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29
National Academy of
Engineering members
89
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
Ruikang Wang (BioE)
Congrats to Ruikang Wang, professor of bioengineering and ophthalmology, on being named the 2023 UW Medicine Inventor of the Year. 09/08/2023
Ji-Eun Kim (ISE)
Assistant Professor Ji-Eun Kim (ISE) has been awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for her innovative research on vigilance decrement in clinical environments, a critical issue with far-reaching implications for healthcare quality and patient safety. 08/22/2023
Washington State Academy of Sciences
Engineering faculty members Corie Cobb, Mehran Mesbahi and Yinhai Wang are among the eight UW researchers recently elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. 07/25/2023
UW ‘Brainworks’ wins Northwest Emmy Award
Eric Chudler, bioengineering faculty member and executive director of the UW Center for Neurotechnology, and Cara Podenski, managing executive producer for UW Video, produced the episode. 07/05/2023
Shuai Huang (ISE)
ISE associate professor Shuai Huang honored with two DAIS Awards for advancing healthcare data analytics and educational excellence. 05/24/2023
Thomas Rothvoss (CSE)
Professor Thomas Rothvoss wins 2023 Gödel Prize for proving the exponential complexity of a core problem in combinatorial optimization. 05/23/2023
Faisal Hossain (CEE)
From helping to conserve water to reducing food insecurity in numerous countries around the world, a steady stream of accomplishments have led to Professor Faisal Hossain being named the inaugural recipient of the 2023 UW Excellence in Global Engagement Award. 05/11/2023
Franziska Roesner and Tadayoshi Kohno (CSE)
Allen School team earns NSDI Test of Time Award for research into how third-party trackers “badger” people online. 05/04/2023
Su-In Lee and Sara Mostafavi (CSE)
Professors Su-In Lee and Sara Mostafavi awarded CZI Data Insights grants to advance explainable AI for biomedical research. 04/25/2023
Yinhai Wang (CEE)
Professor Yinhai Wang is the recipient of two honors from ASCE. In addition to being honored with the 2023 Francis Turner Award, Wang was elevated to the title of Distinguished Member, Class of 2023. 04/04/2023
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