Awards and Honors
Lewis wins Eckerd College alumni outstanding career award
Mark Lewis, director of Cornell’s School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, was honored with the William H. Kadel Alumni Medal for Outstanding Career Achievement from Eckerd College.
CBE's Center appointed Emeritus Professor-of-Practice
Alfred Center, professor of practice (CBE), appointed Emeritus Professor-of-Practice in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, effective upon his retirement from Cornell University at the end of the spring semester, May 2023.
Batten promoted to professor
Christopher Batten has been promoted to the rank of professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, effective April 1, 2023.
You receives High-Impact Paper Award
Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor (CBE, Systems), received a High-Impact Paper Award from the journal Engineering for his paper "Machine learning and data-driven techniques for the control of smart power generation systems: An uncertainty handling perspective," and his research article on climate-neutral hydrogen production was selected for the cover of the January 2023 issue of AIChE Journal.
Three Cornell Engineering faculty win NSF early-career awards
Judy Cha Ph.D. '09, professor (MSE), Amal El-Ghazaly, assistant professor (ECE) and Matthew Reid, assistant professor (CEE), have received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.
Petro selected for Young Investigator Program Award
Elaine Petro, assistant professor (MAE), was selected for an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Award that will fund research into next-generation propellants.
Three early-career faculty win Sloan Research Fellowships
Assistant professors Eshan Chattopadhyay (CS), Angeline Pendergrass (EAS) and Andrej Singer (MSE) have won 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Godwin promoted to associate professor
Allison Godwin has been elected to the rank of associate professor with indefinite tenure in the Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Nair selected as NAS early-career research fellow
Sriramya Nair, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been selected as one of the National Academy of Sciences Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellows in the Offshore Energy Safety track.
Ober, materials scientists elected to National Academy of Engineering
Christopher K. Ober, professor (MSE), has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional distinctions for an engineer. Ober is joined by MSE adjunct professor Kelin J. Kuhn and MSE alumni Peter F. Green, Ph.D. ’85, and Jie Xue, Ph.D. ‘92.