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Faculty honors news 2022

Kai-Mei Fu (ECE) 

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ECE Professor Kai-Mei Fu was recently named a 2023 Optica Fellow for outstanding contributions to optics and photonics — the study of the fundamental properties of light and harnessing this knowledge in practical application. 12/16/2022

Highly cited researchers 

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Congrats to the UW Engineering faculty and researchers who've been named to Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers list for 2022. 11/29/2022

Huijia (Rachel) Lin (CSE) 

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Huijia (Rachel) Lin has been named one of Science News’ 10 Scientists to Watch for her exploration of “magical concepts” in cryptography – seeming paradoxes that turn out to be possible. 11/15/2022

Maya Cakmak (CSE) 

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Maya Cakmak earns Anita Borg Early Career Award for advancing innovation and broadening participation in human-centered robotics. 09/01/2022

Andre Berndt (BioE) 

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BioE assistant professor Andre Brendt received a 2022 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award from the McKnight Foundation. 08/08/2022

Dan Suciu (CSE) 

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The Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on the Management of Data honored professor Dan Suciu with its 2022 Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award in recognition of his “lasting contributions to the foundations of novel data management trends.” 06/29/2022

Sajjad Moazeni (ECE) 

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Receives 2022 NSF CAREER award to help make the next generation of AI supercomputers faster, more powerful and energy-efficient. 06/29/2022

Azadeh Yazdan (BioE) 

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Has earned the American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award for innovative stroke treatment. 06/28/2022

Prashanth Rajivan (ISE) 

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Recipient of the 2022 NSF CAREER Award to better understand the cognitive processes that explain and predict human decisions related to phishing attacks. 06/29/2022

Jessica Ray (CEE)

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Recipient of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award. 06/16/2022

Joyce Yen (ADVANCE) 

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Honored with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. 05/11/2022

Xu Chen (ME) 

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Received a 2022 Sandra L. Bouckley Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). 04/27/2022

Mehmet Kurt (ME) 

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Received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award. 04/22/2022

Yulia Tsvetkov (CSE) 

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Awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 02/22/2022

Samson Jenekhe (ChemE) and Anna Karlin (CSE) 

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Elected to the National Academy of Engineering. 02/9/2022

Richard Ladner (CSE) 

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Elected AAAS Fellow for his leadership in making computing education and careers accessible to people with disabilities. 01/27/2022

Corie L. Cobb (ME) 

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Recipient of a DARPA Director’s Fellowship Award. 01/22/2022

Prashanth Rajivan (ISE) 

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Recipient of the 2022 NSF Early Career Award for his proposal titled "CAREER: Understanding the Principles of Working Memory in Phishing Decision Making” 01/19/2022