NSF CAREER awards recognize and support new faculty members who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. Each award includes a substantial grant to support the faculty member's research. Data from 2001 to present.
| Year | Recipient | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ting Cao | Materials Science & Engineering |
| Chaoyue Zhao | Industrial & Systems Engineering | |
| Nadya Peek | Human Centered Design & Engineering | |
| Lucas Meza | Mechanical Engineering | |
| 2023 | Michelle DiBenedetto | Mechanical Engineering |
| Ji-Eun Kim | Industrial & Systems Engineering | |
| 2022 | Mehmet Kurt | Mechanical Engineering |
| Prashanth Rajivan | Industrial & Systems Engineering | |
| 2021 | Sam Burden | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Michael Gomez | Civil & Environmental Engineering | |
| 2018 | Shayan Oveis Gharan | Computer Science & Engineering |
| Leah Findlater | Human Centered Design & Engineering | |
| Jon Froehlich | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Yin Tat Lee | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Brett Maurer | Civil & Environmental Engineering | |
| Mo Li | Electrical & Computer Engineering | |
| Peter Pauzauskie | Material Science & Engineering | |
| Kate Starbird | Human Centered Design & Engineering | |
| Kat Steele | Mechanical Engineering | |
| Zachary Tatlock | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| 2017 | Alvin Cheung | Computer Science & Engineering |
| Cole DeForest | Chemical Engineering | |
| Ali Farhadi | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Sreeram Kannan | Electrical & Computer Engineering | |
| Katharina Reinecke | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Franziska Roesner | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Thomas Rothvoss | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Emina Torlak | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| 2016 | Maya Cakmak | Computer Science & Engineering |
| Sean Munson | Human Centered Design & Engineering | |
| Anshu Narang | Aeronautics & Astronautics | |
| Peter Pauzauskie | Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Jinkyu "JK" Yang | Aeronautics & Astronautics | |
| 2015 | Shyamnath Gollakota | Computer Science & Engineering |
| Daniela Rosner | Human Centered Design & Engineering | |
| Chris Rudell | Electrical Engineering | |
| Katherine Steele | Mechanical Engineering | |
| 2013 | Michael Dodd | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| 2012 | Kai-Mei Fu | Electrical Engineering and Physics |
| James Pfaendtner | Chemical Engineering | |
| Marco Rolandi | Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Xiaodong Xu | Materials Science & Engineering | |
| 2011 | Antonino Ferrante | Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| James Fogarty | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Archis Ghate | Industrial & Systems Engineering | |
| 2010 | Linda Ng Boyle | Industrial Systems and Engineering (transferred to UW) |
| Julie Kientz | Human Centered Design & Engineering | |
| Charlotte Lee | Human Centered Design & Engineering | |
| Georg Seelig | Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering | |
| 2009 | Magda Balazinska | Computer Science & Engineering (transferred to UW) |
| Luis Ceze | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Jae-Hyun Chung | Mechanical Engineering | |
| Maryam Fazel | Electrical Engineering | |
| Yoshi Kohno | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Brian Otis | Electrical Engineering | |
| Nathan Sniadecki | Mechanical Engineering | |
| Junlan Wang | Mechanical Engineering (transferred to UW) | |
| 2008 | Alberto Aliseda | Mechanical Engineering |
| Christine Luscombe | Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Jonathan Posner | Mechanical Engineering (transferred to UW) | |
| Amy Shen | Mechanical Engineering (left UW) | |
| Hong Shen | Chemical Engineering | |
| 2007 | Xiaohu Gao | Bioengineering |
| James Lee | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Babik Amir Parviz | Electrical Engineering | |
| Wendy Thomas | Bioengineering | |
| 2005 | Dan Grossman | Computer Science & Engineering |
| Suzie Pun | Bioengineering | |
| 2004 | Venkatesan Guruswami | Computer Science & Engineering (left UW) |
| Bruce J. Hinds | Materials Science & Engineering | |
| Tara Javidi | Electrical Engineering (left UW) | |
| Eric Klavins | Electrical Engineering | |
| Wayne Li | Mechanical Engineering (left UW) | |
| Xingde Li | Bioengineering (left UW) | |
| 2003 | Dwayne D. Arola | Materials Science & Engineering (transferred to UW) |
| Yoky Matsuoka | Computer Science & Engineering (transferred to UW) | |
| Kristi Morgansen | Aeronautics & Astronautics | |
| Kai Strunz | Electrical Engineering | |
| Jennifer Turns | Human Centered Design & Engineering | |
| 2002 | Steven Gribble | Computer Science & Engineering |
| Jim Hermanson | Aeronautics & Astronautics (transferred to UW) | |
| Mehran Mesbahi | Aeronautics & Astronautics (transferred to UW) | |
| Mark Oskin | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Rajesh Rao | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| David Wetherall | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| 2001 | Stuart Adler | Chemical Engineering |
| Jeffrey Bilmes | Electrical Engineering | |
| Albert Folch | Bioengineering | |
| Dieter Fox | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Vikram Jandhyala | Electrical Engineering | |
| Shaoyi Jiang | Chemical Engineering | |
| Alexander Mamishev | Electrical Engineering | |
| Radha Poovendran | Electrical Engineering | |
| Zoran Popovic | Computer Science & Engineering | |
| Dan Suciu | Computer Science & Engineering |