Faculty Honors

The following faculty members have received distinguished titles and have been elected fellows of the most influential professional societies in the engineering world, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science to field-specific organizations.

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  • DARPA Young Faculty Award: Jie Xu, 2011
  • NASA Early Career Faculty Award: Jie Xu, 2017
  • NIH New Investigator Award: Parisa Mirbod, 2016
  • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award: Farzad Mashayek, 1999; Sudip Mazumder, 2005
  • 2024: Shanon Reckinger
  • 2023: Gonzalo Bello Lander
  • 2019: Miiri Kotche
  • 2018: Mustafa Mahamid
  • 2017: Wenjing Rao
  • 2016: Lin Li
  • 2014: Vahe Caliskan
  • 2013: Michael Scott
  • 2012: Ludwig Nitsche
  • 2011: John Hetling
  • 2010: Saeed Manafzadeh
  • 2009: Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian
  • 2008: Roland Preimer
  • 2007: Dale Reed
  • 2005: Patrick Troy
  • 2004: Lewis Wedgewood
  • 2003: Krishna R. Reddy
  • 2002: Sohail Murad
  • 2000: William M. Worek
  • 1999: Ahmed A. Shabana
  • 1997: Robert A. Becker
  • 1996: Sol Shatz
  • 1995: Ugo A. Buy
  • 1994: Mohsen A. Issa
  • 1990: John R. Regalbuto
  • 1989: Bert L. Zuber
  • 1986: W.J. Minkowycz
  • 1985: Vladimir Goncharoff
  • Christopher B. and Susan S. Burke Professor of Civil Engineering: Farhad Ansari
  • James P. Hartnett Professor of Mechanical Engineering: Kenneth Brezinsky, Constantine Megaridis
  • Peter L. and Deborah K. Wexler Professor in Computing: Bing Liu
  • Richard and Loan Hill Professors: Eben Alsberg, Jie Liang, Ian Papautsky, Xincheng Yao, Natasha Devroye, James Patton, Alexander Yarin
  • Robert V. Kenyon Professor of Computer Science: Cornelia Caragea
  • Robert Uyetani Collegiate Professor of Engineering: Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Salman Khetani, Sudip Mazumder
  • Warren S. McCulloch Collegiate Professor in Computer Science: Barbara Di Eugenio, Michael Papka
  • Peter L and Deborah K Wexler Chair in Information Technology: Philip Yu
  • 2022: Eben Alsberg

2024

  • Myunghee Kim, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
  • Zhangli Peng, Biomedical Engineering

2023

  • Inna Partin-Vaisband, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Xiaorui Sun, Computer Science

2022

  • Jae-Won Shin, Biomedical Engineering
  • Jason Polakis, Computer Science
  • Matthew Daly, Civil, Materials and Environmental Engineering
  • Mesrob Ohannessian, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2021

  • Thomas Searles, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Amit Trivedi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Elena Zheleva, Computer Science

2020

  • Hulya Seferoglu, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2019

  • Sushant Anand, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

2018

  • Pai-Yen Chen, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2017

  • Cornelia Caragea, Computer Science
  • Gang Cheng
  • Patrick Lynch, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
  • Brian Ziebart, Computer Science

2016

  • Sybil Derrible, Civil, Materials and Environmental Engineering
  • Didem Ozevin, Civil, Materials and Environmental Engineering

2015

  • Brian Chaplin, Chemical Engineering
  • Tasos Sidiropoulos
  • Besma Smida, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Arunkumar Subramanian Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

2014

  • Hamed Hatami-Marbini Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
  • Chris Kanich Computer Science
  • Salman Khetani, Biomedical Engineering, Richard and Loan Hill
  • Ying Liu, Chemical Engineering

2012

  • Jakob Eriksson, Computer Science
  • Wenjing Rao, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2011

  • Vikas Berry, Chemical Engineering
  • Natasha Devroye, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2010

  • Zhichun Zhu, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2009

  • Carmen Lilley, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
  • Venkat Venkatakrishnan, Administration, College of Engineering

2006

  • Daniela Tuninetti, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2005

  • Bhaskar DasGupta, Computer Science

2004

  • Karl J. Rockne, Civil, Materials and Environmental Engineering

2003

  • Sudip Mazumder, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2002

  • Barbara Di Eugenio, Computer Science
  • Jie Liang, Biomedical Engineering, Richard and Loan Hill

