Notable External Faculty Awards

NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Awards

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

  1. David Pozar, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1984*
  2. Christopher Hollot, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1988 *
  3. David Reckhow, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1989 *
  4. James Rinderle, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 1990*
  5. Dimitrios Maroudas, Chemical Engineering, 1995
  6. Dennis Goeckel, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1999
  7. Lixin Gao, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2000
  8. Ana Muriel, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2002
  9. Tilman Wolf, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2005
  10. Jonathan Rothstein, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2006
  11. Jeffrey Davis, Chemical Engineering, 2007
  12. Erin Baker, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2008
  13. Eric Polizzi, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009
  14. Hossein Pishro-Nik, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009
  15. Casey Brown, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2011
  16. Jenna Marquard, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, 2012
  17. Qiangfei Xia, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2013
  18. David Irwin, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2013
  19. Hari Balasubramanian, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2013
  20. David Irwin, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2014
  21. Joseph Bardin, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2014
  22. Michael Zink, Electrical and Computer Programming, 2014
  23. Caitlyn Butler, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015
  24. Boris Lau, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015
  25. Shelly Peyton, Chemical Engineering, 2015
  26. Colin Gleason, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2018
  27. Dan Holcomb, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2018
  28. Juan Jiménez, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2019
  29. Stephen Nonnenmann, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2019
  30. Yubing Sun, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2019
  31. Jun Yao, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2019
  32. Lauren Andrews, Chemical Engineering, 2020
  33. Peter Beltramo, Chemical Engineering, 2020
  34. Xian Du, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2020
  35. Jungwoo Lee, Chemical Engineering, 2020
  36. Sarah Perry, Chemical Engineering, 2020
  37. Omar Abdelrahman, Chemical Engineering, 2021
  38. Simos Gerasimidis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2021
  39. Guangyu Xu, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2021
  40. Peng Bai, Chemical Engineering, 2022
  41. Ashish Kulkarni, Chemical Engineering, 2022
  42. Fatima Anwar, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2023
  43. Wen Chen, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2023
  44. Siyuan Rao, Biomedical Engineering, 2023
  45. Yeonsik Noh, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2023
  46. Emily Kumpel, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2024
  47. Robert Niffenegger, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2024
  48. Jinglei Ping, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2024
  49. Govind Srimathveeravalli, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2024
  50. Rod Kim, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2025
  51. Meghan Huber, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2025

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)