Awards and Honors

The Board of Trustees elected the following professors to appointment with indefinite tenure:

• Francesco Monticone, assistant professor (ECE), was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure.
• Kirstin Petersen, assistant professor (ECE), was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure.
• Samitha Samaranayake, assistant professor (CEE), was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure.
• Jae-Sun Seo, associate professor (ECE), was elected associate professor with indefinite tenure.

Suzanne Mahlburg Kay, the William & Katherine Snee Professor of Geological Sciences Emeritus (EAS), received the Penrose Medal from the Geological Society of America, its highest honor. Kay was recognized for "eminent and impactful scientific contributions throughout her career, with breakthrough research on the fundamental tectonic processes responsible for crustal and mantle genesis along convergent margins.”

David A. Muller, the Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Engineering (AEP), has been honored with two prestigious awards for his achievements in microscopy: the 2023 John M. Cowley Medal from the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy and the 2024 Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science from the American Physical Society.

Chris Casler-Gonçalves, assistant director (DPE), was named 2023 American Indian Science and Engineering Society Region 6 (Northeast) Chapter Advisor of the Year.

Carolina Muñoz‐Saez, incoming assistant professor (EAS), was awarded the Geological Society of America's Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, & Volcanology Division Early Geological Career Award, given to early-career individuals who have made distinguished contributions in mineralogy, geochemistry, petrology, and/or volcanology, with emphasis on multidisciplinary, field-based contributions.

Anne Bracy, senior lecturer (CS), has been named a Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery, a recognition given to ACM members with at least 10 years of professional experience and have demonstrated performance through technical leadership and professional contributions.

Traci Nathans-Kelly, director of the Engineering Communications Program, has been awarded the 2023 IEEE ProComm Alfred N. Goldsmith Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Communication. Nominated by colleagues in IEEE, this award acknowledges distinction in the field of engineering communication as evidenced by a significant reputation in a field associated with engineering communication.

Andrea Lodi, the Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor (ORIE, Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute), has been named an INFORMS Fellow Class of 2023. Lodi was selected for theoretical and computational contributions in discrete optimization, especially powerful primal heuristic methods to quickly find high-quality feasible solutions and breakthroughs in exploiting the dual side of integer programming.

David Muller, the Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Engineering (AEP), was awarded the The John M Cowley Medal. The Cowley Medal is the highest award of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy and is only awarded once every 4 years. The medal is awarded in recognition of lifetime achievement to an international leader in the fields of diffraction physics or microscopy.

Dmitry Savransky, associate professor (MAE), was named a member of NASA's Science, Technology, Architecture Review Team as part of the Great Observatory Maturation Program.