National and International Academies
Young investigator Awards
40 Under 40, American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists
Bezawit Getachew
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Fellows
International Association for Computational Mechanics
Beatrice Riviere
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
Controlled Release Society
Omid Veiseh
Bioengineering
International Association for Medical and Biological Engineering
Gang Bao
Bioengineering
American Physical Society
Rafael Verduzco
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Luay Nakhleh
Computer Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Reginal DesRoches
Civil and Environmental Engineering
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Tomasz Tkaczyk
Bioengineering
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Omid Veiseh
Bioengineering
SIAM Fellow
Matthias Heinkenschloss
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
Materials Research Society
Jun Lou
Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Materials Research Society
Lane Martin
Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Other Faculty Awards
Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Galicia
Antonios Mikos
Bioengineering
Rice Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service (2024)
Antonios Mikos
Bioengineering
2024 George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
Sabia Abidi
Bioengineering
2024 Rice Exceptional Scholar Award for Sustained Excellence
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Bioengineering
Biomedical Engineering Society Herbert Voigt Award for Distinguished Service
Jane Grande-Allen
Bioengineering
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Professional Impact Award for Education
Maria Oden
Bioengineering
Global Biomaterials Leadership Award, Chinese Association for Biomaterials
Antonios Mikos
Bioengineering
2024 Provost’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement
Aditya Mohite
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Welch Foundation Norman Hackerman Award
Haotian Wang
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rising Star Award, Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering
Haotian Wang
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
International Precious Metals Institute Henry J. Albert Award
Michael Wong
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2025 Provost’s Award for Outstanding Doctoral Advisor
Lisa Biswal
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2025 Braskem Award for Excellence in Materials Engineering and Science
Matteo Pasquali
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Blaise Pascal Medal in Engineering, European Academy of Sciences
Pol Spanos
Mechanical Engineering
IEEE Distinguished Service Award
Marcia O’Malley
Mechanical Engineering
2024 Presidential Award for Mentoring
Beatrice Riviere
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
2024 Marjorie Corcoran Award
Illya Hicks
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
Blackwell-Tapia Prize
Illya Hicks
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
2024 INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) Prize
Shiqian Ma
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
2024 INFORMS Computing Society Student Paper Award
Shuvomoy Das Gupta
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award
Jamie Padgett
Civil and Environmental Engineering
National Society of Black Engineers Leadership in Education Award
Reginald DesRoches
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Coastal Prairie Conservancy
Phil Bedient
Civil and Environmental Engineering
2025 Provost’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement
Jamie Padgett
Civil and Environmental Engineering
2025 Rice University Duncan Award
Lauren Stadler
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Materials Today Innovation Award
Pulickel Ajayan
Materials Science and NanoEngineering
ACS National Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into the Chemical Sciences
Karen Lozano
Materials Science and NanoEngineering
2024 George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
Luay Nakhleh
Computer Science
2024 Nicholas Salgo Outstanding Teaching Award
Rebecca Schreib
Computer Science
2024 Sophia Meyer Farb Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Rebecca Schreib
Computer Science
Secretary of Energy Achievement Award
John Mellor-Crummey
Computer Science
2025 IEEE CS Computer Pioneer Award in Honor of the Women of ENIAC
Moshe Vardi
Computer Science
2025 ICDT Test-of-Time Award
Moshe Vardi
Computer Science
2024 SIGHPC Doctoral Dissertation Award
Tirthak Patel
Computer Science
2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Tirthak Patel
Computer Science
American Statistical Association Don Owen Award
Marina Vannucci
Statistics
COPSS Awards Florence Nightingale David Award and Lectureship
Kathy Ensor
Statistics
Best Paper Award, Responsible Generative AI Workshop
Guha Balakrishnan
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Young Professional Best Paper Award (2nd place) IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Kaiyuan Yang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal
Richard Baraniuk
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Houston Inventor of the Year Award, Houston Intellectual Property Law Association
Naomi Halas
Electrical and Computer Engineering
IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society New Frontier Award
Kaiyuan Yang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society Lewis Winner Outstanding Paper
Taiyun Chi
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Cesar Uribe
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2024 Rice University Faculty Award for Excellence In University Service And Leadership
Tracy Volz
Activate Engineering Communication Program