# Faculty Awards2024-25
**Source**: https://engineering.rice.edu/faculty-awards-2024-25
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FACULTY & RESEARCH
# Faculty Awards **2024-25**
### **National and International Academies**
###### American Academy of Arts and Sciences
[**Pedro Alvarez**](https://news.rice.edu/news/2024/two-rice-faculty-elected-american-academy-arts-and-sciences)\
*Civil and Environmental Engineering*
###### American Academy of Arts and Sciences
[**Antonios Mikos**](https://news.rice.edu/news/2024/two-rice-faculty-elected-american-academy-arts-and-sciences)\
*Bioengineering*
###### National Academy of Sciences
[**Ramamoorthy Ramesh**](https://news.rice.edu/news/2024/rices-harvey-ramesh-named-national-academy-sciences)\
*Materials Science and NanoEngineering*
###### Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
[**Naomi Halas**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/naomi-halas-elected-royal-danish-academy-sciences-and-letters)\
*Electrical and Computer Engineering*
###### National Academy of Inventors
[**Omid Veiseh**](https://news.rice.edu/news/2024/rices-veiseh-elected-national-academy-inventors)\
*Bioengineering*
###### National Academy of Engineering
[**Lydia Kavraki**](https://news.rice.edu/news/2025/rices-lydia-kavraki-elected-national-academy-engineering)\
*Computer Science*
### Young investigator Awards
###### Next Generation Leaders Cohort, Allen Institute
[**Jessica Butts**](https://alleninstitute.org/news/allen-institute-announces-2024-next-generation-leaders/)\
*Bioengineering*
###### MIT Technology Review 35 Under 35
[**Christina Tringides**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/tringides-named-mit-technology-review-35-under-35-list)\
*Materials Science and NanoEngineering*
###### EURASIP Early Career Award
[**Santiago Segarra**](https://engineering.rice.edu/news/santiago-segarra-wins-eurasip-early-career-award)\
*Electrical and Computer Engineering*
###### NSF Career Award
[**Cesar Uribe**](https://news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice-engineer-awarded-nsf-career-award-advance-decentralized-learning-next-generation)\
*Electrical and Computer Engineering*
###### 40 Under 40, American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists
[**Bezawit Getachew**](https://www.aaees.org/aaeesawardsceremony)\
*Civil and Environmental Engineering*
###### Med-X Young Investigator Award
[**Yong Lin Kong**](https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/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*