaks and inertial fusion devices.

Stephen Heister, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Wyld Propulsion Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

For continuous leadership in advancing rocket propulsion engineering through state-of-the-art computational and experimental research.

Kathleen Howell, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Member, International Academy of Astronautics

Election to the International Academy of Astronautics is a recognition of an individual's record of service and achievement, and Members are leaders in space and aeronautical activities in their own countries.

Distinguished Service Award, International Astronautical Federation

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

Zubin Jacob, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Leopold Felsen Award for Excellence in Electrodynamics, European Association on Antennas and Propagation

For outstanding fundamental contributions from early stage researchers in electrodynamics.

Young Alumni Achiever Award, Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay

For exceptional contributions to the field of Photonics.

Quest for Undiscovered Energy Storage and Thrust (QUEST) Award, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

For leading a Purdue team, which will develop a new theoretical framework that combines quantum properties of light and condensed matter.

Krishna Jayant, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty.

Joseph Jewell, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research

For the project, "Detailed Investigation of Hypersonic Instability, Breakdown, and Natural Transition under Quiet Flow with Simulated Ablation-Gas Injection.”

Applied Vehicle Technology Panel Award, NATO Science and Technology Organization

For contributions to an outstanding NATO Science and Technology Research Task Group, which successfully enhanced the capabilities of hypersonic boundary layer transition prediction.

Dan Jiao, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Distinguished Microwave Lecturer, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Microwave Theory and Techniques Society

Distinguished Microwave Lecturers are internationally recognized experts and technical leaders in their fields within the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society.

Jian Jin, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Davidson Prize, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers

For developing LeafSpec, a handheld hyperspectral corn leaf imager.

AE50 Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

For developing LeafSpec, a handheld hyperspectral corn leaf imager.

Martin Jun, Mechanical Engineering

20 Most Influential Academics in Smart Manufacturing , SME

For educating and shaping the next generation of engineers and smart manufacturing technologists.

Young L. Kim, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

First Place, Tech Accelerator Challenge NTAC, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

For development of a new mobile health (mHealth) application that analyzes microvascular and blood hemoglobin information using a smartphone photo of the patient's inner eyelid.

Tamara Kinzer-Ursem, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Fulbright Scholar Award, Fulbright Scholar Program

For the project, "Tau-Meditated Protein Dynamics: Computational and Experimental Approaches."

Gerhard Klimeck, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

For achievements in developing some of the most realistic simulations of ultra-small transistors, and for his leadership role in the global nanotechnology community.

R&D; 100 Award, R&D; World

Recognizing nanoHUB.org as one the year’s most revolutionary developments in science and technology.

Samuel Labi, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

2021 Sussman Best Paper Prize, Frontiers in the Built Environment

For the paper "Promoting Autonomous Vehicles Using Travel Demand and Lane Management Strategies."

Tian Li, Mechanical Engineering

2020 Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiation Grant

The Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiation Grant supports university faculty engaged in research in theoretical and applied mechanics that are at the beginning of their academic careers.

Jacqueline Linnes, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Moore Inventor Fellowship, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

For invention of the MicroRapid Autonomous Analytical Device (microRAAD).

Yung-Hsiang Lu, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

For contributions to the energy efficiency of computer systems.

Ajay Malshe, Mechanical Engineering

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Laboratory Assessment Board member

The Laboratory Assessments Board oversees National Research Council activities involving review and assessment of the technical quality of internal research conducted at laboratories.

Amy Marconnet, Mechanical Engineering

Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers

The Humboldt Research Fellowship funds international scientists to visit Germany for an extended period to conduct research at German institutions.

Carlos Martinez, Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding Technology Development Award, Far West Region of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer

For developing the "In-air Drop Encapsulation Apparatus: Microcapsule Mass Production Platform for Carbon Capture and Beyond."

Ramses Martinez, Industrial Engineering

CAREER Award, National Science Foundation

For the project "Rapid and Ultrasensitive Critical Care Testing at the Point of Need using Multiplexed Transient-State Digital Assays."

Peter Meckl, Mechanical Engineering

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

The ASME Fellow distinction recognizes significant engineering achievements.

Venkatesh Merwade, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Highly Commended Paper, Journal of Flood Risk Management

For the paper, "Investigating the role of model structure and surface roughness in generating flood inundation extents using one- and two-dimensional hydraulic models."

Samuel P. Midkiff, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Distinguished Member, Association for Computing Machinery

For outstanding contributions to the field of computing machinery.

Issam Mudawar, Mechanical Engineering

Allan Krauss Thermal Management Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

For 35 years of pioneering accomplishments and international leadership in high-heat flux thermal management of electronics and its impact on the cooling of computers, data centers, hybrid and all-electric vehicles, defense electronics and space vehicles.

