National and International Academies
National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Vice President for Research
Professor of Materials Science and Nanoengineering
Canadian Academy of Engineering
Pol Spanos
Lewis B. Ryon Professor in Mechanical & Civil Engineering
Professor of Materials Science and Nanoengineering
CAREER Awards
Taiyun Chi
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Todd Treangen
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Hanyu Zhu
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Four Rice Engineering faculty researchers win NSF CAREER Awards
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Fellows
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S)
Reginald DesRoches
Civil and Environmental Engineering
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S)
Lydia Kavraki
Computer Science
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S)
Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Material Science and Nanoengineering
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Marek Kimmel
Statistics
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
C. Fred Higgs III
Mechanical Engineering
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Renata Ramos
Bioengineering
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Michael Wong
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
American Society of Biomechanics
B.J. Fregly
Mechanical Engineering
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Ashutosh Sabharwal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Andrew Schaefer
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Eugene Ng
Computer Science
Other Faculty Awards
100K Strong in the Americas Innovation Award
César A. Uribe
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ACS Southwest Regional Partners in Progress & Prosperity (P3) Award
Pedro Alvarez
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Michael Wong
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
American Chemical Society’s Greater Houston Section Younger Chemist Award
Thomas Senftle
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
American Mathematical Society Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture, Joint Mathematics Meeting
Richard Baraniuk
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Army Research Office Early Career Program Award
Santiago Segarra
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Best of Show Award, Poster at International Battery Seminar & Exhibit
Athanasios Antoulas
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Brimacombe Medal, Minerals, Metals and Materials (TMS) Society
Jun Lou
Materials Science and NanoEngineering
British Academy/Wolfson Fellowship
Philip Ernst
Statistics
DoE Hydrogen Program Research and Development Award in the Hydrogen Technologies — Production Category
Aditya Mohite
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Eni Energy Transition Award
Naomi J. Halas
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Festschrift
Athanasios Antoulas
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Gulf Coast Consortia for Notable Collaborative Accomplishment: Houston Wastewater Surveillance Program
Katherine Ensor
Statistics
Loren Hopkins
Statistics
Lauren Stadler
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), VP of Education and Member of the Board of Directors
Illya Hicks
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Frances E. Allen Medal
Lydia Kavraki
Computer Science
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) INFOCOM Achievement Award
Edward Knightly
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Bioengineering
International Statistical Institute Member
Marek Kimmel
Statistics
Invitee to US-China Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering
Sherry Gao
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Jensen Tissue Engineering Award
Tony Mikos
Bioengineering
John S. Dunn Foundation Collaborative Research Award
George Lu
Bioengineering
John S. Dunn Foundation Collaborative Research Award
Kevin McHugh
Bioengineering
Lebesgue Chair at Henri Lebesgue Center
Philip Ernst
Statistics
Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Frontiers of Materials Award
Yuji Zhao
Electrical and Computer Engineering
NSF BRITE Fellow
Jamie Padgett
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph Powe Jr. Award
César A. Uribe
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Outstanding Paper Award, ICML
Ben Hu
Computer Science
Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship
Philip Ernst
Statistics
Salomaa Prize in Automata Theory, Formal Languages, and Related Topics
Moshe Vardi
Computer Science
Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) Outstanding Career Achievement Award
Thanh Tran
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award
Kevin McHugh
Bioengineering
South Texas Section - AIChE Best Applied Paper Award
Haotian Wang
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Michael Wong
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
SPE Distinguished Lecturer
Hon-Chung Lau
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
TAMEST O’Donnell Award
Jamie Padgett
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Texas-Louisiana Section of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Secretary
Jesse Chan
Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
VMWare Early Career Faculty Grant
Ang Chen
Computer Science
Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers
Pulickel Ajayan
Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Pedro J.J. Alvarez
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Naomi Halas
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jun Lou
Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Antonios Mikos
Bioengineering
Aditya Mohite
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Robert Vajtai
Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Haotian Wang
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering