School of Engineering first quarter 2021 awards

Members of the MIT engineering faculty receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence. The School of Engineering periodically recognizes their achievements by highlighting the honors, prizes, and medals won by faculty working in our academic departments, labs, and centers.

• Cullen Buie of the Department of Mechanical Engineering was named an American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow on Feb. 16.
• Anantha Chandrakasan of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named an ACM Fellow on Jan. 13.
• Betar Gallant of the Department of Mechanical Engineering won an NSF CAREER Award on Feb. 11.
• Lee Gehrke of the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science was nominated to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows on Feb. 19.
• Henry Corrigan-Gibbs of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science won the ACM CCS Test-of-Time Award on Nov. 13, 2020.
• Linda Griffith of the Department of Biological Engineering won the National Academy of Engineering Gordon Prize on Jan. 7.
• Shafi Goldwasser of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science        was named a 2021 North American Laureate by L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International on Feb. 11.
• Song Han of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named one of IEEE’s AIs 10 to Watch on Aug. 15, 2020.
• Anders Sejr Hansen of the Department of Biological Engineering won a National Science Foundation grant on Feb. 2.
• Neville Hogan of the Department of Mechanical Engineering won the IEEE Society’s 2021 Pioneer in Robotics and Automation Award on Jan. 26.
• Rohit Karnik of the Department of Mechanical Engineering was named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors on Feb. 11.
• Jonathan Ragan-Kelle of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science won Intel’s 2020 Outstanding Researcher Award on Feb. 17.
• Hermano Igo Krebs of the Department of Mechanical Engineering was named a 2021 IEEE-EMBS Distinguished Lecturer on Feb. 19.
• Doug Lauffenburger of the Department of Biological Engineering won the National Academy of Engineering Gordon Prize on Jan. 7.
• Harvey Lodish of the Department of Biological Engineering won the International Society for Experimental Hematology 2020 Donald Metcalf Award on Jan. 29, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong on Dec. 13, 2020, and was named a Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium Foreign Member on Dec. 16, 2020.
• Luqiao Liu of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was awarded a 2021 Sloan Research Fellowship on Feb. 16.
• Samuel Madden of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named a 2020 ACM Fellow on Jan. 13.
• Muriel Médard of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering on Oct. 1, 2020, and was named the IEEE Information Theory Society’s 2021 Padovani Lecturer on Jan. 26.
• Rob Miller with co-author David Karger of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science won the UIST 2020 Lasting Impact Award on Oct. 22, 2020.
• Tomas Palacios of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science won Intel’s 2020 Outstanding Researcher Award on Feb. 17.
• Negar Reiskarimian of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science won the IEEE International Microwave Symposium 2020 Second Place Best Student Paper Award on Jan. 01.
• Ellen Roche of the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science was awarded a Single Ventricle Research Fund Award from Additional on Jan. 12.
• Daniela Rus of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science won the 2020 John McCarthy Award on Jan 1.
• Robert T-I Shin of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named an IEEE Fellow on Dec. 1, 2020.
• Julian Shun of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science won a Google Faculty Research Award Jan. 1.
• Michael Stonebraker of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science won the 2020 C&C Prize on Nov. 30, 2020.
• Collin M. Stultz of the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science was named a 2021 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar on March 1.
• Antonio Torralba of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) on Dec. 23, 2020.
• Kripa Varanasi of the Department of Mechanical Engineering won the Best Paper Award – MITAB 2020 Applied Energy Symposium on Dec. 18, 2020.
• Sixian You of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named a Scialog: Advancing Bioimaging Fellow for 2021 on Feb. 1.