Roshanak Nateghi, Industrial Engineering

Councilor, Society for Risk Analysis

William Oakes, Engineering Education

Diversity Award, Global Engineering Deans Council

Recognizing EPICS as a successful program that inspires students from all profiles and backgrounds to study and succeed in engineering.

Maria Okuniewski, Materials Engineering

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award, American Nuclear Society

For her dedication to nuclear materials research and the education and professional development of young researchers in the field of nuclear materials science and engineering.

Guillermo Paniagua, Mechanical Engineering

Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Recognizing his notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences or technology of aeronautics and astronautics.

Aircraft Engine Technology Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Gas Turbine Institute

For sustained personal creative contributions to aircraft engine technology in the areas of aircraft engine design, and/or research and development in the fields of combustion and fuels, heat transfer, manufacturing materials and metallurgy.

Ground Testing Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Recognizing excellence in modeling, simulation, and testing.

Kinam Park, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

2020 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science

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

Brandon Pitts, Industrial Engineering

Semifinalist, Inclusive Design Challenge, Department of Transportation

For development of the Efficient, Accessible and Safe Interaction in a Real Integrated Design Environment for Riders with disabilities (EASI RIDER).

Vilas Pol, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Fellow, International Association of Advanced Materials

For significant contributions to Advanced Materials Science, Engineering, and Technology.

Best Paper Award, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Light Metals Division and Extraction and Processing Division – Energy

For the paper, “Integrated Sensor Network and Battery Management System for State of Health Estimation and Safety Control of Lithium-ion Batteries.”

Excellence in Process Research Development Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

For significant technical contributions to the advancement of process development.

Timothee Pourpoint, Aeronautics and Astronautics

NASA National Engineering and Safety Center Group Achievement Award

For leading his team in a unique and insightful combination of modeling, testing and analysis to determine the sources of ZOTs and pressure spikes in hypergolic engines.

Li Qiao, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Board of Directors Member, The Combustion Institute

Xiaokang Qiu, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

CAREER Award, National Science Foundation

For the project, "Democratizing Algorithmic Program Synthesis."

Anand Raghunathan, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Qualcomm Faculty Award, Qualcomm

Recognizing distinguished research providing strong contributions in key technology areas and inspiring students in realizing their goals.

Julio A. Ramirez, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers

For outstanding leadership in worldwide data collection, research, and education to enhance resilience of civil infrastructure and communities against earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural hazards, and for significant contributions in facilitating implementation of mitigation strategies in practice.

Tahira Reid Smith, Mechanical Engineering

Visiting NASA Scholar

For research supporting NASA's capabilities in the areas of engineering, design, and business innovation.

Gintaras Reklaitis, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

For leading contributions to process systems engineering, including batch processing, supply chain and enterprise-wide optimization and pharmaceutical manufacturing, and for his achievements in education and service.

J. Paul Robinson, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

For his distinguished contributions to the field of advanced cytometric analysis and expanding cellular and microbial detection technologies.

Kaushik Roy, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Distinguished Research Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Technical Committee on Very Large Scale Integration
For outstanding research contributions to the VLSI community through a leadership position.

Michael Sangid, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Manufacturing Leadership Award in Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics, National Association of Manufacturers

The Manufacturing Leadership Awards honor manufacturing companies and individual manufacturing leaders that are shaping the future of global manufacturing

Co-Editor in Chief, International Journal of Fatigue

Brett Savoie, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research

For the project, "Understanding the Atomic to Mesoscale Gap in Li-Ion Battery Failure with Reactive Coarse-Graining Methodologies.”

Dreyfus Award for Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering, The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

For the project, "Transfer Learning for Deep Generative Chemical Models."

NSF CAREER Award

For the project, "Chemical Network Based Understanding and Prediction of Electrolyte Decomposition in Batteries."

Carlo Scalo, Mechanical Engineering

Applied Vehicle Technology Panel Award, NATO Science and Technology Organization

For contributions to an outstanding NATO Science and Technology Research Task Group, which successfully enhanced the capabilities of hypersonic boundary layer transition prediction.

Steven Schneider, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Applied Vehicle Technology Panel Award, NATO Science and Technology Organization

For Co-Chairing an outstanding NATO Science and Technology Research Task Group, which successfully enhanced the capabilities of hypersonic boundary layer transition prediction.

Gesualdo Scutari, Industrial Engineering

Best Paper Award, Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers Signal Processing Society

For the paper, "Joint Optimization of Radio and Computational Resources for Multicell Mobile-Edge Computing.”

Fellow, Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers

For his contributions to distributed optimization in signal processing and communications.

Shreyas Sen, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Outstanding Researcher Award, Intel

For the project, “Ground-Up Root-Cause-Analysis Guided Low-Overhead Generic Countermeasures for Power and Electromagnetic Side Channel Attacks.”

Editor’s Choice Article, Sensors

For the paper, “EM-Wave Biosensors: A Review of RF, Microwave, mm-Wave and Optical Sensing.”

