Carnegie Mellon Engineering

Current & Past Faculty Award Winners

Below is list of faculty who have been recognized for excellence in education and research. Our congratulations to all award winners.

 

Current Recipients

The College of Engineering (CIT) has named its 2010-2011 Faculty Awards recipients, as follows:

  • The George Tallmann Ladd Research Award was given to Onur Mutlu, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Shawn Litster, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Mutlu was awarded for his outstanding contributions in the development of concepts and implementations that enable very efficient, scalable, controllable, predictable, high-performance, and easy-to-program many-core systems. Litster received the award for his outstanding research on transport phenomena in electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices, including the development of a unique micro-scale diagnostics technique that enables in-situ measurements within the porous electrodes of fuel cells and batteries.

  • The Benjamin Richard Teare Teaching Award was given to James F. Hoburg, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received the award for outstanding contributions to education in many ways, including through his excellence in classroom teaching, his leadership as a former Associate Department Head of ECE, and as an advocate for quality and rigor in education.

  • The Philip L. Dowd Fellowship Award, which recognizes educational contributions and encourages the undertaking of an educational project, has been awarded to Erik Ydstie, Professor of Chemical Engineering, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was recognized for profound contributions to the revamping of the process control course in the Department of Chemical Engineering and for his efforts in writing a novel textbook that presents a new approach to process control education, integrating the principles of thermodynamics, transport processes and reaction engineering with the principles of modern computer control.

  •  Lorenz T. Biegler, Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering, received the Outstanding Research Award for pioneering contributions in large-scale nonlinear optimization theory and algorithms, particularly IPOPT, and their novel application to flowsheet optimization, process control, data reconciliation, and complex process applications.

  • The Steven J. Fenves Award, which acknowledges significant contribution to systems research in areas relevant to the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, has been awarded to Nick Sahinidis, Swearingen Professor of Chemical Engineering. He is recognized for the development of novel rigorous algorithms for global optimization and their implementation in the software BARON, which has become the state-of-the-art code for determining the global optimum in nonlinear and mixed-integer nonlinear programming models.

  • Mark Kryder received the Distinguished Professor of Engineering Award, which is made to a faculty member within the Carnegie Institute of Technology in recognition of exceptional achievements that have enhanced the reputation of CIT. He was recognized for his seminal contributions in the field of magnetic data storage for more than 30 years, which have had a major influence on the rapid advance of hard disk drives and CIT’s reputation as a leader in data storage technology, as well as his leadership in establishing and growing the CMU Data Storage Systems Center.

 

Past Recipients

Distinguished Professor of Engineering Award Winners

The Distinguished Professor of Engineering Award is made to a faculty member within the Carnegie Institute of Technology in recognition of exceptional achievements that have enhanced the reputation of CIT. The award consists of a gold medal and an honorarium. This award is to be given no more frequently than once every two years, when appropriate.

  • 2011 -- Mark Kryder (ECE)

  • 2010 -- Award not given this year

  • 2009 -- Daniel P. Siewiorek (ECE and CS)

  • 2008 -- Award not given this year

  • 2007 -- Edward Rubin (EPP and MechE)

  • 2006 -- Award not given this year

  • 2005 -- Award not given this year

  • 2004 -- Award not given this year

  • 2003 -- Richard Fruehan (MSE)

  • 2002 -- Arthur Westerberg (ChemE)

 

Philip L. Dowd Fellowship Recipients

The Dowd Fellowship is awarded to a faculty member in engineering to recognize educational contributions and to encourage the undertaking of an educational project such as textbook writing, educational technology development, laboratory experience improvement, educational software, or course and curriculum development.

