Faculty Awards 2006-2007
During the academic year 2006-07, faculty members were recognized for their research or teaching. Click on a name to see additional information about that faculty member.
| Name | Award | Date | Primary Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhenan Bao |
Nano 50 Award SWE Teaching Excellence Award |
2007 2007 |
Chemical Engineering |
| Kwabena Boahen | NIH Director's Pioneer Award | 2006 | Bioengineering |
| Alexandria Boehm | NSF CAREER Award | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Dan Boneh | ComputerWorld Horizon Award | 2006 | Computer Science/Electrical Engineering |
| Stephen Boyd | Honorary PhD at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm | 2006 | Electrical Engineering |
| Mark Brongersma | Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching | 2007 | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Thomas Byers | The Barbara and Buzz McCoy University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, reappointment | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| John Cioffi | Marconi Prize | 2006 | Electrical Engineering |
| Jennifer Cochran | 47th Mallinckrodt Scholar | 2007 | Bioengineering |
| Markus Covert | NIH Pathway to Independence Award | 2007 | Bioengineering |
| Bill Dally | Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 2007 | Computer Science |
| Jenna Davis | Eugene L. Grant Teaching Award | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Karl Deisseroth | McKnight Scholar Award | 2007 | Bioengineering |
| Scott Delp |
Appointed Charles Lee Powell Professor Received the Microstain Award (with co-developer Michael Llewellen |
2007 2007 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Robert Dutton | Phil Kaufman Award | 2006 | Electrical Engineering |
| Kathy Eisenhardt | Richard D. Irwin Award | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Dawson Engler | ACM SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award | 2006 | Computer Science |
| Shanhui Fan |
NAS Award for Initiatives in Research Adolph Lomb Medal, Optical Society of America |
2007 2007 |
Electrical Engineering |
| Ron Fedkiw |
Okawa Foundation Research Grant Robert Bosch Faculty Scholar |
2007 2007 |
Computer Science |
| Kay Giesecke | Graduate Teaching Award | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Ashish Goel | 3Com Corporation Faculty Scholar | Management Science & Engineering | |
| Joe Goodman | Gold Medal of the International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Kenneth Goodson | Appointed Editor in Chief "Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering Journal" | 2007 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Robert Gray | Member, National Academy of Engineering | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Pat Hanrahan |
IEEE Visualization Career Award Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
2006 2007 |
Electrical Engineering |
| Ron Hanson |
OSU "Frontiers in Spectroscopy" Lecturer Air Products Distinguished Lecturer |
2007 2007 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| James Harris | IEEE Life Fellow | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Warren Hausman | Fellow, Production & Operations Management Society (POMS) | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Pamela Hinds | MS&E Undergraduate Teaching Award | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Mark Horowitz | Member, National Academy of Engineering | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Umran Inan |
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union Allan V. Cox Medal for Faculty Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research, Stanford University |
2007 2007 |
Electrical Engineering |
| Kosuke Ishii |
Member, Science Council of Japan ASME Fellow Grade Visiting Professorship, Keio University Toyota Production Engineering Advisory Professorship, renewed |
2006 2007 2007 2007 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Mark Z. Jacobson | Most-accessed article in Environmental Science & Technology Journal, April-June | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Ramesh Johari | National Science Foundation Career Award | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering Computer Science/Electrical Engineering by courtesy |
| Thomas Kailath | IEEE Medal of Honor | 2006 | Electrical Engineering |
| Riitta Katila | Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Chaitan Khosla |
AAAS Fellow Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences |
2006 2007 |
Chemical Engineering |
| Scott Klemmer |
UIST Best Paper Award CHI Best Paper Award |
2006 2007 |
Computer Science |
| Daphne Koller | IJCAII-JAIR Best Paper Prize | 2007 | Computer Science |
| Vladlen Koltun |
NSF CAREER Award Sloan Research Fellowship |
2006 2007 |
Computer Science |
| Jeff Koseff | Honorable Mention for Teacher of the Year at the ASSU VSO/Teacher of the Year | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering Chemical Engineering by courtesy |
| Sanjay Lall |
NSF CAREER Award Vance D. & Arlene C. Coffman Faculty Scholar Winner of the George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award |
2006 2007 2007 |
