School of Engineering first quarter 2024 awards

Faculty and researchers across MIT’s School of Engineering 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 and research scientists working in our academic departments, labs, and centers.

• Pulkit Agrawal in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science received an IEEE 2024 Early Academic Career Award in Robotics and Automation on March 22.
   
• Jacob Andreas in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named a Sloan Research Fellow on Feb. 29.
   
• Harry Asada in the Department of Mechanical Engineering received a National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Phase 1 Award on Feb. 8.
   
• Adam Belay in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was elected to the National Academy of Engineering on Feb. 6.
   
• Sangeeta Bhatia in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named a 2024 American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Fellow on Jan. 1.
   
• Jacopo Buongiorno in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering was elected to the National Academy of Engineering on Feb. 6.
   
• Yufeng Kevin Chen in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science received the 2023 Bioinspiration & Biomimetics Steven Vogel Young Investigator Award on Jan. 31.
   
• Tal Cohen in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering received the Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty on Jan. 19.
   
• Sili Deng in the Department of Mechanical Engineering received the Irvin Glassman Young Investigator Award on March 15.
   
• Priya Donti in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was name a AI2050 Early Career Fellow on March 4.
   
• Elazer R. Edelman in the Institute for Medical Science Engineering and Science received the Society for Biomaterials Founders Award on Jan. 10.
   
• Dirk Englund in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named a 2024 IEEE Fellow on Jan. 1.
   
• Carmen Guerra-Garcia in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics received the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award on Jan. 25.
   
• Wesley Harris in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics was named an Honoree of the National Society of Black Engineers on Feb. 24.
   
• Anette Peko Hosoi in the Department of Mechanical Engineering received an Australian Academy of Science Selby Fellowship on Feb. 23.
   
• Wojciech Matusik in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science received a Humboldt Research Award on Feb. 2.
   
• Jacquin C. Niles in the Department of Biological Engineering was inducted into the 2024 class of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows on March 25.
   
• Yury Polyanskiy in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named a 2024 IEEE Fellow on Jan. 1.
   
• Katharina Ribbeck in the Department of Biological Engineering was inducted into the 2024 class of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows on March 25.
   
• Arvind Satyanarayan in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was named a Sloan Research Fellow on Feb. 29.
   
• Gerald Sussman in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science received the 2024 Taylor L. Booth Education Award on Feb. 2.
   
• Giovanni Traverso in the Department of Mechanical Engineering was inducted into the 2024 class of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows on March 25.
   
• Vinod Vaikuntanathan in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science received the 2023 Simons Investigator Award on Jan. 1.
   
• Andrew Whittle in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering was selected to give the 2024 Karl Terzaghi Lecture on Feb. 2.
   
• Maria Yang in the Department of Mechanical Engineering received a National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Phase 1 Award on Feb. 8.