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29
National Academy of
Engineering members
88
NSF Early
CAREER Awardees
39
Sloan Fellows
18
PECASE Awards
Here is a selection of awards received by UW College of Engineering Faculty (emeriti included)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Tom Anderson (CSE)
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Anna Karlin (CSE)
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Susan Eggers (CSE)
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Edward D. Lazowska (CSE)
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MacArthur Fellows
Yejin Choi (CSE)
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Shwetak Patel (CSE, ECE)
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Yoky Matsuoka (CSE)
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National Academy of Engineering
Samson Jenekhe (ChemE)
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Anna Karlin (CSE)
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Mari Ostendorf (ECE)
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Steven L. Kramer (CEE)
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Tom Anderson (CSE)
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James J. Riley (ME)
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Eric Horvitz (CSE affiliate)
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Rico Malvar (ECE affiliate)
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David Stahl (CEE)
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Hank Levy (CSE)
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Dennis Lettenmeier (CEE)
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David Auth (BioE affiliate)
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Matthew O'Donnell (BioE)
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Matthew O'Donnell (BioE)
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Matthew O'Donnell (BioE)
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Susan Eggers (CSE)
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George M. Homsy (ME affiliate)
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Allan Hoffman (BioE)
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Phil Bernstein (CSE affiliate)
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Burton Smith (CSE affiliate)
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Buddy Ratner (BioE)
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Ed Lazowska (CSE)
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James Bassingthwaighte (BioE)
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Akira Ishimaru (ECE)
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Dave Cutler (CSE affiliate)
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Bruce Finlayson (ChemE)
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Irene Peden (ECE)
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Bishnu S. Atal (ECE affiliate)
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Albert Kobayashi (ME)
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Abraham Hertzberg (A&A, deceased)
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Albert Babb (ChemE)
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Edward Wenk Jr. (CEE, deceased)
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Milo Bell (BioE, deceased)
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National Academy of Sciences
Anna Karlin (CSE)
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Mary Lidstrom (ChemE)
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Richard Karp (CSE)
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Bishnu S. Atal (ECE)
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Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Steve Brunton (ME)
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Alvin Cheung (CSE)
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Elizabeth Nance (ChemE)
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Kevin Schneider (ECE affiliate)
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Emily B. Fox (CSE and ECE adjunct)
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Shwetak Patel (CSE, ECE)
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Luke Zettlemoyer (CSE)
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Bruce J. Hinds (MSE)
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Michael Hochberg (ECE)
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Cecilia Aragon (HCDE)
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Maya Gupta (ECE)
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Suzie Hwang Pun (BioE)
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Wei Li (ME)
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Radha Poovendran (ECE)
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Yoky Matsuoka (CSE)
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Alon Halevy (CSE)
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Chris Diorio (CSE)
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Deirdre Meldrum (ECE)
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Sloan Research Fellowships
Leilani Battle (CSE)
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Yulia Tsvetkov (CSE)
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Hannaneh Hajishirzi (CSE)
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Yin Tat Lee (CSE)
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Alvin Cheung (CSE)
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Shayan Oveis Gharan (CSE)
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Maya Cakmak (CSE)
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Arka Majumdar (ECE)
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Ali Farhadi (CSE)
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Emina Torlak (CSE)
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Emily B. Fox (CSE and ECE)
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Shyam Gollakota (CSE)
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Thomas Rothvoss (CSE)
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Jeffrey Heer (CSE)
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Edward Lazowska (CSE)
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Shyam Gollakota (CSE)
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James Carothers (ChemE)
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Shwetak Patel (CSE and ECE)
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Anup Rao (CSE)
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Georg Seelig (CSE and ECE)
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Paul Wiggins (BioE and Physics)
