NSF CAREER Award Winners

The NSF CAREER program offers the most prestigious awards in support of early career faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholar through outstanding research, excellent teaching and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. As of 2023, the College of Engineering and Applied Science has received over 100 NSF CAREER Awards.

2024

R. K艒naneBay
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Polymer Fabrication Research

LaurelHind
Chemical and Biological Engineering | Biomedical Engineering Program

Advancing Immune Response Research

ZacharySunberg
Aerospace | Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV)

Advancing AI for Autonomous Systems

2022


Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Nonsmooth Control Systems for Societal Networks


Computer Science听

Reinforcement Learning

Eric Wustrow
Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Combating Censorship from within the Network

2019

Taylor Barton
Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering

Analog-Assisted Transceivers for Next-Generation Millimeter-Wave Systems

Peter Hamlington
Rady Mechanical Engineering

Structure and Dynamics of Highly Turbulent Premixed Combustion

Tomoko Matsuo
Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Predictability of the Whole Atmosphere from Ground to Geospace

Tam Vu
Former Computer Science faculty

Earable Systems: Enabling Ear-worn Sensing and Actuating Systems for Health Care and Brain-Computer Interactions

Tam Vu

2018

Jerome M. Fox
Chemical & Biological Engineering

Biosynthesis and Evolution of Pharmaceutical Leads听

Alexandra Kolla
Computer Science

Overcoming limitations to approximating combinatorial optimization problems听

Rong听Long
Rady Mechanical Engineering

Fracture Mechanics of Soft Dissipative Materials

2017

Jordan听Boyd-Graber
Former 精品SM在线影片 Computer Science faculty

Human-Computer Cooperation for Word-by-Word Question Answering

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Shaun Kane
Computer Science

A New Interaction Model for Eyes-Free Exploration of Touch Screens

Eric听Keller
Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering

Stateless Network Functions: Building a Better Network through Disaggregation

Franck听Vernerey
Rady Mechanical Engineering

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)听Awarded in 2017

2016

Juliet Gopinath
Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering

Optical Vortices and Rotation

Khurram Afridi听
Former精品SM在线影片 electrical, computer and energy engineering faculty

High-Frequency Power Electronics for Wireless Power Transfer Systems

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Michael R. Shirts
Chemical & Biological Engineering

Understanding the thermodynamics of crystalline materials using advanced molecular simulation sampling methods

2015

Aaron听Clauset
Computer Science

Hierarchical Probabilistic Models for Networks with Rich Data in Scientific Domains

Shideh听Dashti
Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering

Toward a New Paradigm in Evaluating and Mitigating Urban Liquefaction

Alireza听Doostan
Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences

Fast Surrogate Modeling for Design under Uncertainty of Complex Engineering Systems

Joel听Kaar
Chemical & Biological Engineering

Rational Engineering of an Ionic Liquid Tolerant Cellulase Cocktail

Corey听Neu
Rady Mechanical Engineering

Direct Measurement of Intranuclear Strain and Gene Expression in Single Cells in Vivo*

Corey Neu

Greg听Rieker
Rady Mechanical Engineering

Frequency Comb Laser Diagnostics for Combustion Environments

Fernando听Rosario-Ortiz
Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering听

Impact of Effluent Organic Matter on Photochemical Processes in Surface Waters

Benjamin Shapiro听
Former Computer Science faculty

Constructing Modern and Inclusive Trajectories for Computer Science Learning

Ben Shapiro

Pei Hsiu Tom Yeh
Computer Science

AdaptiveTactile Picture Books for Blind Children during Emergent Literacy

2014-1995

  • Arunprakash Karunanithi,听former faculty听
  • Joseph Bunch,听former faculty听
  • Jennifer Cha, Chemical & Biological听
  • Virginia Ferguson, Rady Mechanical听
  • John McCartney,听former faculty听
  • Todd Murphey,听former faculty听