School of Engineering first quarter 2021 awards

Members of the MIT engineering college obtain lots of awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and general excellence. The Faculty of Engineering periodically recognizes their achievements by highlighting the honors, prizes, and medals received by faculty working in our tutorial departments, labs, and centers.

  • Cullen Buie of the Division of Mechanical Engineering was named an American Institute for Medical and Organic Engineering Fellow on Feb. 16.     
     
  • Anantha Chandrakasan of the Office of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named an ACM Fellow on Jan. 13.
     
  • Betar Gallant of the Department of Mechanical Engineering won an NSF Profession Award on Feb. 11.
     
  • Lee Gehrke of the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science was nominated to the American Institute for Professional medical and Organic Engineering Higher education of Fellows on Feb. 19.
     
  • Henry Corrigan-Gibbs of the Office of Electrical Engineering and Pc Science won the ACM CCS Take a look at-of-Time Award on Nov. 13, 2020.
     
  • Linda Griffith of the Department of Biological Engineering won the Countrywide Academy of Engineering Gordon Prize on Jan. 7.
     
  • Shafi Goldwasser of the Section of Electrical Engineering and Pc Science        was named a 2021 North American Laureate by L’Oréal-UNESCO For Ladies in Science Worldwide on Feb. 11.
     
  • Music Han of the Section of Electrical Engineering and Laptop or computer Science was named a single of IEEE’s AIs 10 to Look at on Aug. 15, 2020.
     
  • Anders Sejr Hansen of the Section of Organic Engineering received a National Science Basis grant on Feb. 2.
     
  • Neville Hogan of the Division of Mechanical Engineering won the IEEE Society’s 2021 Pioneer in Robotics and Automation Award on Jan. 26.           
     
  • Rohit Karnik of the Section of Mechanical Engineering was named a Senior Member of the Countrywide Academy of Inventors on Feb. 11.
     
  • Jonathan Ragan-Kelle of the Office of Electrical Engineering and Pc Science won Intel’s 2020 Excellent Researcher Award on Feb. 17.
     
  • Hermano Igo Krebs of the Office of Mechanical Engineering was named a 2021 IEEE-EMBS Distinguished Lecturer on Feb. 19.   
     
  • Doug Lauffenburger of the Section of Biological Engineering won the Nationwide Academy of Engineering Gordon Prize on Jan. 7.
     
  • Harvey Lodish of the Division of Organic Engineering gained the International Culture for Experimental Hematology 2020 Donald Metcalf Award on Jan. 29, was awarded an Honorary Physician of Science diploma from the Chinese College of Hong Kong on Dec. 13, 2020, and was named a Royal Academy of Drugs of Belgium Overseas Member on Dec. 16, 2020.
     
  • Luqiao Liu of the Division of Electrical Engineering and Laptop Science was awarded a 2021 Sloan Study Fellowship on Feb. 16.
     
  • Samuel Madden of the Office of Electrical Engineering and Laptop Science was named a 2020 ACM Fellow on Jan. 13.
     
  • Muriel Médard of the Office of Electrical Engineering and Computer system Science was Inducted into the Nationwide Academy of Engineering on Oct. 1, 2020, and was named the IEEE Info Concept Society’s 2021 Padovani Lecturer on Jan. 26.
     
  • Rob Miller with co-writer David Karger of the Section of Electrical Engineering and Personal computer Science won the UIST 2020 Long lasting Influence Award on Oct. 22, 2020.      
     
  • Tomas Palacios of the Office of Electrical Engineering and Laptop or computer Science won Intel’s 2020 Fantastic Researcher Award on Feb. 17.
          
  • Negar Reiskarimian of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Pc Science won the IEEE Worldwide Microwave Symposium 2020 Second Area Greatest Pupil Paper Award on Jan. 01.
     
  • Ellen Roche of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Science was awarded a One Ventricle Investigate Fund Award from Extra on Jan. 12.
     
  • Daniela Rus of the Section of Electrical Engineering and Laptop or computer Science won the 2020 John McCarthy Award on Jan 1.
     
  • Robert T-I Shin of the Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer system Science was named an IEEE Fellow on Dec. 1, 2020.
     
  • Julian Shun of the Office of Electrical Engineering and Laptop Science won a Google Faculty Investigation Award Jan. 1.
     
  • Michael Stonebraker of the Section of Electrical Engineering and Pc Science won the 2020 C&C Prize on Nov. 30, 2020. 
     
  • Collin M. Stultz of the Institute of Clinical Engineering and Science was named a 2021 Phi Beta Kappa Browsing Scholar on March 1.
     
  • Antonio Torralba of the Division of Electrical Engineering and Pc Science was named a Fellow of the Association for the Progression of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) on Dec. 23, 2020.
     
  • Kripa Varanasi of the Office of Mechanical Engineering won the Best Paper Award – MITAB 2020 Utilized Electricity Symposium on Dec. 18, 2020.
     
  • Sixian You of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer system Science was named a Scialog: Advancing Bioimaging Fellow for 2021 on Feb. 1.