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32

National Academy of
Engineering members

93

NSF Early
CAREER Awardees

43

Sloan Fellows 

18

 PECASE Awards

Faculty honors news

Headshots of Valerie Daggett, Paul Kinahan, Daniel Kirschen and Ruikang Wang

Washington State Academy of Sciences

Engineering faculty members Valerie Daggett, Paul Kinahan, Daniel Kirschen and Ruikang Wang are among the fifteen UW researchers elected to the 2024 Washington State Academy of Sciences. Kristi Morgansen, elected in 2021, will join the board.

Selected awards received by UW College of Engineering Faculty (emeriti included)

Tom Anderson (CSE)
2017

Anna Karlin (CSE)
2016

Susan Eggers (CSE)
2013

Edward D. Lazowska (CSE)
2004

Yejin Choi (CSE)
2022

Shwetak Patel (CSE, ECE)
2011

Yoky Matsuoka (CSE)
2007

Nancy Allbritton (BioE)
2024

Samson Jenekhe (ChemE)
2022

Anna Karlin (CSE)
2022

Mari Ostendorf (ECE)
2021

Steven L. Kramer (CEE)
2020

Tom Anderson (CSE)
2016

James J. Riley (ME)
2014

Eric Horvitz (CSE affiliate)
2013

Rico Malvar (ECE affiliate)
2012

David Stahl (CEE)
2012

Hank Levy (CSE)
2011

Dennis Lettenmeier (CEE)
2010

David Auth (BioE affiliate)
2009

Matthew O'Donnell (BioE)
2009

Matthew O'Donnell (BioE)
2009

Matthew O'Donnell (BioE)
2009

Susan Eggers (CSE)
2006

George M. Homsy (ME affiliate)
2006

Allan Hoffman (BioE)
2005

Phil Bernstein (CSE affiliate)
2003

Burton Smith (CSE affiliate)
2003

Buddy Ratner (BioE)
2002

Ed Lazowska (CSE)
2001

James Bassingthwaighte (BioE)
2000

Akira Ishimaru (ECE)
1996

Dave Cutler (CSE affiliate)
1994

Bruce Finlayson (ChemE)
1994

Irene Peden (ECE)
1993

Bishnu S. Atal (ECE affiliate)
1987

Albert Kobayashi (ME)
1986

Abraham Hertzberg (A&A, deceased)
1976

Albert Babb (ChemE)
1972

Edward Wenk Jr. (CEE, deceased)
1969

Milo Bell (BioE, deceased)
1968

Albert Babb (ChemE)
1972

Edward Wenk Jr. (CEE, deceased)
1969

Milo Bell (BioE, deceased)
1968

  

Anna Karlin (CSE)
2021

Mary Lidstrom (ChemE)
2013

Richard Karp (CSE)
1996

Bishnu S. Atal (ECE)
1993

 

Steve Brunton (ME)
2019

Alvin Cheung (CSE)
2019

Elizabeth Nance (ChemE)
2019

Kevin Schneider (ECE affiliate)
2019

Emily B. Fox (CSE and ECE adjunct)
2017

Shwetak Patel (CSE, ECE)
2016

Luke Zettlemoyer (CSE)
2016

Bruce J. Hinds (MSE)
2009

Michael Hochberg (ECE)
2009

Cecilia Aragon (HCDE)
2008

Maya Gupta (ECE)
2007

Suzie Hwang Pun (BioE)
2005

Wei Li (ME)
2004

Radha Poovendran (ECE)
2004

Yoky Matsuoka (CSE)
2003

Alon Halevy (CSE)
2000

Chris Diorio (CSE)
1999

Deirdre Meldrum (ECE)
1997

Simon S. Du (CSE)
2024

Adriana Schulz (CSE)
2024

Leilani Battle (CSE)
2023

Yulia Tsvetkov (CSE)
2022

Hannaneh Hajishirzi (CSE)
2020

Yin Tat Lee (CSE)
2020

Alvin Cheung (CSE)
2019

Shayan Oveis Gharan (CSE)
2019

Maya Cakmak (CSE)
2018

Arka Majumdar (ECE)
2018

Ali Farhadi (CSE)
2017

Emina Torlak (CSE)
2016

Emily B. Fox (CSE and ECE)
2015

Shyam Gollakota (CSE)
2015

Thomas Rothvoss (CSE)
2015

Jeffrey Heer (CSE)
2014

Edward Lazowska (CSE)
2014

Shyam Gollakota (CSE)
2014

James Carothers (ChemE)
2013

Shwetak Patel (CSE and ECE)
2012

Anup Rao (CSE)
2011

Georg Seelig (CSE and ECE)
2011

Paul Wiggins (BioE and Physics)
2011

Luis Ceze (CSE)
2010

Christine Luscombe (MSE)
2010

James Lee (CSE)
2009

Tadayoshi Kohno (CSE)
2008

Venkatesan Guruswami (CSE)
2005

Mark Oskin (CSE)
2005

Steve Gribble (CSE)
2004

David Wetherall (CSE)
2004

Pedro Domingos (CSE)
2003

Zoran Popovic (CSE)
2003

Scott Hauck (CSE and ECE)
2001

Raj Rao (CSE)
2001

Steve Seitz (CSE)
2001

Dan Suciu (CSE)
2001

Brian Curless (CSE)
2000

Chris Diorio (CSE)
2000

Alon Halevy (CSE)
1999

David Salesin (CSE)
1995

Tom Anderson (CSE)
1994

Eve Riskin (CSE and ECE)
1994