2001

  • Milos Zefran, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2000

  • Daniel Bernstein, Computer Science

1999

  • Ajay D. Kshemkalyani, Computer Science
  • John Lillis, Computer Science
  • Derong Liu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Farzad Mashayek, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

1998

  • Thomas J. Royston, Biomedical Engineering, Richard and Loan Hill

1997

  • Piotr J. Gmytrasiewicz, Computer Science

1996

  • Isabel F. Cruz, Computer Science

 

  • 2024: Yeow Siow
  • 2023: Hananeh Esmailbeigi
  • 2022: Jakob Erikkson
  • 2021: Miiri Kotche
  • 2020: Vahe Caliskan, Mitchell Theys
  • 2019: Barbara Di Eugenio
  • 2018: Pat Troy
  • 2017: Houshang Darabi, Dale Reed
  • 2013: Ludwig C. Nitsche
  • 2012: Michael Scott
  • 2011: John Hetling
  • 2010: Lewis Wedgewood
  • 2009: Andrew Johnson
  • 2007: Krishna R. Reddy
  • 2006: Robert Sloan
  • 2005: Ugo A. Buy
  • 2004: Roland Preimer
  • 2002: Ahmed A. Shabana
  • 2001: David E. Boyce
  • 2000: Mohsen A. Issa
  • 1998: Sohail Murad
  • 1997: Sol Shatz
  • 1996: John R. Regalbuto
  • 1993: Thomas G. Moher
  • 1988: W.J. Minkowycz

Please visit our distinguished professors webpage.

  • 2023: Mark Hallenbeck and Jonathan Komperda
  • 2019: Joseph Hummel
  • 2018: Jonathan Komperda
  • 2014: Nantaporn Ratisoontorn
  • 2013: Saeed Manafzadeh
  • 2012: Vahe Caliskan
  • 2011: Terry Layton
  • 2010: Saeed Manafzadeh
  • 2009: Vladimir Goncharoff
  • 2008: Robert A. Becker
  • 2007: Chien H. Wu
  • 2006: Vladimir Goncharoff
  • 2005: Robert A. Becker
  • 2004: Dale Reed
  • 2003: Vladimir Goncharoff
  • 2002: Robert A. Becker
  • 2001: Patrick Troy
  • 2000: Vladimir Goncharoff
  • 1999: Robert A. Becker
  • 1998: Patrick Troy
  • 1996: Robert A. Becker
  • 1995: Patrick Troy
  • 1994: W.J. Minkowycz
  • 1992: Patrick Troy
  • 1990: W.J. Minkowycz
  • 1988: Vahe Caliskan
  • 1987: W.J. Minkowycz
  • 1982: Thomas G. Moher
  • 1981: W.J. Minkowycz
  • 1976: W.J. Minkowycz
  • 1975: W.J. Minkowycz
  • 2021 to 2024: Eben Alsberg, Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Pai-Yen Chen, Kenneth Brezinsky
  • 2020 to 2023: Rashid Ansari
  • 2019 to 2022: Robert H. Sloan
  • 2018 to 2021: Barbara Di Eugenio
  • 2017 to 2020: Danilo Erricolo, James Patton, Venkat Venkatakrishnan
  • 2015 to 2018: Daniela Tuninetti
  • 2014 to 2017: Philip Yu
  • 2013 to 2016: Sudip Mazumder
  • 2012 to 2015: Michael Cho, Constantine (Dino) Megaridis
  • 2011 to 2014: Isabel Cruz, Jason Leigh
  • 2010 to 2013: Jie Liang, Dan Schonfeld
  • 2009 to 2012: Thomas Royston
  • 2008 to 2011: Bing Liu
  • 2007 to 2010: Gyungho Lee, Krishna Reddy, Sol Shatz
  • 2006 to 2009: Derong Liu, A. Prasad Sistla, Piergiorgio L.E. Uslenghi, Clement Yu
  • 2005 to 2008: Farid Amirouche
  • 2004 to 2007: Michael A. Stroscio
  • 2002 to 2005: Jezekiel Ben-Arie
  • 2001 to 2004: Arye Nehorai
  • 2000 to 2003: Mun Choi
  • 1999 to 2002: Bin He
  • 1998 to 2001: Krishna Shenai
  • 1994 to 1997: Jeffrey J.P. Tsai
  • 1993 to 1996: Prith Banerjee
  • 1991 to 1994: Suresh K. Aggarwal
  • 1990 to 1993: Tadao Murata
  • 1989 to 1992: Wolfgang Boerner, Thomas DeFanti
  • 1988 to 1991: Daniel Graupe
  • 1986 to 1989: Wai-Kai Chen
  • 1985 to 1988: Dimos Poulikakos

Fellowships Heading link

A fellow is the highest elected grade of membership in professional societies. Those elected as fellows are chosen by their peers in recognition of exceptional achievements and long-term contributions to the profession.

