Faculty Honors

Here is a selection of awards received by UW College of Engineering Faculty (emeriti included).

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2017 - Tom Anderson (CSE)

2016 - Anna Karlin (CSE)

2013 - Susan Eggers (CSE)

2004 - Edward D. Lazowska (CSE)

MacArthur Fellows

2011 - Shwetak Patel (CSE, ECE)

2007 - Yoky Matsuoka (CSE)

National Academy of Engineering

2020 - Steven L. Kramer (CEE)

2016 - Tom Anderson (CSE)

2014 - James J. Riley (ME)

2013 - Eric Horvitz (CSE affiliate)

2012 - Rico Malvar (ECE affiliate)

2012 - David Stahl (CEE)

2011 - Hank Levy (CSE)

2010 - Dennis Lettenmeier (CEE)

2009 - David Auth (BioE affiliate)

2009 - Matthew O'Donnell (BioE)

2006 - Susan Eggers (CSE)

2006 - George M. Homsy (ME affiliate)

2005 - Allan Hoffman (BioE)

2003 - Phil Bernstein (CSE affiliate)

2003 - Burton Smith (CSE affiliate)

2002 - Buddy Ratner (BioE)

2001 - Ed Lazowska (CSE)

2000 - James Bassingthwaighte (BioE)

1996 - Akira Ishimaru (ECE)

1994 - Dave Cutler (CSE affiliate)

1994 - Bruce Finlayson (ChemE)

1993 - Irene Peden (ECE)

1987 - Bishnu S. Atal (ECE affiliate)

1986 - Albert Kobayashi (ME)

1976 - Abraham Hertzberg (A&A, deceased)

1972 - Albert Babb (ChemE)

1969 - Edward Wenk Jr. (CEE, deceased)

1968 - Milo Bell (BioE, deceased)

National Academy of Sciences

2013 - Mary Lidstrom (ChemE)

1996 - Richard Karp (CSE)

1993 - Bishnu S. Atal (ECE)

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

2019 - Steve Brunton (ME)

2019 - Alvin Cheung (CSE)

2019 - Elizabeth Nance (ChemE)

2019 - Kevin Schneider (ECE affiliate)

2017 - Emily B. Fox (CSE and ECE adjunct)

2016 - Shwetak Patel (CSE, ECE)

2016 - Luke Zettlemoyer (CSE)

2009 - Bruce J. Hinds (MSE)

2009 - Michael Hochberg (ECE)

2008 - Cecilia Aragon (HCDE)

2007 - Maya Gupta (ECE)

2005 - Suzie Hwang Pun (BioE)

2004 - Wei Li (ME)

2004 - Radha Poovendran (ECE)

2003 - Yoky Matsuoka (CSE)

2000 - Alon Halevy (CSE)

1999 - Chris Diorio (CSE)

1997 - Deirdre Meldrum (ECE)

Sloan Research Fellowships

2020 - Hannaneh Hajishirzi (CSE)

2020 - Yin Tat Lee (CSE)

2019 - Alvin Cheung (CSE)

2019 - Shayan Oveis Gharan (CSE)

2018 - Maya Cakmak (CSE)

2018 - Arka Majumdar (ECE)

2017 - Ali Farhadi (CSE)

2016 - Emina Torlak (CSE)

2015 - Emily B. Fox (CSE and ECE adjunct)

2015 - Shyam Gollakota (CSE)

2015 - Thomas Rothvoss (CSE)

2014 - Jeffrey Heer (CSE)

2014 - Edward Lazowska (CSE)

2014 - Shyam Gollakota (CSE)

2013 - James Carothers (ChemE)

2012 - Shwetak Patel (CSE and ECE)

2011 - Anup Rao (CSE)

2011 - Georg Seelig (CSE and ECE)

2011 - Paul Wiggins (BioE and Physics)

2010 - Luis Ceze (CSE)

2010 - Christine Luscombe (MSE)

2009 - James Lee (CSE)

2008 - Tadayoshi Kohno (CSE)

2005 - Venkatesan Guruswami (CSE)

2005 - Mark Oskin (CSE)

2004 - Steve Gribble (CSE)

2004 - David Wetherall (CSE)

2003 - Pedro Domingos (CSE)

2003 - Zoran Popovic (CSE)

2001 - Scott Hauck (CSE and ECE)

2001 - Raj Rao (CSE)

2001 - Steve Seitz (CSE)

2001 - Dan Suciu (CSE)

2000 - Brian Curless (CSE)

2000 - Chris Diorio (CSE)

1999 - Alon Halevy (CSE)

1995 - David Salesin (CSE)

1994 - Tom Anderson (CSE)

1994 - Eve Riskin (CSE and ECE)

Recent Honors

Julie Kientz (HCDE) has been named an ACM Distinguished Member for outstanding scientific contributions to computing. 12/20 More »

Guozhong Cao (MSE,ChemE), Alex K.Y. Jen (MSE), Jun Liu (MSE, ChemE), and Xiaodong Xu (MSE) were recognized by the Web of Science Group as 2020 Highly Cited Researchers. 12/20 More »

Pedro Domingos (CSE) and Daniel Weld (CSE) have been named fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 11/20 More »

Faisal Hossain (CivE) has been awarded the prestigious 2020 International Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). 11/20 More »

Samson A. Jenekhe (ChemE) received the 2021 Polymer Physics Prize from the American Physical Society 10/20 More »

Eve Riskin (ECE) received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. 08/20 More »

Jessica Ray (CEE) was named a member of the 2020 Talented 12 list of young chemists working to solve world problems by the weekly newsmagazine Chemical & Engineering News, or C&EN. 08/20 More »

Richard Ladner (CSE) was the recipient of the National Science Board's 2020 Public Service Award, for his career of contributions to increasing public understanding of science and engineering. 08/20 More »

Maryam Fazel (ECE) has been named the first recipient of the new Moorthy Family Inspiration Career Development Professorship, for her work as a researcher and educator. 08/20 More »

Adriana Schulz (CSE) and Nadya Peek (HCDE) have have been named as “Innovators Under 35” recognized by MIT Technology Review as part of its 2020 TR35 Awards. 06/18 More »

Arka Majumdar and Lillian Ratliff Arka Majumdar (ECE) and Lillian Ratliff (ECE) are each a recipient of the 2020 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (ONR YIP) award. 04/20 More »

10 UW engineering professors receive Google Faculty Research Awards: Tom Anderson, Jennifer Mankoff, James Fogarty, Jon Froelich, Sewoong Oh and Adriana Schulz of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering; Leah Findlater and Sean Munson of the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering; Julian Marshall of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering; and Amy Orsborn of both the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Department of Bioengineering. 03/20 More »

Hannaneh Hajishirzi (CSE) and Yin Tat Lee (CSE) were awarded Sloan Research Fellowships. 02/20

Steven L. Kramer (CEE) was elected a memeber of the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to geotechnical earthquake engineering, including liquefaction, seismic stability, and seismic site response. 02/20

Behçet Açıkmeşe (A&A) received the 2019 Award for Technical Excellence in Aerospace Control from the IEEE Control System Society. 12/19

Justin Little (A&A) was a recipient of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program. 10/19

Uri Shumlak (A&A) was elected American Physical Society Fellow. 10/19

Corie L. Cobb (ME) is the recipient of a 2019 DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA). 09/19 More »

Per Reinhall (ME) and Mari Ostendorf (ECE) have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. 07/19 More »

Steve Brunton (ME), Alvin Cheung (CSE), Elizabeth Nance (ChemE), and Kevin Schneider (ECE affilate) are the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers 07/19

Corie L. Cobb (ME) is the recipient of a 2019 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (NTFA) 05/19 More »

Shwetak Patel (CSE, ECE) Shwetak Patel will receive the prestigious ACM Prize in Computing for "contributions to creative and practical sensing systems for sustainability and health." 04/19 More: UW News » | CSE News » | ECE News

Mark Zachry (HCDE) was named Fellow of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing in honor of his scholarly productivity, leadership, and service to the field. 3/19 More »

Steve Brunton (ME) won the 2019 SIAG/CSE Early Career Prize. 03/19 More »

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