Faculty Awards
The following awards are given to faculty in recognition of their academic and research achievements. Our congratulations to all award winners.
The Excellence in Teaching Award
The Excellence in Teaching Award is given each year to a member of our faculty by Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the electrical engineering honor society.
- 2022: Amrit Pandey
- 2021: Richard Stern
- 2020: Maysam Chamanzar
- 2019: Bill Nace
- 2018: Vyas Sekar
- 2017: Aswin Sankaranarayanan
- 2016: Tamal Mukherjee
- 2014: Ken Mai
- 2012: Jimmy Zhu
Joel and Ruth Spira Excellence in Teaching Award
The Joel and Ruth Spira Excellence in Teaching Award is presented to an ECE faculty member based on major accomplishments and outstanding qualities and strengths in teaching. Established with an endowment by the Lutron Foundation, this award recognizes individuals who excel in the classroom by helping students learn, understand, and apply the fundamentals of engineering.
- 2021: Jimmy Zhu and Greg Kesden
- 2020: Bryan Parno
- 2019: Maysam Chamanzar
- 2018: Pulkit Grover, Aswin Sankaranarayanan, Rich Stern, and Byron Yu
- 2017: Tom Sullivan
- 2016: Don Thomas
National and international recognition
NAE member
Randy Bryant
Ed Clarke
Bob Davis
Angel Jordan
Takeo Kanade
Pradeep Khosla
Mark Kryder
Granger Morgan
Jose Moura
Ron Rohrer
Dan Siewiorek
Bob White
IEEE Fellow
Bhagavatula, Vijayakumar
Blanton, Shawn
Bryant, Randall
Carley, Kathleen
Carley, Rick
Casasent, Dave
Cendes, Zoltan
Clarke, Edmund
Cranor, Lorrie
Director, Steve
Fedder, Gary
Ganger, Greg
Gibbons, Phil
Gibson, Garth
Gligor, Virgil
Hills, Alex
Hoe, James
Hollis, Ralph
Ilic, Marija
Jahanian, Farnam
Kanade, Takeo
Khosla, Pradeep
Hoburg, Jim
Kar, Soummya
Kim, Hyong
Kovacevic, Jelena
Krogh, Bruce
Kryder, Mark
Lambeth, Dave
Laughlin, David
Li, Xin
Majetich, Sara
Marculescu, Diana
Marculescu, Radu
Maly, Wojtek
Maxion, Roy
Milnes, Arthur
Morgan, Granger
Moura, Jose
Mowry, Todd
O’Halloran, David
Peha, Jon
Pileggi, Larry
Rajkumar, Raj
Ramakrishnan, Bhiksha Raj
Reddy, Raj
Satyanarayanan, Mahadev
Schlesinger, Ed
Shen, John
Siewiorek, Dan
Sitti, Metin
Smailagic, Asim
Steenkiste, Peter
Stern, Richard
Strojwas, Andrzej
Talukdar, Sarosh
Thomas, Don
Towe, Elias
Veloso, Manuela
Wasserman, Tony
White, Bob
Wing, Jeannette
Zhu, Jimmy
AAAS Fellow
Jordan, Angel
Khosla, Pradeep
Morgan, Granger
Moura, José
Peha, Jon
Siewiorek, Dan
Towe, Elias
White, Bob
National Academy of Inventors
Moura, José
AAAI Fellow
Acoustical Society of America Fellow
ACM Fellow
Siewiorek, Dan
Thomas, Don
APS Fellow
White, Bob
EURASIP Fellow
OSA Fellow
Casasent, Dave
Towe, Elias
SPIE Fellow
Casasent, Dave
Schlesinger, Ed
TMS Fellow
International Association of Pattern Recognition Fellows
Carnegie Science Awards
Narasimhana, Priya
Rajkumaaar, Raj (2011)
ACM Outstanding Innovation
INSIGHT Women STEM
Pistilli Women EDA Achievement
ASEE Carlson Award
Am Phy Burton Award
IEEE SPS Technical Achievement
Kovačević, Jelena
ACM Gordon Bell Peak Performance Prize
Franchetti, Franz
Aristotle
Maly, Wojtek
Valkenburg, Circuits Society
Pileggi, Larry
SIGDA Newton
DAC Prolific Author
Siewiorek, Dan
Thomas, Don