2022
Fellow-National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Hao Huang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fellow-American Physical Society
Jacinta C. Conrad
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Most Cited Researchers in the World
Jiming Bao and Zhu Han
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fellow-American Chemical Society
Megan Robertson
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Editor-in-Chief for the American Society of Mechanics Engineers (ASME) Journal of Applied Mechanics
Pradeep Sharma
Mechanical Engineering
Program Director-NSF Partnerships for Innovation Program
Debora Rodrigues
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Fellow-American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Roberto Ballarini
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Fellow-American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Yashashree Kulkarni
Mechanical Engineering
Global Energy Prize-Global Energy Association
Kaushik Rajashekara
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Distinguished Speaker-Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Zhu Han
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Emerging Leader-Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)
Harish Sarma Krishnamoorthy
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Distinguished Service Award-American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Abdeldjelil "DJ" Belarbi
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Senior Member-National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Hadi Ghasemi
Mechanical Engineering
Senior Member-National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Navin Varadarajan
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Member-National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Pradeep Sharma
Mechanical Engineering
CAREER Award-National Science Foundation (NSF)
Jinsook Roh
Biomedical Engineering
2021
Fellow-Electrochemical Society
Stanko Brankovic
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Innovation Award-Polymer Processing Society
Anil Bhowmick
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Alan S. Michaels Award from ACS BIOT
Richard Willson
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
ASCE Distinguished Member Status
Roberto Ballarini
Civil and Environmental Engineering
NSF CAREER Award
Shailendra Joshi
Mechanical Engineering
Pediatric Device Prize
Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Editor for ACS Crystal Growth & Design
Jeffrey Rimer
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
NSF CAREER Award
Kyung Jae Lee
Petroleum Engineering
National Academy of Engineers (NAE)
Donald Wilton
Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Hien Van Nguyen, Jeffrey Rimer, and Gangbing Song
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering
NSF CAREER Award
Mehmet Orman
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
IEEE Senior Member
Yasmin Akay
Biomedical Engineering
SPIE Fellow
Wei-Chuan Shih
Electrical and Computer Engineering
IEEE EMBS President
Metin Akay
Biomedical Engineering
2020 Distinguished Achievement Award
Thomas T.C. Hsu
Civil and Environmental Engineering
2020
National Education Leadership Award
Jerrod A. Henderson
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies
Kaushik Rajashekara
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2020-21 Interstellar Initiative
Rose Faghih
Electrical and Computer Engineering
SPE International Distinguished Membership
Phaneendra Kondapi
Subsea Engineering
Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
Zhu Han
Electrical and Computer Engineering
SPE Regional Distinguished Achievement Award
Mohamed Soliman
Petroleum Engineering
2020 Innovator Under 35
Rose Faghih
Electrical and Computer Engineering
COVID-19 Vaccine
Navin Varadarajan
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
“Woman to Watch”
Rose Faghih
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ASCE Outstanding Technical Contribution Award
Olga Bannova
Mechanical Engineering
Guggenheim Fellowship
Pradeep Sharma
Mechanical Engineering
NAI
Yuhua Chen, Yan Yao, and Hung “Harry” Le
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2019
TAMEST
Jeffrey Rimer
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
Zhu Han
Electrical and Computer Engineering
American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows
Kirill Larin
Biomedical Engineering
Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery
Zhu Han
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2019 Outstanding Young Alumni Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois
Jerrod A. Henderson
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Fellow of American Physical Society
Jiming Bao
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Awards
Phaneendra Kondapi and Ganesh Thakur
Subsea Engineering and Petroleum Engineering
IEEE Achievement Award
Kaushik Rajashekara
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ASME Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award
Pradeep Sharma
Mechanical Engineering
NAE’s U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Rose Faghih
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2019 Mindlin Medal
Roberto Ballarini
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Southwest Catalysis Society (SWCS) Award for Excellence in Applied Catalysis
Michael P. Harold
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)’s Service to the Institute Award
Jerry Rogers
Civil and Environmental Engineering
National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Wei-Chuan Shih
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computing Community Consortium (CCC)’s “Great Innovative Ideas” Series
Hien Van Nguyen
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Most Cited Researchers in the World
Zhu Han and Yan Yao
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2018
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow
Venkat Selvamanickam
Mechanical Engineering
IEEE Fellow
Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows
Badri Roysam
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2019 James R. Rice Medal
Pradeep Sharma
Mechanical Engineering
Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)
Jiming Bao
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2018 Class of Influential Researchers by Industrial & Engineering (I&EC) Research
Jeffrey Rimer and Lars Grabow
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)/AIME Honorary Membership
Christine Ehlig-Economides
Petroleum Engineering
D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER)
Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
BYUradio’s “Top of Mind with Julie Rose”
Michael Harold
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Associate Editor of Clean Water Journal
Debora Rodrigues
Civil and Environmental Engineering
2018 Sparks-Thomas Award
Megan Robertson
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
American Academy of Water Resources (AAWRE) Service to the Academy Award
Jerry Rogers
Civil and Environmental Engineering
