Faculty Awards2024-25

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FACULTY & RESEARCH

Faculty Awards 2024-25

National and International Academies

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Pedro Alvarez\ Civil and Environmental Engineering

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Antonios Mikos\ Bioengineering

National Academy of Sciences

Ramamoorthy Ramesh\ Materials Science and NanoEngineering

Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

Naomi Halas\ Electrical and Computer Engineering

National Academy of Inventors

Omid Veiseh\ Bioengineering

National Academy of Engineering

Lydia Kavraki\ Computer Science

Young investigator Awards

Next Generation Leaders Cohort, Allen Institute

Jessica Butts\ Bioengineering

MIT Technology Review 35 Under 35

Christina Tringides\ Materials Science and NanoEngineering

EURASIP Early Career Award

Santiago Segarra\ Electrical and Computer Engineering

NSF Career Award

Cesar Uribe\ Electrical and Computer Engineering

40 Under 40, American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists

Bezawit Getachew\ Civil and Environmental Engineering

Med-X Young Investigator Award

Yong Lin Kong\ Mechanical 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