Engineering accolades
The College of Engineering’s faculty, staff, students, and alumni have earned recognition in a variety of fields.
Nobel Prize
- Ed Rubin, College of Engineering faculty
Nobel Peace Prize, shared in award to UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, jointly with Albert Gore, Jr.) (2007) - Clinton J. Davisson, College of Engineering former faculty
Awarded jointly with George P. Thomson, Physics, 1937
Turing Award
- Edmund Clarke, School of Computer Science/College of Engineering Faculty
Awarded jointly with E. Allen Emerson and Josef Sifakis, 2007 - Edward Feigenbaum, College of Engineering 1956, Tepper School 1960
Awarded jointly with Raj Reddy (School of Computer Science Faculty), 1994 - Ivan Sutherland, College of Engineering 1959, 1988
Franklin Institute Awards
- Mark H. Kryder, College of Engineering Faculty
2014 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering
Awarded jointly with Shunichi Iwasaki of Tohoku Institute of Technology - Robert H. Dennard, College of Engineering 1958
2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering
Stockholm Prize in Criminology
- Alfred Blumstein, Heinz College/College of Engineering faculty, 2007
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- Jonathan Rothberg, College of Engineering 1985
2015
MacArthur Fellow
- Yoky Matsuoka, School of Computer Science/College of Engineering faculty
(2001–2006), 2007
National Academy of Engineering Fellows
- William H. Sanders, College of Engineering Dean
2023 - Elias Towe, College of Engineering faculty
2023 - Anirudh Devgan, College of Engineering 1991, 1993
2023 - Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, College of Engineering former faculty
2023 - Nikolaos V. Sahinidis, College of Engineering former faculty
2022 - John M. Cohn, College of Engineering 1991
2022 - Rebecca Liebert, College of Engineering 1995
2022 - Zoltan J. Cendes, College of Engineering adjunct faculty
2021 - Erroll B. Davis Jr., College of Engineering 1965
2021 - Marija Illic, College of Engineering faculty emeritus
2021 - Kathryn Jackson, College of Engineering 1987, 1990
2021 - David J. Allstot, College of Engineering faculty
2020 - Paul F. McKenzie, College of Engineering 1992
2020 - James Adeche Momoh, College of Engineering 1976
2020 - Wayne S. Balta, College of Engineering 1982
2019 - Sheldon Lee Semiatin, College of Engineering 1972, 1977
2019 - Edward H. Frank, College of Engineering 1985
2018 - Alan W. Cramb, College of Engineering former faculty
2014 - Lorenz T. Biegler, College of Engineering faculty
2013 - Donna G. Blackmond, College of Engineering 1984
2013 - Craig T. Bowman, College of Engineering 1961
2013
Jose M.F. Moura, College of Engineering faculty
2013 - Jared L. Cohon, President Emeritus, College of Engineering faculty
2012 - Nadine N. Aubry, College of Engineering faculty
2011 - Chris T. Hendrickson, College of Engineering faculty
2011 - Jacobo Bielak, College of Engineering faculty
2010 - William “Red” Whittaker, School of Computer Science Faculty, College of Engineering 1975
2009 - David Dzombak, College of Engineering faculty, College of Engineering 1980, 1981
2008 - Cristina H. Amon, College of Engineering adjunct faculty
2006 - Pradeep K. Khosla, College of Engineering former faculty, College of Engineering 1984, 1986
2006 - Edmund M. Clarke, College of Engineering/School of Computer Science faculty
2005 - Jonathan Rothberg, College of Engineering 1985
2004 - Robert F. Davis, College of Engineering former faculty
2001 - Daniel P. Siewiorek, College of Engineering/School of Computer Science faculty
2000 - Ignacio E. Grossmann, College of Engineering Faculty
2000 - Richard J. Fruehan, College of Engineering former faculty
1999 - Alfred Blumstein, College of Engineering/Heinz College faculty
1998 - Hubert Aaronson, College of Engineering former faculty, College of Engineering 1948, 1954
1997 - Mark Kryder, College of Engineering faculty
1994 - John L. Anderson, College of Engineering faculty
1992 - Herbert L. Toor, College of Engineering former faculty
1990 - Robert M. White, College of Engineering faculty emeritus
1989 - Arthur W. Westerberg, College of Engineering faculty emeritus
1987 - Angel G. Jordan, College of Engineering former faculty, College of Engineering 1959
1986 - Allen Newell, School of Computer Science former faculty
1980 - Harold W. Paxton, College of Engineering faculty emeritus
1978 - Alan Perlis, School of Computer Science former faculty
1977 - Daniel Berg, Mellon College of Science former faculty
1976 - Steven J. Fenves, College of Engineering faculty emeritus
1976 - John Hirth, College of Engineering 1957
1974
National Academy of Science Fellows
- Baruch Fischhoff, Dietrich College/College of Engineering faculty
2017 - M. Granger Morgan, College of Engineering faculty
2007
National Academy of Medicine Fellows
- Baruch Fischhoff, Dietrich College/College of Engineering faculty
1993 - Lester Lave, Tepper School/College of Engineering former faculty
1983