Faculty Honors and Awards
During the academic year 2006-07, faculty members were recognized for their research or teaching. Below is a list of such honors. Click on a name to see additional information about that faculty member. To search by award, or for a directory of all Stanford Engineering faculty, visit our Faculty Database.
Lists of faculty honors and awards for previous academic years are linked below.
| Name | Award | Date | Primary Department |
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| Zhenan Bao | Nano 50 Award | 2007 | Chemical Engineering |
| SWE Teaching Excellence Award | 2007 |
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| Kwabena Boahen | NIH Director's Pioneer Award | 2006 | Bioengineering |
| Alexandria Boehm | NSF CAREER Award | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Dan Boneh | ComputerWorld Horizon Award | 2006 | Computer Science/Electrical Engineering |
| Stephen Boyd | Honorary PhD at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm | 2006 | Electrical Engineering |
| Mark Brongersma | Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching | 2007 | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Thomas Byers | The Barbara and Buzz McCoy University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, reappointment | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| John Cioffi | Marconi Prize | 2006 | Electrical Engineering |
| Jennifer Cochran | 47th Mallinckrodt Scholar | 2007 | Bioengineering |
| Markus Covert | NIH Pathway to Independence Award | 2007 | Bioengineering |
| Bill Dally | Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 2007 | Computer Science |
| Jenna Davis | Eugene L. Grant Teaching Award | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Karl Deisseroth | McKnight Scholar Award | 2007 | Bioengineering |
| Scott Delp | Appointed Charles Lee Powell Professor | 2007 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Received the Microstain Award (with co-developer Michael Llewellen) | 2007 |
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| Robert Dutton | Phil Kaufman Award | 2006 | Electrical Engineering |
| Kathy Eisenhardt | Richard D. Irwin Award | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Dawson Engler | ACM SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award | 2006 | Computer Science |
| Shanhui Fan | NAS Award for Initiatives in Research | 2007 |
Electrical Engineering |
| Adolph Lomb Medal, Optical Society of America | 2007 |
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| Ron Fedkiw | Okawa Foundation Research Grant | 2007 |
Computer Science |
| Robert Bosch Faculty Scholar | 2007 |
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| Kay Giesecke | Graduate Teaching Award | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Ashish Goel | 3Com Corporation Faculty Scholar | Management Science & Engineering | |
| Joe Goodman | Gold Medal of the International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Kenneth Goodson | Appointed Editor in Chief "Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering Journal" | 2007 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Robert Gray | Member, National Academy of Engineering | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Pat Hanrahan | IEEE Visualization Career Award | 2006 | Electrical Engineering |
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 2007 | ||
| Ron Hanson | OSU "Frontiers in Spectroscopy" Lecturer | 2007 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Air Products Distinguished Lecturer | 2007 |
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| James Harris | IEEE Life Fellow | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Warren Hausman | Fellow, Production & Operations Management Society (POMS) | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Pamela Hinds | MS&E Undergraduate Teaching Award | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Mark Horowitz | Member, National Academy of Engineering | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Umran Inan | Fellow of the American Geophysical Union | 2007 |
Electrical Engineering |
| Allan V. Cox Medal for Faculty Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research, Stanford University | 2007 |
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| Kosuke Ishii | Member, Science Council of Japan | 2006 | Mechanical Engineering |
| ASME Fellow Grade | 2007 | ||
| Visiting Professorship, Keio University | 2007 | ||
| Toyota Production Engineering Advisory Professorship, renewed | 2007 | ||
| Mark Z. Jacobson | Most-accessed article in Environmental Science & Technology Journal, April-June | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Ramesh Johari | National Science Foundation Career Award | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering Computer Science/Electrical Engineering by courtesy |
| Thomas Kailath | IEEE Medal of Honor | 2006 | Electrical Engineering |
| Riitta Katila | Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Chaitan Khosla | AAAS Fellow | 2006 | Chemical Engineering |
| Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences | 2007 | ||
| Scott Klemmer | UIST Best Paper Award | 2006 | Computer Science |
| CHI Best Paper Award | 2007 | ||
| Daphne Koller | IJCAII-JAIR Best Paper Prize | 2007 | Computer Science |
| Vladlen Koltun | NSF CAREER Award | 2006 | Computer Science |
| Sloan Research Fellowship | 2007 | ||
| Jeff Koseff | Honorable Mention for Teacher of the Year at the ASSU VSO/Teacher of the Year | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering Chemical Engineering by courtesy |
