Institute Awards and Distinctions

Tat-Sing Paul Chow '82 Ph.D., Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, received the 2022 Jerome Fischbach '38 Faculty Travel Grant.

Marianne Nyman, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the Trustees' Outstanding Teaching Award.

Deepak Vashishth, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Director, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, received the 2022 William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award.

Meng Wang, Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, received the 2022 James M. Tien '66 Early Career Award for Faculty.

Fotis Kopsaftopoulos, Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2021 Class of 1951 Outstanding Teaching Award.

Nikhil Koratkar, John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2021 William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award.

Ali Tajer, Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, received the 2021 James M. Tien '66 Early Career Award for Faculty.

Daniel Walczyk '91, G, Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2021 Jerome Fischbach '38 Faculty Travel Award.

Shayla Sawyer '06, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, received the 2020 Trustees' Outstanding Teacher Award.

Jian Shi, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, received the 2020 James M. Tien '66 Early Career Award for Faculty.

Shankar Narayanan, Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2020 Class of 1951 Outstanding Teaching Development Grant.

John Wen '85, Ph.D., Russell Sage Professor and Head, Electrical, Computer, and Systems, received the 2020 William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award.

Victoria Bennett '04, '05G, '10Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the Class of 1951 Outstanding Teaching Award.

Steven Cramer, William Weightman Walker Professor of Polymer Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, received the William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award.

Sandipan Mishra, Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the James M. Tien '66 Early Career Award for Faculty.

Jennifer Pazour, Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, received the 2019 Rensselaer Alumni Association Teaching Award.

Henry Scarton, Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the Jerome Fischbach '38 Faculty Travel Award.

Joe H. Chow, NAE, Institute Professor of Engineering, received the William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award.

Ishwara Bhat, Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, received the Jerome Fischbach '38 Faculty Travel Award.

Rich Radke, Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, received the Trustees' Outstanding Teaching Award.

Shayla Sawyer, Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, received the Rensselaer Alumni Association Outstanding Teaching Award.

Michael Shur, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, received the 2017 William H. Wiley 1866 Distinguished Faculty Award.

Anak Agung Julius, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, received the 2017 James M. Tien '66 Early Career Award for Faculty.

Thomas Haley, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2017 David M. Darrin '40 Counseling Award.

John "Jack" Reilly, Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the 2017 David M. Darrin '40 Counseling Award.

Thierry Blanchet, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2017 Jerome Fischbach '38 Faculty Travel Award.

Aram Chung, Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2016 Class of 1951 Outstanding Teaching Development Grant.

Ryan Gilbert, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, received the 2016 Trustees' Outstanding Teacher Award. 

Eric Ledet, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, received the 2016 Rensselaer Alumni Association Teaching Award. 

Jie Lian, Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2016 James M. Tien '66 Early Career Award for Faculty. 

Marianne Nyman, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the 2016 David M. Darrin '40 Counseling Award.

Minoru Tomozawa, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, received the 2016 Jerome Fischbach '38 Faculty Travel Award.

Guohao Dai, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, received the 2015 James M. Tien '66 Early Career Award.

Sandipan Mishra, Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2015 Class of 1951 Outstanding Teaching Award.

Zvi Rusak, Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2015 Jerome Fischbach '38 Faculty Travel Award.

Thomas C. Sharkey, Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, received the 2015 Rensselaer Alumni Association Outstanding Teaching Award.

Suvranu De, Professor and Department Head, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Imaging in Medicine (CeMSIM), was appointed the J. Erik Jonsson '22 Distinguished Professor of Engineering.

Mattheos Koffas, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering was appointed the Dorothy and Fred Chau '71 Career Development Constellation Professor in Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering.

Michael Podowski, Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2014 Jerome Fischbach '38 Faculty Travel Award.

Bimal Malaviya, Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2014 Rensselaer Alumni Association Outstanding Teaching Award.

Johnson Samuel, Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, received the 2014 Class of 1951 Outstanding Teaching Development Grant.

Peter Tessier, Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, was appointed the Richard Baruch M.D. Career Development Professor of Engineering.

Xie (George) Xu, Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, was appointed the Edward E. Hood, Jr. Professor of Engineering.

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