Faculty Awards

Faculty Awards
Faculty Awards
The following awards honor Penn Engineering faculty and students who have made outstanding contributions to their fields. The awards recognize excellence in academics, teaching and research.
2026:
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
Biochemical Society Award – Significant Breakthrough or Achievement
Nader Engheta (ESE):
National Academy of Engineering
Deep Jariwala (ESE):
2026 Optica Fellow
Surbhi Goel (CIS):
2026 Sloan Research Fellow
Cherie Kagan (ESE):
2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
Vijay Kumar (MEAM):
A.C. Eringen Medal
Claudia Loebel (BE):
Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award
George Pappas (ESE):
2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
Alejandro Ribeiro (ESE):
IEEE Fellow
Karen Winey (MSE, CBE):
National Academy of Engineering
2025:
Ritesh Agarwal (MSE):
2025 American Physical Society (APS) Fellow
Jason Altschuler (CIS, ESE):
2025 Sloan Fellow
John L. Bassani (MEAM):
2025 Society of Engineering Science (SES) William Prager Medal
Haim H. Bau (MEAM):
2025 NAI Fellow
André DeHon (ESE):
2025 NAI Fellow
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
2025 ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
2025 Fleming Prize
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
2025 Sloan Fellow
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
2025 World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
2025 Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researcher
Sherry Gao (BE, CBE):
AiChE Early Career Award in Chemical Engineering
Surbhi Goel (CIS):
2025 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow
Surbhi Goel (CIS):
2025 Amazon Research Award
Deep Jariwala (ESE):
2025 SPIE Early Career Achievement Award — Academic Focus
Deep Jariwala (ESE):
2025 Young Innovator Award
Deep Jariwala (ESE):
The Kavli Foundation Early Career Lectureship in Materials Science
Doug Jerolmack (MEAM):
2025 American Physical Society (APS) Fellow
Cherie Kagan (ESE):
IEEE Fellow
Dohyung Kim (CBE):
2025 Packard Fellow
Jina Ko (BE):
2025 CAREER Award
Boon Thau Loo (CIS):
2025 NAI Fellow
Antonio Loquercio (ESE):
2025 ISSNAF Young Investigator Award
Mike Mitchell (BE):
2025 Kabiller Rising Star Award
George Pappas (ESE):
IEEE Kirchmayer Award
George Pappas (ESE):
RV 2025 Test of Time Award
Ravi Radhakrishnan (CBE):
2025 AIChE Fellow
Shu Yang (MSE):
National Geographic Extraordinary Changemaker
2024:
Firooz Aflatouni (ESE):
2024 Fellow of Optica
Rajeev Alur (CIS):
2024 Donald E. Knuth Prize
Dawn A. Bonnell (MSE):
American Philosophical Society
André DeHon (ESE, CIS), Jing Li (ESE, CIS), and Jonathan M. Smith (CIS):
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grant
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
2024 Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
Real Academia de Farmacia de Galicia
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
Keystone Symposia Fellows Early Career Scientist
Lei Gu (ESE):
ARPA-E award
Deep Jariwala (ESE):
2024 Materials Today Rising Star Award
Deep Jariwala (ESE):
2024 Optica’s Adolph Lomb Medal
Dinesh Jayaraman (CIS):
NSF Career Award
Cherie Kagan (ESE):
Humboldt Research Award
Dohyung Kim (CBE):
Unilever Award 2024
Dohyung Kim (CBE):
2024 KSEA Young Investigators Grant
Vijay Kumar (MEAM):
John Scott Award for Robotics Advances
Benjamin C. Lee (ESE):
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow (2024)
Gushu Li (CIS, ESE):
Intel’s Rising Star Award (2024)
Rahul Mangharam (ESE, CIS):
NSF Award for Trustworthy AI in Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems
Nikolai Matni (ESE):
2024 AFOSR YIP Award
Nikolai Matni (ESE):
2024 IEEE Best Paper Award
George Pappas (ESE):
National Academy of Engineering
George Pappas (ESE):
IEEE CSS George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award
Allison Pouch (BE):
2024 Cardiac Center Innovation Award
Ottman Tertuliano (MEAM):
2024 CAREER Award
Kyle Vining (MSE):
Hartwell Foundation Biomedical Research Award
Flavia Vitale (BE):
2024 CAREER Award
Shu Yang (MSE, CBE):
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
2023:
Firooz Aflatouni (ESE):
2023 Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) Emerging Inventor of the Year
Robert Carpick (MEAM) and Andrew Rappe (MSE):
National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry
