Recent and Previous Faculty Awardees
UCF celebrates its faculty members whose achievements and exceptional creative works earn external honors and recognition.
Below are current and previous UCF faculty award recipients.
For assistance with award opportunities or other inquires, please contact Faculty Excellence at FacultyExcellence@ucf.edu.
Explore the Honorees
| Faculty | Award | Year | Society |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demetrios Christodoulides | Arthur L Schawlow Prize in Laser Science | 2023 | American Physical Society |
| Kenle Chen | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2023 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Pamela Wisniewski | William T. Grant Scholar | 2023 | William T. Grant Foundation |
| Peter J. Delfyett | Fellow | 2022 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Ronald F. DeMara | Fellow | 2022 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Greg Trompeter | AAA/Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award | 2022 | American Accounting Association |
| Eunkyung Lee | AACR Minority and Minority-serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Award | 2022 | American Association for Cancer Research |
| Mubarak Shah | Fellow | 2022 | Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association |
| Ross Wolf | Fellow | 2022 | American Council on Education (ACE) |
| Fei Liu | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2022 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Tengfei Jiang | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2022 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Yeonwoong Jung | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2022 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Brian Kim | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2022 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Thomas Wahl | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2022 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Sharma Thankachan | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2022 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Kawai Kwok | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2022 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Mehdi Razavi | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2022 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Jennifer Kent-Walsh | Fellow | 2022 | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
| Sonia C. Arellano | CCCC Richard Braddock Award | 2022 | National Council of Teachers of English |
| Magdalena Pasarica | Curtis G Hames Research Award | 2022 | Society of Teachers of Family Medicine |
| Kathleen Richardson | Darshana and Arun Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Lecturer | 2022 | American Ceramic Society |
| Patrick Pabian | Distinguished Fellow, FNAP | 2022 | National Academies of Practice |
| Damla Turgut | Distinguished Lecturers | 2022 | IEEE Communications Society |
| Timothy Kotnour | Distinguished Professor Award | 2022 | IEOM Society International |
| Denisia Popolan-Vaida | Early Career Research Award | 2022 | US Department of Energy |
| David H. Fukuda | Educator of the Year | 2022 | National Strength and Conditioning Association |
| Shin-Tson Wu | Edwin H Land Medal | 2022 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Laurene Tetard | Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative | 2022 | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
| Yunjun Xu | Fellow | 2022 | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| Hsin-Hsiung Huang | Frank F Aplan Award | 2022 | American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers(AIME) |
| Jun Wang | Fellow | 2022 | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Gregory Welch | Fellow | 2022 | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Ahmad Elshennawy | IEOM Distinguished Service Award | 2022 | IEOM Society International |
| Mansooreh Mollaghasemi | IEOM Woman in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Award | 2022 | IEOM Society International |
| Nichole Lighthall | Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellows | 2022 | National Academy of Sciences |
| Morris Casano Beato | Neurologic Physical Therapy Section/Excellence in Neurologic Education | 2022 | American Physical Therapy Association |
| Jonathan Caranto | NIH Outstanding Investigator Award (R35) | 2022 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Staci Zavattaro | PAR/Laverne Burchfield Award | 2022 | American Society for Public Administration, The |
| Luis Favela | Scialog Fellows | 2022 | Research Corporation for Science Advancement |
| Mindi Anderson | Fellow | 2022 | Society for Simulation in Healthcare |
| Tiffany C. Earley-Spadoni | Summer Stipends Awards | 2022 | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) |
| Richard Klemm | U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program | 2022 | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) |
| Felipe Viana | U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program | 2022 | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) |
| W. Bryce Hagedorn | ACA Foundation David K Brooks Distinguished Mentor Award | 2021 | American Counseling Association |
| Eleazar Vasquez | Fellow | 2021 | American Council on Education (ACE) |
| Mubarak Ali Shah | Fellow | 2021 | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Peter J. Delfyett, Jr. | Arthur L Schawlow Prize in Laser Science | 2021 | American Physical Society |
| Peter J. Delfyett | NAE Membership | 2021 | National Academy of Engineering |
| Naim Kapucu | Fellow | 2021 | National Academy of Public Administration |
| Robert Steward JR. | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2021 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Yanjie Fu | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2021 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Samik Bhattacharya | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2021 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Salvador Almagro-Moreno | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2021 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Lorraine F Leon | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2021 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Waldemar Karwowski | Arnold M. Small President's Distinguished Service Award | 2021 | Human Factors and Ergonomics Society |