  • 2011 -- Erik Ydstie (ChemE)

  • 2010 -- Jelena Kovacevic (BME)

  • 2009 -- Marija D. Ilic (ECE and EPP)

  • 2008 -- Jose Moura (ECE)

  • 2007 -- Award not given this year

  • 2006 -- Cliff Davidson (CEE)

  • 2005 -- Daniel Stancil (ECE)

  • 2004 -- Larry Cartwright (CEE)

  • 2003 -- Award not given this year

  • 2002 -- Vijayakumar Bhagavatula (ECE)

  • 2001 -- Michael Domach (ChemE and BME)

  • 2000 -- J. Cagan (MechE)

  • 1999 -- E. Rubin (EPP)

  • 1998 -- J. Bielak (CEE) and J. Wickert (MechE)

  • 1997 -- P. Steif (MechE)

  • 1996 -- M. Jhon (ChemE)

 

Winners of the Steven J. Fenves Award for Systems Research

The Steven J. Fenves Award for Systems Research will be presented to one or more individuals within Carnegie Mellon every year who have made a significant contribution to Systems research in areas relevant to ICES. The award will consist of a plaque and a gold medal or $1,500. This will be given individually to all awardees in the event that there is more than one award in any year. The award is to be presented annually (if appropriate), but no less than once every two years.

  • 2011 -- Nick Sahinidis (ChemE)

  • 2010 -- Gregory Lowry (CEE) and Ragunathan (Raj) Rajkumar (ECE)

  • 2009 -- Burcu Akinci (CEE)

  • 2008 -- James Antaki (BME)

  • 2007 -- Lee Weiss (ICES)

  • 2006 -- James Garrett (CEE)

  • 2005 -- Susan Finger (CEE) and Eswaran (Sub) Subrahmanian (ICES)

  • 2004 -- Larry Biegler (ChemE)

  • 2003 -- Asim Smailagic, ICES Research Professor

  • 2002 -- Sarosh Talukdar (ECE)

  • 2001 -- Chris Hendrickson (CEE), and Ulrich Flemming of the School of Architecture

  • 2000 -- Ignacio Grossmann (ChemE)

  • 1999 -- D. Siewiorek (ECE)

  • 1998 -- A. Westerberg (ChemE)

 

George Tallman Ladd Research Award Winners

The G.T. Ladd award is made to a faculty member within the Carnegie Institute of Technology in recognition of outstanding research and professional accomplishments and potential. The award is in the form of a memento and an honorarium. More than one award may be made in each year.

  • 2011 -- Onur Mutlu (ECE) and Shawn Litster (MechE)

  • 2010 -- Bruno Sinopoli (ECE) and Yongjie (Jessica) Zhang (MechE)

  • 2009 -- Jay F. Whitacre (MSE and EPP)

  • 2008 -- Mohammad Islam (MSE and ChemE) and David Ricketts (ECE)

  • 2007 -- Jeremy Michalek (MechE) and Kenneth Mai (ECE)

  • 2006 -- Shelly Anna (MechE) and Xiadong (Dawn) Song (ECE)

  • 2005 -- Philip LeDuc (MechE)

  • 2004 -- Diana Marculescu (ECE)

  • 2003 -- Burcu Akinci (CEE)

  • 2002 -- Radu Marculescu (ECE)

  • 2001 -- Jeanne VanBriesen (CEE)

  • 2000 -- D. Sholl (ChemE) and A. Robinson (EPP and MechE)

  • 1999 -- H. Choset (MechE) and P. Koopman (ECE)

  • 1998 -- K. Shimada (MechE)

  • 1997 -- Not awarded

  • 1996 -- G. Fedder (ECE), M. DeGraef (MSE) and W. Messner (MechE)

  • 1995 -- S. Pandis and R. Tilton (ChemE)

  • 1994 -- T. Pollock (MSE)

  • 1993 -- J. Sinclair (ChemE) and J. Wickert (MechE)

  • 1992 -- R. Bianchini (ECE) and T. Kurfess (MechE and EPP)

  • 1991 -- C. Amon (MechE) and D. Dzombak (CEE)

  • 1990 -- S. Saigal (CEE) and R. Sturgess (MechE)

  • 1989 -- P. Khosla (ECE)

  • 1988 -- E. Schlesinger (ECE)

  • 1987 -- R. Rutenbar (ECE)