  • 2023: Tom Royston
  • 2021: Sudip K. Mazumder
  • 2019: Isabel Cruz
  • 2012: Suresh K. Aggarwal
  • 2009: Ouri E. Wolfson
  • 2006: Prith Banerjee, Gyungho Lee
  • 2002: Mitra Dutta
  • 2000: Lawrence A. Kennedy
  • 1999: Michael A. Stroscio
  • 1997: Jeffrey J.P. Tsai
  • 1995: Thomas T.C. Ting
  • 1990: Gyan C. Agarwal
  • 1989: James C. Lin
  • 1978: Wai-Kai Chen
  • 1999: Mohsen A. Issa
  • 2022: Miiri Kotche
  • 2021: Ramille Shah
  • 2020: Andreas Linninger
  • 2019: Xincheng Yao
  • 2018: Ian Papautsky
  • 2018: James L. Patton
  • 2017: Tom Royston, Michael Stroscio
  • 2016: Eben Alsberg
  • 2008: Jie Liang
  • 2001: Richard Magin
  • 1992: Gyan C. Agarwal, James C. Lin (founding members)
  • 2002: Farzad Mashayek
  • 1999: Lawrence A. Kennedy, Constantine M. Megaridis
  • 1991: Suresh K. Aggarwal
  • 1995: G. Ali Mansoori
  • 2016: Alexander Yarin
  • 2011: Constantine M. Megaridis
  • 2004: Michael A. Stroscio
  • 2002: Lawrence A. Kennedy
  • 2003: J. Ernesto Indacochea
  • 1998: Michael J. McNallan
  • 2017: Hossein Ataei
  • 2016: Mustafa Mahamid
  • 2012: Krishna Reddy
  • 2007: Mohsen A. Issa
  • 2007: Thomas J. Royston
  • 2006: Farzad Mashayek
  • 2005: Suresh K. Aggarwal, Sabri Cetin
  • 2003: Prashant Banerjee, Constantine M. Megaridis
  • 1996: Ahmed A. Shabana
  • 1993: Krishna Gupta
  • 1992: Faydor Litvin
  • 1986: W.J. Minkowycz, Chien H. Wu
  • 1985: Thomas T.C. Ting
  • 1984: Lawrence Kennedy
  • 2006: J. Ernesto Indacochea
  • 2021: Danilo Erricolo
  • 2016: Bing Liu
  • 2016: Bing Liu
  • 2001: Ouri E. Wolfson
  • 2000: Prith Banerjee
  • 1997: Philip Yu
  • 1994: Thomas A. DeFanti
  • 2020: Suresh K. Aggarwal
  • 2018: Ken Brezinsky
  • 2021: Daniela Tuninetti
  • 2016: Danilo Erricolo
  • 2015: Sudip K. Mazumder
  • 2013: Bing Liu
  • 2012: Ouri E. Wolfson
  • 2010: Dan Schonfeld
  • 2004: Derong Liu, Tadao Murata (Life Fellow)
  • 2000: R. Michael Tanner, Hung-Yu David Yang
  • 1999: Rashid Ansari
  • 1998: Mitra Dutta, Richard Magin
  • 1996: Jeffrey J.P. Tsai
  • 1995: Prith Banerjee
  • 1993: Philip Yu
  • 1992: Michael A. Stroscio
  • 1990: Piergiorgio L.E. Uslenghi
  • 1986: Gyan C. Agarwal, James C. Lin
  • 1985: Daniel Graupe, Tadao Murata
  • 1977: Wai-Kai Chen
  • 2003: Tadao Murata
  • 2000: Thomas A. DeFanti
  • 1998: Mitra Dutta
  • 1993: Wolfgang-Martin Boerner
  • 2002: David E. Boyce
  • 2003: Mitra Dutta
  • 2019: Xincheng Yao
  • 2011: Dan Schonfeld
  • 2000: Soyoung S. Cha
  • 1999: Wolfgang-Martin Boerner
  • 2017: James Lin, Piergiorgio L.E. Uslenghi