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
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