Best Demo Award (2nd), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust

For the project, "SCNIFFER: Fully Automated, Low-cost, Efficient EM SCA Attack

Vladimir M Shalaev, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2020 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science

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

Greg Shaver, Mechanical Engineering

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

For his focus on maximizing efficiency of commercial vehicle powertrains, and demonstrating connected and autonomous vehicles.

Tom Shih, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Editor in Chief, AIAA Journal, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Yung Shin, Mechanical Engineering

20 Most Influential Academics in Smart Manufacturing, SME

For educating and shaping the next generation of engineers and smart manufacturing technologists

Thomas Siegmund, Mechanical Engineering

Fellow, Society of Engineering Science

For distinguished contributions to the Society and the technical community.

Shweta Singh, Agricultural and Biological Engineering / Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Participant, National Academy of Engineering US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

For demonstrating accomplishment in engineering research and technical work with recognizable contributions to advancing the frontiers of engineering.

Early Career Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environmental Division

For her research on the advancement of systems methodologies for Life Cycle Analysis and creation of cloud-based computational tools for sustainability assessment.

Steven F. Son, Mechanical Engineering

Fellow, The Combustion Institute

For leading experimental studies of the combustion and decomposition processes in condensed phase and novel energetic materials.

Research Excellence Award, The Combustion Institute

For research that has had a major impact on the field of combustion science.

Alejandro Strachan, Mechanical Engineering

R&D; 100 Award, R&D; World

Recognizing nanoHUB.org as one the year’s most revolutionary developments in science and technology.

John W. Sutherland, Environmental and Ecological Engineering

20 Most Influential Academics in Smart Manufacturing, SME

For educating and shaping the next generation of engineers and smart manufacturing technologists.

Hong Tan, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Best Reviewer, World Haptics Conference 2021

Honorable Mention: Best Video Presentation, World Haptics Conference

For the video presentation, "Selective and Divided Attention for Vibrotactile Stimuli on Both Arms.”

Honorable Mention: Best Student Paper, World Haptics Conference

For the paper, "Psychophysical Validation of Interleaving Narrowband Tactile Stimuli to Achieve Broadband Effects."

Vikas Tomar, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Best Paper Award, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Light Metals Division and Extraction & Processing Division – Energy

For the paper, “Integrated Sensor Network and Battery Management System for State of Health Estimation and Safety Control of Lithium-ion Batteries.”

Roger Tormoehlen, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Excellence in Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

For outstanding efforts in developing noteworthy educational materials over the past year.

Thanos Tzempelikos, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Leon Gaster Award, Society of Light and Lighting

For the paper, "Cross-validation and robustness of daylight glare metrics."

Andrea Vacca, Agricultural and Biological Engineering / Mechanical Engineering

Joseph Bramah Medal, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

For outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering, particularly in the field of hydraulics.

Amit H. Varma, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

T. R. Higgins Lectureship Award, American Institute of Steel Construction

Recognizing an innovative lecturer whose outstanding technical writing constitutes a ground-breaking addition to engineering literature on fabricated structural steel.

Pavlos Vlachos, Mechanical Engineering

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

For his work in experimental fluid dynamics and measurement and data science.

Haiyan Wang, Materials Engineering and Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

For demonstrating a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.

David Warsinger, Mechanical Engineering

J.B. Dondolo Voices for Water Award, 2020 Community Change Heroes

For his work in addressing water scarcity through innovation.

Young Membrane Scientist Award, North American Membrane Society

For his research on the nexus of water and energy, with a specific concentration on desalination.

US Dept. of Energy, Solar Desalination Prize Quarter Finalist

Recognizing a technology to use solar power to purify high salinity water.

First Place, Marine Energy Collegiate Competition, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

For creating a system that uses wave energy to power a batch reverse osmosis system, creating fresh water out of seawater by using the sea's own waves as a renewable energy source.

Juan Wachs, Industrial Engineering

Best Paper, 14th Augmented Environments for Computer Assisted Interventions Workshop

For the paper, "The AI-Medic: An Artificial Intelligent Mentor for Trauma Surgery."

Justin Weibel, Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding Early Faculty Career in Thermal Management Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

For his impact on the emerging thermal fields through exceptional technical contributions, leadership and teaching.

Early Career Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division

For significant technical achievements in the area of electronic and photonic packaging, demonstrated through papers, patents, or product development.

Wenzhuo Wu, Industrial Engineering

CAREER Award, National Science Foundation

For the project "Scalable Nanomanufacturing of Two-Dimensional Topological Materials for Quantum Device Applications."

Pablo Zavattieri, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

Appointee, Defense Materials, Manufacturing and its Infrastructure (DMMI) Standing Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Kejie Zhao, Mechanical Engineering

2021 James W. Dally Young Investigator Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics

For seminal contributions to the forefront of electro-chemo-mechanics using well integrated in-situ experimental and theoretical mechanics.