| Zhaomiao Guo | Best ISERC Paper Award | 2021 | Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers |
| Paul Gazzillo | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) | 2021 | Department of Defense (DOD) |
| Sejal Barden | Don Dinkmeyer Social Interest Award | 2021 | American Counseling Association |
| Dalena Dillman Taylor | Don Dinkmeyer Social Interest Award | 2021 | American Counseling Association |
| Xiaoxiao Fu | Emerging Scholar of Distinction | 2021 | International Academy for the Study of Tourism |
| Ali P. Gordon | Fellow | 2021 | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| Peter Hancock | Fellow | 2021 | National Academy of Kinesiology |
| Jeffrey Stout | Fellow | 2021 | National Academy of Kinesiology |
| Mark Schafer | FPA Distinguished Scholar Award | 2021 | International Studies Association |
| Patric R. Spence | Instructional Development Division/Top Paper Award | 2021 | National Communication Association |
| Humberto Campins | Jefferson Science Fellows at the US Dept of State | 2021 | National Academies, The |
| Michelle Kelley | Judy Richardson Literacy as a Living Legacy Award | 2021 | Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers |
| Heather Keathley-Herring | Merritt Williamson Award | 2021 | American Society for Engineering Management |
| Gregory Welch | Fellow | 2021 | National Academy of Inventors |
| William Hanney | NSCA Fellowship | 2021 | National Strength and Conditioning Association |
| Elizabeth J. Brisbois | PMSE-Young Investigator | 2021 | American Chemical Society |
| Laurene Tetard | Scialog Collaborative Team Awards | 2021 | Research Corporation for Science Advancement |
| Laurene Tetard | Scialog Fellows | 2021 | Research Corporation for Science Advancement |
| Xiaohu Xia | Scialog Fellows | 2021 | Research Corporation for Science Advancement |
| Salvador Almagro-Moreno | Scialog Fellows | 2021 | Research Corporation for Science Advancement |
| Axel Schulzgen | Fellow | 2021 | International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) |
| Sonia C. Arellano | The Kathleen Ethel Welch Outstanding Article Award | 2021 | Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition |
| Varadraj Prabhu Gurupur | Triumph Awards/Innovation Award | 2021 | American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) |
| Michael Leuenberger | U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program | 2021 | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) |
| Richard Klemm | U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program | 2021 | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) |
| Shawn Putnam | U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program | 2021 | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) |
| Kathleen Richardson | ACerS/EPDC: Greaves-Walker Lifetime Service Award | 2020 | American Ceramic Society |
| Jacqueline LaManna | Fellow | 2020 | American Association of Diabetes Educators |
| Amie Newins | APS Rising Star | 2020 | Association for Psychological Science |
| M.G. Moharam | Fellow | 1996 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Peter Delfyett Jr. | Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) | 1996 | President of the United States of America |
| Otto Phanstiel | Cottrell College Science Award | 1996 | Research Corporation for Science Advancement |
| Deborah C. Beidel | Fellow | 1996 | American Psychological Association |
| C. Kumar N. Patel | National Medal of Science | 1996 | National Science and Technology Medals Foundation |
| Guifang Li | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 1996 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Nicholas J. Garber | D. Grant Mickle Award | 1995 | Transportation Research Board |
| Guifang Li | Young Investigator Program Award (YIP) | 1995 | Office of Naval Research (ONR) |
| Richard Andrew Klemm | Fellow | 1994 | American Physical Society |
| Peter A. Hancock | Best Ergonomics in Design Article Award | 1994 | Human Factors and Ergonomics Society |
| Scot French | Carter G. Woodson Institute/Residential Fellowship | 1994 | University of Virginia |
| Deborah J. Nightingale | NAE Membership | 1993 | National Academy of Engineering |
| Shin-Tson Wu | Fellow | 1993 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Louis Chow | Fellow | 1992 | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| Martin Richardson | Fellow | 1992 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Bahaa A. Saleh | Fellow | 1991 | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Robert G Folger | Fellow | 1991 | American Psychological Association |
| Deborah Beidel | President's New Researcher | 1990 | Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies |
| Fon L. Gordon | Research Fellowships for Recent Recipients of the PhD Degree | 1990 | American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) |
| M.J. Soileau | Fellow | 1990 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Gavriel Salvendy | NAE Membership | 1990 | National Academy of Engineering |
| Waldemar Karwowski | Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer Award - Education and Industry | 1989 | Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers |
| C. Kumar N. Patel | Frederic Ives Medal/Quinn Endowment Winners | 1989 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| C. Kumar Patel | Medal of Honor | 1989 | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Konstantin Vodopyanov | Humboldt Research Fellowship | 1989 | Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation |
| C. Kumar N. Patel | George E Pake Prize | 1988 | American Physical Society |
| Marwan Simaan | Fellow | 1988 | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Gavriel Salvendy | IISE Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award | 1988 | Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers |
| M.J. Soileau | Fellow | 1988 | International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) |
| Peter Hancock | Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award | 1987 | North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity |
| Wasfy B. Mikhael | Fellow | 1987 | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Gavriel Salvendy | Fellow | 1987 | American Psychological Association |
| Gavriel Salvendy | Fellow Award | 1986 | Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers |
| Bahaa E. Saleh | Guggenheim Fellowship | 1984 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |
| Maureen Ambrose | Division 14-Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology-Robert J Wherry Award for the Best Paper At the IO/OB Conference | 1983 | American Psychological Association |
| Chandra Kumar N. Patel | Charles Hard Townes Award | 1982 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Bahaa E.A. Saleh | Fellow | 1982 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Chandra Kumar Naranbhai Patel | Fellow | 1980 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Kumar Naranbhai Patel | American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member/Fellow | 1976 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Chandra Kumar N. Patel | Fellow | 1976 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| C. Kumar N. Patel | Fellow | 1975 | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| C. Kumar Patel | NAS Members | 1974 | National Academy of Sciences |
| M. Zuhair Nashed | Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards | 1967 | Mathematical Association of America |
| Chandra Kumar N. Patel | Adolph Lomb Medal | 1966 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Yannick Salamin | Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement | 2025 | Oak Ridge Associated Universities |
| Bradley Heim | Fellow | 2025 | National Academy of Public Administration |
| Tiffany Earley-Spadoni | Frank Moore Cross Publication Award | 2025 | American Society of Overseas Research |
| Humberto Campins | Fulbright Scholar | 2025 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Rodrigo Amezcua Correa | Fellow | 2025 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Mel Stanfill | Diamond Anniversary Book Award | 2025 | National Communication Association |
| Kevin Moran | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2025 | National Science Foundation |
| Wen Shen | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Hao Zheng | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Chinwendu Enyioha | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Su-I Hou | Fulbright Scholar | 2024 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Karen Biraimah | Fulbright Scholar | 2024 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Christina Torres | Fulbright Scholar | 2024 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Andrea Blanco-Redondo | Fellow | 2024 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Claire Knox | Fellow | 2024 | National Academy of Public Administration |
| Li Fang | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2024 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Fan Yao | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2024 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Justin Tigno-Aranjuez | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2024 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Thomas Wahl | Walter L Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize | 2023 | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Elizabeth Kritzer | Fulbright Scholar | 2023 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Michele Regalla | Fulbright Scholar | 2023 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Karin Chumbimuni-Torres | Fulbright Scholar | 2023 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Abdul-Akeem Sadiq | Fellow | 2023 | National Academy of Public Administration |
| Waldemar Karwowski | Fellow | 2023 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Luigi Perotti | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2023 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Truong Nghiem | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2023 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Sidong Lei | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2023 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Victoria S. McKenna | Early Career Contributions in Research Award | 2022 | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
| Salvador Almagro-Moreno | Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases | 2022 | Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
| Jascinth Lindo | Fulbright Scholar | 2021 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Alexander B. Khanikaev | Fellow | 2021 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| James Szalma | Fellow | 2020 | Association for Psychological Science |
| Nathan Bowling | Fellow | 2020 | Association for Psychological Science |
| Scott Waring | Fulbright Scholar | 2020 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Yara Asi | Fulbright Scholar | 2020 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Waldemar Karwowski | Dr David F Baker Distinguished Research Award | 2020 | Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers |
| Jeremy Hall | Fellow | 2020 | National Academy of Public Administration |
| Talat Shahnaz Rahman | Fellow | 2020 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| James Szalma | Fellow | 2020 | American Psychological Association |
| Helen J Huang | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2020 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Xiaofeng Feng | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2020 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Mihai Vaida | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2020 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Paul Gazzillo | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2020 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Yasuyuki Nakajima | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2020 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Akihiro Kushima | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2020 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Ranajay c Ghosh | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2020 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Ellen H Kang | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2020 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Kelly Kibler | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2020 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Xiaofeng Feng | Sloan Research Fellowship-Chemistry | 2019 | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
