Notable awards

Many of our team members have been recognized for their excellence. Here are a few of those recognitions.
- Amrinder Nain (2025)
- Rolf Mueller (2022)
- Anne Staples, Coral Water Flow (2015)
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The National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.
Current faculty who have won this award:
- Dylan Losey: Assistive Artificial Intelligence (2024)
- Zhenhua Tian: Acoustic medical tools (2024)
- Michael Bartlett: Soft composite manufacturing (2023)
- Pinar Acar: Digital material modeling (2023)
- Shima Shahab: Innovative ultrasound (2022)
- Alan Asbeck: Lower-body exoskeletons (2022)
- Oumar Barry: Autonomous power line monitoring (2020)
- Suyi Li: Origami integrations in engineering (2018)
- Jonathan Boreyko: Nature-inspired water filtration (2017)
- Bahareh Behkam: Novel cancer treatments (2015)
- Jake Socha, Physics of Living Systems (2014)
- Christopher Wiliams (2013)
- Raffaella De Vita (2012)
- Scott Huxtable (2006)
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- Roop Mahajan: Senior Member (2025)
- Michael Bartlett: Senior Member (2024)
- Christopher Williams: Senior Member (2022)
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J. Bernard Jones Chair and Director of the Center for Vehicle Systems & Safety
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Associate Professor, John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow
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University Distinguished Professor, Clifton C. Garvin Professor
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Professor, John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow
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Associate Professor, John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow
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Samuel Langley Distinguished Professor of Engineering
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Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor, Director of Nuclear Engineering Program
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Department Head and Professor, Nicholas and Rebecca Des Champs Chair
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Raymond E. and Shirley B. Lynn Professor
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Alumni Distinguished Professor Christopher C. Kraft Endowed Professor
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George R. Goodson Professor
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Professor, John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow
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Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor
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Associate Professor, Mary V. Jones Faculty Fellow
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Samuel Herrick Professor
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Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor
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Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies, William S. Cross Professor
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Jack E. Cowling Professor
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Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor
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L.S. Randolph Professor
Administered by The Office of Naval Research (ONR), The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and the Army Research Office (ARO), these awards identify and support early-career scientists and engineers who show exceptional promise for doing creative research.
Faculty who have received this award:
- Michael Bartlett, Bio-inspired wearable sensors (ONR, 2021)
- Jonathan Boreyko, Thermal diodes (AFOSR, 2016)
- Mark Stemler (ARO, 2004)
- Ranga Pitchumani (ONR, 1996)
- Dwight Viehland (ONR, 1995)