| Sanjay Lall | NSF CAREER Award | 2006 | Aeronautics & Astronautics Electrical Engineering by courtesy |
| Vance D. & Arlene C. Coffman Faculty Scholar | 2007 | ||
| Winner of the George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award | 2007 | ||
| James O. Leckie | AEESP Outstanding Paper Award | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Larry J. Leifer | Fellow of the University of Tokyo | Mechanical Engineering | |
| Marc Levenston | Tau Beta Pi Award | 2007 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Raymond Levitt | ASCE Peurifoy Construction Research Award | 2006 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Adrian Lew | Ferdinand P. Beer and Russel Jounston, Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award, ASEE | 2007 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Richard Luthy | Shaw Distinguished Lecturer, NCSU | 2006 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Lichtenstein Distinguished Lecturer, OSU | 2007 | ||
| Distinguished Lecturer in Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, University of Texas | 2007 | ||
| Chris Manning | Sony Faculty Scholar | 2007 | Computer Science |
| Perry McCarty | Stockholm Water Prize | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Mike McGehee | MRS Outstanding Young Investigator Award | 2007 | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Vance D. & Arlene C. Coffman Faculty Scholar | 2007 | ||
| Nick McKeown | ACM Fellow | 2006 | Electrical Engineering/Computer Science |
| Teresa Meng | Member, National Academy of Engineering | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Eduardo Miranda | Outstanding Journal Paper by the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council | 2006 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Thomas V. Jones Faculty Scholar | 2007 | ||
| John Mitchell | ComputerWorld Horizon Award | 2006 | Computer Science |
| Subhasish Mitra | NSF CAREER Award | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| IBM Faculty Award | 2007 | ||
| Godfrey Mungal | Fellow of the APS | 2006 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Andrew Ng | Sloan Research Fellowship | 2007 | Computer Science Electrical Engineering by courtesy |
| Yoshio Nishi | PICMET Leadership in Technology Management Award | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| William Nix | Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | 2007 | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Oyekunle Olukotun | ACM Fellow | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Bradford Parkinson | Minnesota 150 selection | 2007 | Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| John Pauly | Thomas H. & Polly W. Bredt Faculty Scholar | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Piero Pianetta | Fellow of the American Physical Society | 2006 | Electrical Engineering/SLAC |
| Heinz Pitsch | NSF CAREER Award | 2007 | Mechanical Engineering |
| James Plummer | UCLA Engineering Alumnus of the year | 2006 | Electrical Engineering |
| IEDM Paul Rappaport Award | 2006 | ||
| IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award | 2007 | ||
| Martin Reinhard | SAE Wright Brothers Medal | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Eric Roberts | John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, reappointed | 2007 | Computer Science |
| Timothy Roughgarden | ONR Young Investigator | 2007 | Computer Science |
| Alberto Salleo | NSF CAREER Award | 2007 | Materials Science and Engineering |
| 3M Untenured Faculty Award | 2007 | ||
| Krishna Saraswat | 1st Techno Visionary Award, Indian Semiconductor Association and the VLSI Society of India | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Eric S.G. Shaqfeh | College of Engineering Distinguished Lecturer, University of Tennessee | 2007 | Chemical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering |
| Krishna Shenoy | McKnight Technological Innovation in Neurosciences Award | 2007 | Electrical Engineering |
| Sheri Sheppard | Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education | 2007 | Mechanical Engineering |
| George Springer | Sydney University Honorary Degree | 2007 | Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| Robert Street | Faculty Fellowship, Advanced Study Program of the National Center for Atmospheric Research | 2006 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| James Swartz | Elmer Gaden Award | 2006 | Chemical Engineering |
| James L. Sweeney | USAEE Adelman-Frankel Award | 2007 | Management Science & Engineering |
| Paul Teicholz | Henry C. Turner Prize | 2007 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Sebastian Thrun | Vance D. & Arlene C. Coffman Faculty Scholar | 2006 | Computer Science/Electrical Engineering |
| Braunschweiger Forschungspreis | 2007 | ||
| Elected member of the Leopoldina | 2007 | ||
| Elected to the National Academy of Engineering | 2007 | ||
| Claire Tomlin | MacArthur Fellowship | 2006 | Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| Okawa Foundation Research Grant, Berkeley | 2006 | ||
| Vance D. & Arlene C. Coffman Faculty Scholar | 2006 | ||
| Chancellor's Professor, Berkeley | 2007 | ||
| Shan Wang | National Academies Keck Futures Initiatives Award | 2006 | Materials Science & Engineering |
| Jennifer Widom | ACM SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award | 2007 | Computer Science/Electrical Engineering |
| Yinyu Ye | INFORMS Fellow | 2006 | Management Science & Engineering Electrical Engineering by courtesy |
NAE recipients (lft to rt) Mark Horowitz, Robert Gray, Teresa Meng, Sebastian Thrun
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