  • 1986 -- B. Krough (ECE) and P. Steif (MechE)

  • 1985 -- A. Strojwas (ECE) and G. McRae (ChemE)

  • 1984 -- W. Johnson (Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science)

  • 1983 -- H. Henein (Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science)

  • 1982 -- F. Prinz (MechE and Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science)

  • 1981 -- M. Jhon (ChemE)

  • 1980 -- P. Wright (MechE), C. Davidson (CEE) and E. Suuberg (ChemE)

  • 1979 -- J. Hoburg (ECE)


Outstanding Research Award Winners

The Outstanding Research Award is made to a faculty member within the Carnegie Institute of Technology in recognition of an exceptional research contribution that has enhanced the reputation of CIT in a global or national context. This award is for a research accomplishment that has occurred during the candidates' time in CIT and has received significant praise from experts in the field. This award is designed to recognize a singular research accomplishment and is not meant to recognize an accumulated record of accomplishments. The award consists of a certificate and an honorarium. The award will be given annually (if appropriate).

  • 2011 -- Lorenz T. Biegler (ChemE)

  • 2010 -- Jian-Gang (Jimmy) Zhu (ECE)

  • 2009 -- Neil M. Donahue (ChemE and EPP) and Allen L. Robinson (MechE and EPP)

  • 2008 -- Vijayakumar Bhagavatula and Marios Savvides (ECE)

  • 2007 -- Jonathan Cagan (MechE)

  • 2006 -- Josa Moura and Markus Pueschel (ECE)

  • 2005-- Stanley Charap (ECE)

  • 2004 -- Jacobo Bielak (CEE), Omar Ghattas (CEE) and David O'Hallaron (ECE), and Research Engineer Volkan Akcelik

  • 2003 -- David Laughlin (MSE) and David Lambeth (ECE)

  • 2002 -- Andrzej Strojwas (ECE) and Wojciech Maly (ECE)

  • 2001 -- Jerry Griffin (MechE)

 

Benjamin Richard Teare Teaching Award Winners

The B.R. Teare Teaching Award is made to a faculty member within the Carnegie Institute of Technology in recognition of excellence in engineering education. The award consists of a memento and an honorarium. More than one award may be made in any year.

  • 2011 -- James F. Hoburg (ECE)

  • 2010 -- Philip LeDuc (MechE) and Adrian Perrig (ECE)

  • 2009 -- Jack L. Beuth, Jr. (MechE) and Priya Narasimhan (ECE)

  • 2008 -- William Messner (MechE)

  • 2007 -- Sridhar Seetharaman (MSE)

  • 2006 -- Irving Oppenheim (CEE)

  • 2005 -- Tsuhan Chen (ECE)

  • 2004 -- Susan Finger (CEE)

  • 2003 -- Paul Steif (MechE)

  • 2002 -- Jonathan Cagan (MechE)

  • 2001 -- Ed Schlesinger (ECE)

  • 2000 -- Jonathan Wickert (MechE)

  • 1999 -- David Laughlin (MSE)

  • 1998 -- Cristina Amon (MechE) and Spyros Pandis (ChemE)

  • 1997 -- Jerry Griffin (MechE)

  • 1996 -- Sunil Saigal (CEE)

  • 1995 -- Alan Cramb (MSE)

  • 1994 -- Sue McNeil (CEE and EPP)

  • 1993 -- Larry Cartwright (CEE)

  • 1992 -- Cliff Davidson (CEE and EPP)

  • 1991 -- Marvin Sirbu

  • 1990 -- Rob Rutenbar (ECE)

  • 1989 -- S. Fenves (CEE)

  • 1988 -- W. Maly (ECE)

  • 1987 -- C. Hendrickson (CEE)

  • 1986 -- E. Ko (ChemE)

  • 1985 -- T. Au (CEE)

  • 1984 -- M. Jhon (ChemE)

  • 1983 -- F. Prinz (MechE)

  • 1982 -- P. Christiano (CEE)

  • 1981 -- W. Whittaker (CEE)