André DeHon:
2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Fellow
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
Journal of Nanobiotechnology Rising Star Award 2023
Eric Detsi (MSE):
MACH2 Proposal (H2 Hub) from the Biden-Harris Administration
Joe Devietti (CIS):
2023 Penn Fellows
Edgar Dobriban (CIS):
2023 Sloan Research Fellow
Paul Ducheyne (BE):
2023 International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (ISCM) Hironobu Oonishi Memorial Award
Nader Engheta (ESE):
2023 Franklin Medal
Nader Engheta (ESE):
2023 Caltech Distinguished Alumni
Liang Feng (MSE):
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Director’s Fellow
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
Highly Cited Researcher 2023
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
2023 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine (ELHM) Scholar
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
2023 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
Elected member, Royal Academy of Pharmacology (Galicia)
César de la Fuente (BE, CBE):
2023 Rao Makineni Lectureship Award
Riccardo Gottardi (BE):
2023 Young Innovator of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
Hamed Hassani (ESE):
IEEE Information Theory Society 2023 James L. Massey Research & Teaching Award for Young Scholars
Hamed Hassani (ESE):
2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award
David Issadore (BE):
Lab on a Chip & Dolomite Pioneers of Miniaturisation Lectureship Award
Deep Jariwala (ESE):
2023 American Vacuum Society (AVS) Peter Mark Memorial Award
Deep Jariwala (ESE):
2023 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award
Deep Jariwala (ESE):
2023 American Chemical Society (ACS) Nano Lectureship Award
Deep Jariwala (ESE):
2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nano Early Career Award
Kevin Johnson (CIS):
Elected President of The American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI)
Kevin Johnson (CIS):
2023 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Pioneer Award
Jina Ko (BE):
2023 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Innovator Award
Jing (Jane) Li (ESE):
2023 Benjamin Franklin Key Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Philadelphia Section
Insup Lee (CIS):
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Technical Committee on Cyber-Physical Systems (TCCPS) Distinguished Leadership Award 2023
Mike Mitchell (BE):
2023 Young Innovator of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
Mike Mitchell (BE):
2023 Innovation in Dental Medicine and Engineering to Advance Oral Health (IDEA)Prize
Chinedum Osuji (CBE):
2022-2023 Faculty Advancement Network (FAN) Ivy Plus Provost Leadership Fellow
Michael Posa (MEAM):
National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award
Michael Posa (MEAM):
2023 Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) Foundation Early-Career Spotlight Award
Tal Rabin (CIS):
2023 Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing
Jordan Raney (MEAM):
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Jordan Raney (MEAM):
National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award
Aaron Roth (CIS):
Hans Sigrist Prize from the University of Bern
Anthony Sigillito (ESE):
2023 Intel rising star award
Warren Seider (CBE):
2023 AIChE Founders Award
Sydney Shaffer (BE):
2023 Society for Melanoma Research (SMR) Christopher Marshall Award
Kathleen J. Stebe (CBE):
2023 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Schowalter Lecturer
Cynthia Sung (MEAM):
2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Philadelphia Section Delaware Valley Young Electrical Engineer of the Year Award
Val B. Tannen (CIS):
Academia Europaea in 2023
Kyle Vining (MSE):
2023 Innovation in Dental Medicine and Engineering to Advance Oral Health (IDEA)Prize
Rakesh Vohra (ESE):
INFORMS Frederick W. Lanchester Prize
Shu Yang (MSE):
2023 AAAS Fellow
Shu Yang (MSE):
2023 American Chemical Society (ACS) Langmuir Lectureship Award
Mark Yim (MEAM):
NSF’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering Community Research Infrastructure
Jimmy Zhang (ESE), Rohit Bhikule (MEAM), Chandravaran Kunjeti, Jason Xie and Rahul Mangharam (ESE):
12th Annual F1Tenth Autonomous Grand Prix
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