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33 National Academy of Engineering members
96 NSF Early CAREER Awardees
46 Sloan Fellows
20 PECASE Awards
Faculty honors news
(CSE, ECE) American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Congrats to Magdalena Balazinska and Shwetak Patel, who are among the UW faculty members elected to the AAAS this year.
(CSE) Vikram Iyer named Sloan fellow
The Allen School assistant professor is among five UW faculty members awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
(BioE, ChemE, CSE adjunct) David Baker elected to NAE
Congrats to David Baker, head of the Institute for Protein Design and adjunct professor of bioengineering, chemical engineering, and computer science and engineering, on his election to the National Academy of Engineering.
(ECE) Professor Lih-Yuan Lin named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Lih-Yuan Lin, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors.
(ECE) Maryam Fazel receives 2025 Farkas Prize
The University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering congratulates Professor Maryam Fazel, recipient of the 2025 Farkas Prize from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, or INFORMS, Optimization Society.
(CSE) Jeffrey Heer receives InfoVis Test of Time Award
Allen School professor Jeffrey Heer receives InfoVis Test of Time Award for creating Voyager visualization tool for more efficient data exploration
(ChemE) Elizabeth Nance named finalist for the 2025 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
Elizabeth has been recognized for her pioneering work in brain tissue modeling and nanoparticle engineering for targeted treatment of newborn and pediatric brain injuries.
(A&A) Karen Leung receives NSF CAREER Award to build autonomous systems with enhanced human-like social skills
Karen Leung recieved this award for research that could improve how autonomous systems interact safely with humans.
(A&A) Ed Habtour receives NSF CAREER Award to develop ultra-efficient ultra-fast biomimetic robots
Ed Habtour recieved this award for developing transformative engineering theories that harness the specialized geometric patterns found in biological systems.
(CSE) Abhishek Gupta receives RAS Early Academic Career Award
Gupta’s research has focused on developing methods that can make it practical for robots to improve safely and reliably through reinforcement learning.
(ChemE) Samson Jenekhe wins 2025 de Gennes Prize
The Royal Society of Chemistry has awarded the 2025 de Gennes Prize to Samson Jenekhe, professor of chemistry and chemical engineering and Frank and Julie Jungers Endowed Chair of Engineering.
(ME) Shaping the future of recyclable electronics
Assistant Professor Mohammad Malakooti has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award to advance sustainable manufacturing of flexible electronics.
Washington State Academy of Sciences
Engineering faculty members Magdalena Bałazińska, Cynthia Chen, Kai-Mei Fu, Julie Kientz, and Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert are among the twelve UW researchers elected to the 2025 Washington State Academy of Sciences.
Selected awards received by UW College of Engineering Faculty (emeriti included)
Magdalena Balazinska (CSE) | Shwetak Patel (CSE, ECE) |
Dan Suciu (CSE) | Tom Anderson (CSE) |
Anna Karlin (CSE) | Susan Eggers (CSE) |
Edward D. Lazowska (CSE) |
Yejin Choi (CSE)
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Shwetak Patel (CSE, ECE)
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Yoky Matsuoka (CSE)
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Nancy Allbritton (BioE)
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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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Albert Babb (ChemE)
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Edward Wenk Jr. (CEE, deceased)
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Milo Bell (BioE, deceased)
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Xiaodong Xu (Physics and MSE) | Anna Karlin (CSE) |
Charles Marcus (MSE) | Mary Lidstrom (ChemE) |
Richard Karp (CSE) | Bishnu S. Atal (ECE) |
Kate Starbird (HCDE) | Bhuvana Srinivasan (A&A) | Steve Brunton (ME) |
Alvin Cheung (CSE) | Elizabeth Nance (ChemE) | Kevin Schneider (ECE affiliate) |
Emily B. Fox (CSE and ECE adjunct) | Shwetak Patel (CSE, ECE) | Luke Zettlemoyer (CSE) |
Bruce J. Hinds (MSE) | Michael Hochberg (ECE) | Cecilia Aragon (HCDE) |
Maya Gupta (ECE) | Suzie Hwang Pun (BioE) | Wei Li (ME) |
Radha Poovendran (ECE) | Yoky Matsuoka (CSE) | Alon Halevy (CSE) |
Chris Diorio (CSE) | Deirdre Meldrum (ECE) |
Vikram Iyer (CSE)
2026
Amy Orsborn (BioE/ECE)
2025
Amy Zhang (CSE)
2025
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
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 | Vikram Iyer | Computer Science & Engineering |
| 2024 | Adriana Schulz | Computer Science & Engineering |
| 2024 | Amy Orsborn | Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering |
| 2024 | Ting Cao | Materials Science & Engineering |
| 2024 | Chaoyue Zhao | Industrial & Systems Engineering |
| 2024 | Nadya Peek | Human Centered Design & Engineering |
| 2024 | Lucas Meza | Mechanical Engineering |
| 2023 | Michelle DiBenedetto | Mechanical Engineering |
| Ji-Eun Kim | Industrial & Systems Engineering | |
| 2022 | Jessica Ray | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| 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 |