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Luis Ceze (CSE)
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Christine Luscombe (MSE)
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James Lee (CSE)
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Tadayoshi Kohno (CSE)
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Venkatesan Guruswami (CSE)
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Mark Oskin (CSE)
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Steve Gribble (CSE)
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David Wetherall (CSE)
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Pedro Domingos (CSE)
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Zoran Popovic (CSE)
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Scott Hauck (CSE and ECE)
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Raj Rao (CSE)
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Steve Seitz (CSE)
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Dan Suciu (CSE)
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Brian Curless (CSE)
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Chris Diorio (CSE)
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Alon Halevy (CSE)
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David Salesin (CSE)
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Tom Anderson (CSE)
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Eve Riskin (CSE and ECE)
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Faculty honors news
Dayong Gao (ME)
Dayong Gao, the Origincell Endowed Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Cryo-Biomedical Engineering and Artificial Organs at the UW, was announced as the president of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) in March 2023. Gao will serve as president of the society from 2023 to 2026. 03/27/2023
Juan Carlos Idrobo (MSE)
Associate Professor Juan Carlos Idrobo has been named a fellow of the Microscopy Society of America (MSA). This honor recognizes researchers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the field of microscopy and microanalysis. 03/24/2023
Georg Seelig (CSE)
Professor Georg Seelig was hailed as the “DNA Computer Scientist of the Year” by the International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering (ISNSCE), who named him the winner of the 2023 Rozenberg Tulip Award in recognition of his leadership and original contributions that have advanced the field of DNA computing. 03/21/2023
Michelle DiBenedetto (ME)
ME Assistant Professor Michelle DiBenedetto received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award in January 2023. 03/09/2023
Leilani Battle (CSE)
The assistant professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering has been awarded a research fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 02/21/2023
Behçet Açıkmeşe (A&A)
Professor Behçet Açıkmeşe was elected to American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow. 02/16/2023
Pedro Arduino (CEE)
CEE Professor Pedro Arduino is the recipient of the 2023 Academic Engineer of the Year Award by the Puget Sound Engineering Council (PSEC). The honor recognizes Arduino’s career as a geotechnical engineering educator as well as his contributions to advanced modeling techniques that enable the study of soil behavior. 02/14/2023
Yinhai Wang (CEE)
CEE Professor Yinhai Wang has been elevated to the status of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow. Effective January 2023, the honor recognizes Wang’s contributions to traffic sensing, transportation data science, and smart infrastructure systems. 01/31/2023
Luis Ceze (CSE)
Luis Ceze was named Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. The Allen School professor received the honor for his contributions to developing new architectures and programming systems for emerging applications and computing technologies. 01/19/2023
Kai-Mei Fu (ECE)
ECE Professor Kai-Mei Fu was recently named a 2023 Optica Fellow for outstanding contributions to optics and photonics — the study of the fundamental properties of light and harnessing this knowledge in practical application. 12/16/2022
Highly cited researchers
Congrats to the UW Engineering faculty and researchers who've been named to Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers list for 2022. 11/29/2022
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Huijia (Rachel) Lin (CSE)
Huijia (Rachel) Lin has been named one of Science News’ 10 Scientists to Watch for her exploration of “magical concepts” in cryptography – seeming paradoxes that turn out to be possible. 11/15/2022
Maya Cakmak (CSE)
Maya Cakmak earns Anita Borg Early Career Award for advancing innovation and broadening participation in human-centered robotics. 09/01/2022
Andre Berndt (BioE)
BioE assistant professor Andre Brendt received a 2022 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award from the McKnight Foundation. 08/08/2022
Dan Suciu (CSE)
The Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on the Management of Data honored professor Dan Suciu with its 2022 Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award in recognition of his “lasting contributions to the foundations of novel data management trends.” 06/29/2022
Sajjad Moazeni (ECE)
Receives 2022 NSF CAREER award to help make the next generation of AI supercomputers faster, more powerful and energy-efficient. 06/29/2022
Azadeh Yazdan (BioE)
Has earned the American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award for innovative stroke treatment. 06/28/2022
Prashanth Rajivan (ISE)
Recipient of the 2022 NSF CAREER Award to better understand the cognitive processes that explain and predict human decisions related to phishing attacks. 06/29/2022
Jessica Ray (CEE)
Recipient of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award. 06/16/2022
Joyce Yen (ADVANCE)
Honored with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. 05/11/2022
Xu Chen (ME)
Received a 2022 Sandra L. Bouckley Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). 04/27/2022
Mehmet Kurt (ME)
Received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award. 04/22/2022
Yulia Tsvetkov (CSE)
Awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 02/22/2022
Samson Jenekhe (ChemE) and Anna Karlin (CSE)
Elected to the National Academy of Engineering. 02/9/2022
Richard Ladner (CSE)
Elected AAAS Fellow for his leadership in making computing education and careers accessible to people with disabilities. 01/27/2022
Prashanth Rajivan (ISE)
Recipient of the 2022 NSF Early Career Award for his proposal titled "CAREER: Understanding the Principles of Working Memory in Phishing Decision Making” 01/19/2022