Aeronautics & Astronautics Electrical Engineering by courtesy |
| James O. Leckie | AEESP Outstanding Paper Award | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Larry J. Leifer | Fellow of the University of Tokyo | Mechanical Engineering | |
| Marc Levenston | Tau Beta Pi Award | 2007 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Raymond Levitt | ASCE Peurifoy Construction Research Award | 2006 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Adrian Lew | Ferdinand P. Beer and Russel Jounston, Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award, ASEE | 2007 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Richard Luthy |
Shaw Distinguished Lecturer, NCSU Lichtenstein Distinguished Lecturer, OSU Distinguished Lecturer in Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, University of Texas |
2006 2007 2007 |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Chris Manning | Sony Faculty Scholar | 2007 | Computer Science |
| Perry McCarty | Stockholm Water Prize | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Mike McGehee |
MRS Outstanding Young Investigator Award Vance D. & Arlene C. Coffman Faculty Scholar |
2007 2007 |
Materials Science and Engineering |
| Nick McKeown | ACM Fellow | 2006 | Electrical Engineering/Computer Science |
| Teresa Meng | Member, National Academy of Engineering | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Eduardo Miranda |
Outstanding Journal Paper by the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council Thomas V. Jones Faculty Scholar |
2006 2007 |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| John Mitchell | ComputerWorld Horizon Award | 2006 | Computer Science |
| Subhasish Mitra |
NSF CAREER Award IBM Faculty Award |
2007 2007 |
Electrical Engineering |
| Godfrey Mungal | Fellow of the APS | 2006 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Andrew Ng | Sloan Research Fellowship | 2007 | Computer Science Electrical Engineering by courtesy |
| Yoshio Nishi | PICMET Leadership in Technology Management Award | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| William Nix | Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | 2007 | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Oyekunle Olukotun |
ACM Fellow |
2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Bradford Parkinson | Minnesota 150 selection | 2007 | Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| John Pauly | Thomas H. & Polly W. Bredt Faculty Scholar | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Piero Pianetta | Fellow of the American Physical Society | 2006 | Electrical Engineering/SLAC |
| Heinz Pitsch | NSF CAREER Award | 2007 | Mechanical Engineering |
| James Plummer |
UCLA Engineering Alumnus of the year IEDM Paul Rappaport Award IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award |
2006 2006 2007 |
Electrical Engineering |
| Martin Reinhard |
SAE Wright Brothers Medal |
2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Eric Roberts | John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, reappointed | 2007 | Computer Science |
| Timothy Roughgarden | ONR Young Investigator | 2007 | Computer Science |
| Alberto Salleo |
NSF CAREER Award 3M Untenured Faculty Award |
2007 2007 |
Materials Science and Engineering |
| Krishna Saraswat | 1st Techno Visionary Award, Indian Semiconductor Association and the VLSI Society of India | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Eric S.G. Shaqfeh | College of Engineering Distinguished Lecturer, University of Tennessee | 2007 | Chemical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering |
| Krishna Shenoy | McKnight Technological Innovation in Neurosciences Award | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Sheri Sheppard | Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education | 2007 | Mechanical Engineering |
| George Springer | Sydney University Honorary Degree | 2007 | Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| Robert Street | Faculty Fellowship, Advanced Study Program of the National Center for Atmospheric Research | 2006 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| James Swartz | Elmer Gaden Award | 2006 | Chemical Engineering |
| James L. Sweeney | USAEE Adelman-Frankel Award | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Paul Teicholz | Henry C. Turner Prize | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Sebastian Thrun |
Vance D. & Arlene C. Coffman Faculty Scholar Braunschweiger Forschungspreis Elected member of the Leopoldina Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
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2006 2007 2007 2007 |
Computer Science/Electrical Engineering |
| Claire Tomlin |
MacArthur Fellowship Okawa Foundation Research Grant, Berkeley Vance D. & Arlene C. Coffman Faculty Scholar Chancellor's Professor, Berkeley |
2006 2006 2006 2007 |
Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| Shan Wang | National Academies Keck Futures Initiatives Award | 2006 | Materials Science & Engineering |
| Jennifer Widom | ACM SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award | 2007 | Computer Science/Electrical Engineering |
| Yinyu Ye | INFORMS Fellow | 2006 | Management Science & Engineering Electrical Engineering by courtesy |