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Major National and Regional Awards Received by the Swanson School of Engineering Faculty
(Note: Faculty members also receive many internal awards which are not listed here.)
2004-2005
- Society for Biomaterials, Clemson Award - Steve Badylak
- Distinguished Professorship in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering - Anna Balazs
- Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Outstanding Young Alumni Award at Virginia Tech – Chris Earls
- NASA, Public Service Award - Peyman Givi
- 2005 NSF CAREER Award - John Leonard
- ASME Burt L. Newkirk Award - Mike Lovell
- Award for Excellence in Corporate Innovation – 10th Annual Carnegie Science Award for Excellence – Marlin Mickle
- Nigerian National Merit Award – Bart Nnaji
- Dedicatee of Tenth International Symposium on Superalloys – Fred Pettit
- Awarded Distinguished Life Membership in Alpha Sigma Mu, The Professional Honor Society of Material Science and Engineering – Fred Pettit
- Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education – Larry Shuman
- ASEE Fellow – Marwan Simaan
- 2005 NSF CAREER Award - Sachin Velankar
- 2005 NSF CAREER Award - Gotz Veser
- BMES Distinguished Lecturer Award - Savio Woo
- ASME Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award – Savio Woo
- Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award (Jr.) - Judith Yang
2005-2006
- Engineer of the Year, ESWP – Eric Beckman
- Founding Fellow BMES - Harvey Borovetz
- Computing Sciences Accreditation Board Fellow – J.T. Cain
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers Gary Leach Award – James Cobb
- NSBE, 2006 Golden Torch Award for Lifetime Achievement in Academia – Karl Lewis
- 2006 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award (Sr.) – Scott Mao
- College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering – Michael Sacks
- Founding Fellow BMES - Michael Sacks
- NSF CAREER Award – Andrew Schaefer
- College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - George Stetten
- College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering – David Vorp
- Biomedical Engineering Society Distinguished Lecture - Savio Woo
- Founding Fellow BMES - Savio Woo
- 2006 Awards for Excellence Life Sciences Award, Carnegie Science Center – Savio Woo
2006-2007
- Achilles Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Research Award – Steven D. Abramowitch
- Member, Advisory Committee for the Division of Medical Engineering Research, National Health Research Institutes (MED/NHRI) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) – Harvey Borovetz
- 2007 Carnegie Science Center Life Sciences Award – Harvey Borovetz
- 2006 Meritorious Service Award by the International Network for Engineering Education and Research – Daniel D. Budny
- NSF Career Award – Kevin Chen
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – William W. Clark
- Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics – Minking Chyu
- Special Tribute to Giovani Paulo Galdi – Special International Conference on Mathematical Fluid Mechanics honoring Dr. Galdi’s career achievements
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Peyman Givi
- Fellow, American Concrete Institute – Kent Harries
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Gary Leach Award – George E. Klinzing
- Fellow, International Association for Pattern Recognition – C.C. Li
- Olympus/NCIIA Award for Innovation – Michael R. Lovell
- 2007 Application to Practice Award, TMS – Frederick S. Pettit
- Fellow, American Chemical Society – Donald J. Plazek
- Civil Engineer of the Year, American Society of Civil Engineers Pittsburgh Section – John L. Richards
- Board of Editors of Scientific American Magazine, Scientific American 50—Michael Sacks
- 2007 University/Post-Secondary Educator Award at the 11th Annual Carnegie Science Center Awards for Excellence--Sanjeev Shroff
- Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education – Larry J. Shuman
- Board of Editors of Scientific American Magazine, Scientific American 50—William Wagner
2007-2008
- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Award, Carnegie Science Center – Steven Badylak
- 2007 Engineering Education Excellence Award International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education – D. Budny
- Richard M. Emberson Award, IEEE – Tom Cain
- Lifetime Achievement Award, American Filtration and Separations Society – Shiao-Hung Chiang
- Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics – Minking Chyu
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – William Clark
- Gary Leach Award, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers - James Cobb
- DaVinci Lifetime Achievement Award, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter – Rory Cooper
- NSF Career Award – Tracy Cui
- NSF Career Award – Di Gao
- Engineer of the Year, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pittsburgh Chapter – Peyman Givi
- Fellow, American Physical Society—Peyman Givi
- 2008 ESWP William Metcalf Award, for lifetime contributions to engineering – Gerald Holder
- Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers – Gerald Holder
- Advances in Hydraulics, Biomechanics and Fluid Dynamics Symposium, University of Taiwan, Honoring Professor T.K. Hung
- BMES Class of 2007 Fellows – William Federspiel, Sanjeev Shroff, Rory Cooper and William Wagner
- Young Investigator Award, Beckman Foundation—Steve Little
- Excellence in Higher Education Award, Carnegie Science Center (team award) – Joseph McCarthy, Robert Parker, Mary Besterfield-Sacre
- 2007 Application to Practice Award, TMS – Frederick S. Pettit
- Faculty Grant Award, ASNT – Piervincenzo Rizzo
- 2008 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award in the Senior Scholar Category – Michael Sacks
- 2007 Resident/Fellow Scholarship Award, Arthroscopy Association of North American – Patrick Smolinski
- R.A. Glenn Award, Division of Fuel Chemistry, American Chemical Society—Goetz Veser
- Professor of the Year, American Society of Civil Engineers, Pittsburgh Chapter – Radisav Vidic
- Life Sciences Award, Carnegie Science Center – William Wagner
- NSF Career Award—Lisa Weiland
- Visiting Scientist Fellowship, NCEM – Jorg Wiezorek
- International Society of Biomechanics XXI Annual Meeting, Opening Plenary Lecture – Savio Woo
- Diamond Award for Distinguished Achievement in Academia, University of Washington – Savio Woo
- Life Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – Savio Woo
- Hall of Fame of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Washington – Savio Woo
- NSF Career Award – Jun Yang
- Department of Energy Hydrogen Program R & D Award—Karl Johnson
Interested in nominating a Pitt Engineering faculty member for an award? Contact the Director of Marketing & Communications at 412-624-2640 to work with the Swanson School of Engineering Awards Committee.
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