Notable External Faculty Awards

NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Awards

  1. Mariana Lanzarini-Lopes, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2026 

  2. Bashima Islam, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2026

  3. Meghan Huber, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2025 

  4. Rod Kim, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2025 

  5. Govind Srimathveeravalli, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2024 

  6. Jinglei Ping, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2024 

  7. Robert Niffenegger, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2024 

  8. Emily Kumpel, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2024 

  9. Yeonsik Noh, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2023 

  10. Siyuan Rao, Biomedical Engineering, 2023 

  11. Wen Chen, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2023 

  12. Fatima Anwar, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2023 

  13. Ashish Kulkarni, Chemical Engineering, 2022 

  14. Peng Bai, Chemical Engineering, 2022 

  15. Guangyu Xu, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2021 

  16. Simos Gerasimidis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2021 

  17. Omar Abdelrahman, Chemical Engineering, 2021 

  18. Sarah Perry, Chemical Engineering, 2020 

  19. Jungwoo Lee, Chemical Engineering, 2020 

  20. Xian Du, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2020 

  21. Peter Beltramo, Chemical Engineering, 2020 

  22. Lauren Andrews, Chemical Engineering, 2020 

  23. Jun Yao, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2019 

  24. Yubing Sun, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2019 

  25. Stephen Nonnenmann, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2019 

  26. Juan Jiménez, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2019 

  27. Dan Holcomb, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2018 

  28. Colin Gleason, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2018 

  29. Shelly Peyton, Chemical Engineering, 2015 

  30. Boris Lau, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015 

  31. Caitlyn Butler, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015 

  32. Michael Zink, Electrical and Computer Programming, 2014 

  33. Joseph Bardin, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2014 

  34. David Irwin, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2014 

  35. Hari Balasubramanian, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2013 

  36. David Irwin, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2013 

  37. Qiangfei Xia, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2013 

  38. Jenna Marquard, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, 2012 

  39. Casey Brown, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2011 

  40. Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009 

  41. Eric Polizzi, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009 

  42. Erin Baker, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2008 

  43. Jeffrey Davis, Chemical Engineering, 2007 

  44. Jonathan Rothstein, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2006 

  45. Tilman Wolf, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2005 

  46. Ana Muriel, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2002 

  47. Lixin Gao, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2000 

  48. Dennis Goeckel, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1999 

  49. Dimitrios Maroudas, Chemical Engineering, 1995 

  50. James Rinderle, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 1990 * 

  51. David Reckhow, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1989 * 

  52. Christopher Hollot, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1988 * 

  53. David Pozar, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1984 * 

* Presidential Young Investigator Awards, an NSF program operating from 1984 to 1991 and replaced by the NSF CAREER Awards 

Notable Awards:

NIH Trailblazer Award

  • Guangyu Xu (2024)
  • T. Leo Liu (2023)
  • Prabhani Atukorale (2023)
  • Jinglei Ping (2022) 
  • Meghan Huber (2022)
  • Jun Yao (2022)
  • Chase Cornelison (2021)
  • Ivan Lee (2018)

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Awards (YFA)

  • Rod Kim (2025)
  • Peng Bai (2024)
  • Amir Arbabi (2024)
  • Qiangfei Xia (2012)
  • Joseph Bardin (2011)

American Chemical Society Young Investigator Award

  • Sarah Perry (2024)
  • Jessica Schiffman (2019)

American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award

  • Dimitry Kireev (2024)

A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award in Electronic Design Automation: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

  • Wayne Burleson (2024)

Leslie D. Martin Certificate of Merit Award: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)

  • Sergio Brena (2024) for Development of ANSI/PCI 150-24

Langer Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Excellence: American Institute of Chemical Engineers

  • Ashish Kulkarni (2024)

NIH Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA)

  • Yubing Sun (2024)
  • Jinglei Ping (2023)
  • Cathal Kearney (2022)

John Haddad Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

  • Stacyann Bailey (2023)

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Program Award

  • Siyuan Rao (2023)
  • Siyuan Rao (2022)
  • Jinglei Ping (2020)

Journal of Materials Chemistry Emerging Investigator

  • Peng Bai (2023)

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Hydrology Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award

  • Colin Gleason (2023)

 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)  Young Leader to Follow 

  • Francis Tainter (2023)

The Electrochemical Society (ECS) Sensor Outstanding Achievement Award

  • Nianqiang Wu (2022)

Milek Fellowship: American Institute of Steel Construction

  • Kara Peterman (2022)

Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) 

  • Jinglei Ping (2022)

SME Sandra L. Bouckley Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer

  • Wen Chen (2022)

Excellence in Research Award: Computers and Information in Engineering Division of ASME

  • Sundar Krishnamurty (2022)

ACS Petroleum Research Fund Young Investigator Award

  • Peng Bai (2021)

Emerging Investigator Award: Biomaterials Science Journal (Royal Society of Chemistry)

  • Cathal Kearney (2021)

Gordon Maskew Fair Award: American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists

  • John Tobiason (2021)

Elaine Wodzin Young Achiever Award: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)

  • Anju Pradhan (2021)

Outstanding Young Engineer Award, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society

  •  Joseph Bardin (2020)

IEEE Field Award for Distinguished Achievement

  • David Pozar (2020)

Terry Peshia Early Career Faculty Award: American Institute of Steel Construction

  • Kara Peterman (2020)

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Young Innovator Award

  • Ashish Kulkarni (2019)
  • Shelly Peyton (2015)

President Young Investigator Award from the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers

  • Jungwoo Lee (2019)

Stephanie Binder Young Professional Award, Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

  • Shannon Roberts (2019)

American Chemical Society Applied Materials & Interfaces Young Investigator Award

  • Jessica Schiffman (2019)

Ralph Fuhrman Medal for Outstanding Water Quality Academic-Practice Collaboration

  • Nick Tooker (2019)

President’s Science and Technology Initiative Award

  • Jae-Hwang Lee (2016)

NASA Early Career Achievement Medal

  • Konstantinos Andreadis (2015)

ONR Young Investigator Program Awardee

  • Joseph Bardin (2015)
  • Jonathan Rothstein (2005)
  • David Schmidt (2002)

Department of Energy Early Career Research Award

  • Ashwin Ramasubramaniam (2013)

NSF Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Awards

  • Casey Brown (2006)
  • Sanjay Raman (2000; received prior to joining UMass Amherst)

Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Program Award

  • Stephen Frasier (1998)