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
    Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering
    Awarded jointly with Shunichi Iwasaki of Tohoku Institute of Technology
    2014  
  • Robert H. Dennard, College of Engineering 1958
    Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering
    2007

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

  • Seth L. Pearlman, College of Engineering 1978, 1979
    2024
  • Arpad Horvath, College of Engineering former faculty, College of Engineering 1995, 1997
    2024
  • Carolyn R. Duran, College of Engineering 1992
    2024
  • 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
  • George T. Gray, College of Engineering 1982
    2017
  • Norman J. Wagner III, College of Engineering 1984
    2015
  • 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
  • Subra Suresh, Past President and College of Engineering former faculty
    2013
  • Jared L. Cohon, President Emeritus, College of Engineering faculty
    2012
  • John E. Allison, College of Engineering 1983
    2011
  • Nadine N. Aubry, College of Engineering faculty
    2011
  • Chris T. Hendrickson, College of Engineering faculty
    2011
  • Jacobo Bielak, College of Engineering faculty
    2010
  • Alan R. Washburn, College of Engineering 1962, 1963, 1965
    2009
  • William “Red” Whittaker, School of Computer Science Faculty, College of Engineering 1975
    2009
  • David A. Dzombak, College of Engineering faculty, College of Engineering 1980, 1981
    2008
  • Shree K. Nayar, College of Engineering 1991
    2008
  • Cristina H. Amon, College of Engineering adjunct faculty
    2006
  • Robert P. Colwell, College of Engineering 1978, 1985
    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
  • Nicholas J. Garber, College of Engineering 1969, 1971
    2004
  • John H. Perepezko, College of Engineering 1974
    2004
  • Jonathan M. Rothberg, College of Engineering 1985
    2004
  • Robert F. Davis, College of Engineering former faculty
    2001
  • Barry C. Johnson, College of Engineering 1973, 1983
    2001
  • Christopher W. Macosko, College of Engineering 1966
    2001
  • Andreas V. Bechtolsheim, College of Engineering 1976
    2000
  • David M. Kelley, College of Engineering 1973
    2000
  • 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
  • Christopher Magee, College of Engineering 1962, 1965, 1967
    1997
  • Mark Kryder, College of Engineering faculty
    1994
  • John L. Anderson, College of Engineering faculty
    1992
  • Fredrick Dill, College of Engineering 1956, 1958
    1990
  • Herbert L. Toor, College of Engineering former faculty
    1990
  • Rodney J. Clifton, College of Engineering 1961, 1964
    1989
  • Robert M. White, College of Engineering faculty emeritus
    1989
  • Robert A. Rapp, College of Engineering 1959, 1960
    1988
  • David A. Thompson, College of Engineering 1962, 1963, 1966
    1988
  • William D. Strecker, College of Engineering 1966, 1967, 1971
    1987
  • Arthur W. Westerberg, College of Engineering faculty emeritus
    1987
  • Edward A. Feigenbaum, College of Engineering 1956
    1986
  • Angel G. Jordan, College of Engineering former faculty, College of Engineering 1959
    1986
  • William G. Oldham, College of Engineering 1960, 1961, 1963
    1986
  • James W. Daily, College of Engineering 1951, 1953
    1984
  • Robert H. Dennard, College of Engineering 1958
    1984
  • Robert Mehrabian, Past President
    1984
  • 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
  • Ivan Sutherland, College of Engineering 1959
    1973

National Academy of Sciences Fellows

  • Baruch Fischhoff, Dietrich College/College of Engineering faculty
    2017
  • Subra Suresh, Past President and College of Engineering former faculty
    2012
  • M. Granger Morgan, College of Engineering faculty
    2007

National Academy of Medicine Fellows

  • Subra Suresh, Past President and College of Engineering former faculty
    2013
  • Baruch Fischhoff, Dietrich College/College of Engineering faculty
    1993
  • Lester Lave, Tepper School/College of Engineering former faculty
    1983