IEEE Distinguished Educator Award
Stuart Long
Electrical and Computer Engineering
NSF CAREER Award
Sheereen Majd
Biomedical Engineering
Legion of Honor Award
Ali Daneshy
Petroleum Engineering
Distinguished Achievement Award
H. Brian Skeels
Subsea Engineering
Distinguished Achievement Award-Gulf Coast Region of the Society of Petroleum Engineers
Konstantinos Kostarelos
Petroleum Engineering
Scialog Award- Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Yan Yao
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Program Director-NSF
Elebeoba E. May
Biomedical Engineering
2018 Hackerman Award
Jeffrey Rimer
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
35 Innovators Under 35-MIT Technology Review
Cunjiang Yu
Mechanical Engineering
IEEE Fellow
Badri Roysam
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2017
Career Development Award-Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program
Navin Varadarajan
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
NSF CAREER Award
Zheng Chen
Mechanical Engineering
What’s In The Water? - Houston Chronicle
Hanadi Rifai
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Inspiring STEM Leader Award-INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine
Jerrod A. Henderson
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Is Houston Missing the Next Wave? -Houston Chronicle
Daniel Araya
Mechanical Engineering
FRI/John G. Kunesh Award-American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Separations Division and Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion (MCEC) Lectureship Award
Jeffrey Rimer
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
X-Factor Innovations- NASA iTech Competition
Hadi Ghasemi
Mechanical Engineering
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award-Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Xiaonan Shan
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrodeposition Division Research Award-The Electrochemical Society (ECS)
Stanko Brankovic
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Shale Task Force- The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST)
Christine Ehlig-Economides
Petroleum Engineering
Cataldo Agostinelli e Angiola Gili Agostinelli International Prize-Accademia dei Lincei
Andrea Prosperetti
Mechanical Engineering
Advisory Board-ACS Catalysis and ChemCatChem
Lars Grabow
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Regional Distinguished Achievement Award and SPE Regional Technical Award
Phaneendra Kondapi
Subsea Engineering
2017 Sia Nemat-Nassar Early Career Award-American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Yashashree Kulkarni
Mechanical Engineering
Scialog Fellow in the Advanced Energy Storage (AES) category
Yan Yao
Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Science Foundation Honors
Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2016
UH Engineers Who Are Changing the World- Houston Chronicle
Venkat Selvamanickam, Debora Rodrigues, and Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal
Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joe W. Hightower Award- American Chemical Society-Greater Houston Section
Jeffrey Rimer
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
“Seating secrets: How airlines decide what fare you pay”-CNN
Andrew Boyd
Industrial Engineering
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Award
Cunjiang Yu
Mechanical Engineering
2016 Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Research Award
Debora Rodrigues
Civil and Environmental Engineering
2016 Owens Corning Early Career Award- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Jeffrey Rimer
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
National Science Foundation’s National Robotics Initiative
Aaron Becker
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vice Chair for Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division-American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Lars Grabow
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Chair- United States National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science
David Jackson
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2016 Fellow of the Neutron Scattering Society of America
Ramanan Krishnamoorti
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Guest Editor-Special Issue of the Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Stanko Brankovic
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Most Downloaded Paper on Inkjet-Printed Lens for Smartphone Microscopy
Wei-Chuan Shih
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Editor-ECE Source
Badri Roysam
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Young Investigator Award-U.S. Air Force
Hadi Ghasemi
Mechanical Engineering
NSF CAREER Award
Aaron Becker
Electrical and Computer Engineering
NSF CAREER Award
Cunjiang Yu
Mechanical Engineering
UH Research Exploring Creativity and the Brain- Houston Public Media
Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
“U.S. Has the Edge for Developing Unconventional Resources”- Forbes.com
Christine Ehlig-Economides
Petroleum Engineering
2015
Exploding Hoverboards-KHOU 11 News
Yan Yao
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Oxford Handbook of Perceptual Organization
Haluk Ogmen
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fellow of the Optical Society
Kirill Larin
Biomedical Engineering
American Vacuum Society’s (AVS) Thin Film Division Paul H. Holloway Young Investigator Award
Cunjiang Yu
Mechanical Engineering
2015 Pierce Award in Affinity Technology-International Society of Molecular Recognition
Richard Willson
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
NSF I-Corps Award for “DotLens Smartphone Microscopy”
Wei-Chuan Shih
Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Future of Healthcare: The Innovative Spirit”-The Smithsonian Magazine
Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Immunotherapy Software-Forbes.com
Badri Roysam and Navin Varadarajan
Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
UH Moment- Houston Public Media
Wei-Chuan Shih
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2015 EURASIP Best Paper Award-EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
Zhu Han
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2015 Melville Medal- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pradeep Sharma
Mechanical Engineering
Testimony Before Congress on Energy Training Program
Ramanan Krishnamoorti
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Honorary Doctoral Degree from Aalborg University
Metin Akay
Biomedical Engineering
Distinguished Membership- American Society of Civil Engineers
Thomas Hsu
Civil and Environmental Engineering
“Top 35 Houston Latinos You Should Know”-Houston Chronicle
Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Joseph W. Tedesco
Civil and Environmental Engineering
NSF CAREER Awards
Bora Gencturk and Lars Grabow
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
IEEE Technical Field Award
Donald Wilton
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2015 SPIE Fellow
Kirill Larin
Biomedical Engineering