| Mohamed Abdel-Aty | Francis C Turner Award | 2019 | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Axel Schulzgen | Fellow | 2019 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Zhongzhou Chen | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2019 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Madhab Neupane | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2019 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Xiaoming Yu | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2019 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Laurene Tetard | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2020 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Craig Crossley | Fulbright Scholar | 2018 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Matthew Mosher | Fulbright Scholar | 2018 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Frank Bouchet | Fulbright Scholar | 2018 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Sasan Fathpour | Fellow | 2018 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Carolina Cruz-Neira | NAE Membership | 2018 | National Academy of Engineering |
| Kevin Meehan | Fulbright Scholar | 2017 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Yoon Ki Choi | Fulbright Scholar | 2017 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Rajorshi Mitra | Fulbright Scholar | 2017 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Keri Watson | Fulbright Scholar | 2017 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Adem Ozoglu | Fulbright Scholar | 2017 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Ayman Abouraddy | Fellow | 2017 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Esther Milu | American Fellowship | 2017 | American Association of University Women (AAUW) |
| Xiaohu Xia | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2017 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Shawn A Putnam | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2017 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Vyacheslav Kokoulin | Fulbright Scholar | 2016 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Martin Richardson | Fulbright Scholar | 2016 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Philip Peters | Fulbright Scholar | 2016 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Aleksandar Dimitrovski | Fulbright Scholar | 2016 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| George K Atia | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2016 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Mingjie Lin | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2016 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Thomas Bryer | Fulbright Scholar | 2015 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Martin Richardson | Fellow | 2015 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Yaser Fallah | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2015 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Basak Gurel | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2015 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Ann Miller | Fulbright Scholar | 2014 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Karen Biraimah | Fulbright Scholar | 2014 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Kuotsai Tom Liou | Fellow | 2014 | National Academy of Public Administration |
| Yulia Gerasimova | American Fellowship | 2014 | American Association of University Women (AAUW) |
| Jayan Thomas | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2014 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Ady Milman | Fulbright Scholar | 2013 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Eric Hoffman | Fulbright Scholar | 2013 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Amer Kobaslija | Guggenheim Fellowship | 2013 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |
| Sasan Fathpour | Young Investigator Program Award (YIP) | 2013 | Office of Naval Research (ONR) |
| Ni-Bin Chang | Fulbright Scholar | 2012 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| John Frederick Weishampel | Fulbright Scholar | 2012 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Huaixiang | Fulbright Scholar | 2012 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Zhihua Qu | Fellow | 2012 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Peter Adrian Hancock | Fellow | 2012 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Haiyan Hu | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2012 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Sasan Fathpour | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2012 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Ni-Bin Chang | Fellow | 2011 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| William Kaden | Humboldt Research Fellowship | 2011 | Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation |
| Mark D Rapport | Fellow | 2011 | American Psychological Association |
| Maggy Tomova | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2011 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Nazanin Rahnavard | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2011 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Azadeh Vosoughi | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2011 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Liqiang Wang | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2011 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Charles Negy | Fulbright Scholar | 2010 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Kathleen A. Richardson | Fellow | 2011 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Eric G. Johnson | Fellow | 2010 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Shin-Tson Wu | Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M Burley Prize | 2010 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Elaine J Weyuker | ACM Presidential Award | 2010 | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Charles H. Reilly | Fellow | 2010 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Masahiro Ishigami | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2010 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Jun Wang | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2010 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Nicholas J. Garber | Wilbur S Smith Award | 2009 | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Mubarak Shah | Fellow | 2009 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Roger Azevedo | Fellow | 2009 | American Psychological Association |
| Gita Sukthankar | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2009 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Xun Gong | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2009 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Joseph J LaViola | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2009 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Luis Carlos Rabelo | Fulbright Scholar | 2008 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Karen Lee Biraimah | Fulbright Scholar | 2008 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Humberto Campins | Fulbright Scholar | 2008 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Issa Batarseh | Fellow | 2008 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Sudipta Seal | Fellow | 2008 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Su-i Hou | Research Grants | 2008 | Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation |
| Saiful I Khondaker | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2008 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Lei Zhai | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2008 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Andre Gesquiere | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2008 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Stephen M Kuebler | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2008 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Enrique del Barco | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2008 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Nina Orlovskaya | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2008 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| David J. Hagan | Fellow | 2007 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Gavriel Salvendy | John Fritz Medal | 2007 | Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration |
| Peter A Hancock | Fellow | 2007 | American Psychological Association |
| Pieter G Kik | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2007 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Michael R. Caputo | Quality of Research Discovery Award | 2006 | Agricultural and Applied Economics Association |
| Rosalind J. Beiler | NEH Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions | 2006 | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) |
| Guifang Li | Fellow | 2006 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| John Frederick Weishampel | Fulbright Scholar | 2005 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Michal Masternak | Geron Corporation - Samuel Goldstein Distinguished Publication Award | 2005 | Gerontological Society of America, The |
| Yoav Peles | Young Investigator Program Award (YIP) | 2005 | Office of Naval Research (ONR) |
| Amy Foster | Fellowship in Aerospace History | 2004 | American Historical Association |
| Aristide C. Dogariu | Fellow | 2004 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Nicholas J. Garber | NAE Membership | 2004 | National Academy of Engineering |
| Shikha Raizada | Humboldt Research Fellowship | 2004 | Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation |
| Alexander Katsevich | Humboldt Research Fellowship | 2004 | Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation |
| Hyoung Cho | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2004 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Yan Solihin | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2004 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Rosalind J. Beiler | Fulbright Scholar | 2003 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Qun Huo | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2003 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Rajan Vaidyanathan | National Science Foundation (NSF) | 2003 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Yongho Sohn | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2003 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Houman A. Sadri | Fulbright Scholar | 2002 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Elaine Weyuker | NAE Membership | 2002 | National Academy of Engineering |
| Sudipta Seal | Young Investigator Program Award (YIP) | 2002 | Office of Naval Research (ONR) |
| Roger Azevedo | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2002 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Robert Cassanello | Faculty Research Awards | 2001 | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) |
| David Jenkins | NAE Membership | 2001 | National Academy of Engineering |
| Houman Ahmad Sadri | Fulbright Scholar | 2000 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Marwan A. Simaan | NAE Membership | 2000 | National Academy of Engineering |
| Stephen Eikenberry | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2000 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Mark Heinrich | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2000 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| John Weishampel | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 2000 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Peter J. Delfyett | Fellow | 1999 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Marwan A. Simaan | Fellow | 1999 | American Association for the Advancement of Science, The (AAAS) |
| Konstantin L Vodopyanov | Fellow | 1998 | Optical Society of America, The (OSA) |
| Issa Batarseh | Fulbright Scholar | 1997 | US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs |
| Ann Eddins | Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program | 1997 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Deborah C. Beidel | Fellow | Association for Psychological Science | |
| Peter Hancock | Fellow | Association for Psychological Science |
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