Faculty Accolades

Rensselaer’s faculty members are a collaborative community working in an atmosphere of increasing interdisciplinarity. They take pride in their dedication to teaching — demonstrating a #commitment to excellence that always has been a hallmark of Rensselaer’s teacher-scholars.

Faculty Accolades


America Competes Award for Public Service
Shirley Ann Jackson 2012
 
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
Michael Shur 2005
Gwo-Ching Wang 2006
Toh-Ming Lu 2007
Shirley Ann Jackson 2011
Shawn-Yu Lin 2012
Vincent Meunier 2019
 
American Physical Society (APS) Fellow
Shirley Ann Jackson 1986
Toh-Ming Lu 1994
Mike Shur 1995
Gwo-Ching Wang 1996
Shawn-Yu Lin 2002
Vincent Meunier 2011
Heidi Jo Newberg 2013
Humberto Terrones 2016
 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ President’s Award
Shirley Ann Jackson 2006
 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Ralph Coats Roe Medal
Shirley Ann Jackson 2008
 
American Vacuum Society (AVS) Fellow
Toh-Ming Lu 1995
Gwo-Ching Wang 1997
 
Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Fellow
Shirley Ann Jackson 2004

Bouchet Leadership Award Medal
Shirley Ann Jackson 2009
 
David M. Darrin Counseling Award
Peter Persans 2001
Toh-Ming Lu 2017
 
Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award
Joel Giedt 2009
 
Electrochemical Society Fellow
Michael Shur 2004
 
Gruber Cosmology Prize
Heidi Newberg 2007
 
Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists
Michael Shur 2002
 
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow
Michael Shur 1989
 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award
Michael Shur 2006
 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nanotechnology Council Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology
Shawn-Yu Lin 2016
 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award
Michael Shur 2008
 
Institution of Engineering and Technology Fellow
Michael Shur 2007
 
Institute of Physics Fellow (IOP)
Vincent Meunier 2017
 
James M. Tien '66 Early Career Award
Joel Giedt 2014
 
Jerome Fischbach Travel Grant
John Schroeder 2007
 
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member
Michael Shur 2009
 
Materials Research Society Fellow
Toh-Ming Lu 2008
Michael Shur 2009
Gwo-Ching Wang 2016
 
Materials Research Society Medal Award
Toh-Ming Lu 2004
 
National Academy of Engineering Fellow
Shirley Ann Jackson 2001
 
National Medal of Science
Shirley Ann Jackson 2016
 
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Esther A. Wertz 2020
 
New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Trustee Award
Shirley Ann Jackson 2013
 
Nottingham Prize Winner, 38th Annual Conference on Physical Electronics
Gwo-Ching Wang 1978
 
Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellow
Shawn-Yu Lin 2002
Christian Wetzel 2020
 
Rensselaer Early Career Award
Toh-Ming Lu 1986
Gwo-Ching Wang 1988
Wayne Roberge 1991
Heidi Newberg 2003
 
Rensselaer Alumni Association Teaching Award
Wayne Roberge 2004
 
Royal Academy of Engineering International Fellow
Shirley Ann Jackson 2012
 
Royal Astronomical Society Fellow
Douglas Whittet
 
School of Science Award: Outstanding Research
Vincent Meunier 2015
Ethan Brown 2019
 
School of Science Awards: Outstanding Service
Peter Persans 2007
 
School of Science Awards: Outstanding Teaching
Peter Persans 2009
Charles Martin 
 
Senior Member Optical Society of America (OSA)
Ingrid Wilke 2012
 
SRC (Semiconductor Research Corporation) Faculty Leadership Award
Toh-Ming Lu 2005
 
Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher
Heidi Newberg 2014
 
Trustees' Outstanding Teacher Award
Peter Persans 2009

U.S. News STEM Leadership Hall of Fame
Shirley Ann Jackson 2014
 
Vannevar Bush Award
Shirley Ann Jackson 2007
 
William H. Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award
Toh-Ming Lu 2002
Gwo-Ching Wang 2006
Shengbai Zhang 2016

Women of Power Legacy Award, Black Enterprise Magazine
Shirley Ann Jackson 2010
 
World Innovation Foundation Fellow
Michael Shur 2004

 

Student Accolades

Students at Rensselaer are recognized for their creativity, accomplishments, discoveries, and leadership.   

Student Accolades

Please see the Rensselaer Catalog (“Academic Information and Regulations”) for award descriptions.

Class of 1902 Research Prize
2019 Kyle Rego
2018 Ziyi Lin
2017 Alan N. Pearl
2016 Thomas Merkh
2014 Robert Spivey, III
2013 Charles Martin
2010 Chris Lehnen
2009 Matthew Harrigan
 
Coherent Award
2010 Jingle Liu and Karen Ho
2008 Xiaofei Lu and Gurpreet Kaur
2006 Tao Yuan and Nick Karpowicz
2005 Haibo Liu and Xu Xie
 
Edmond Brown Prize
2019 Anthony Yoshimura
2018 Han Wang
2017 Andrew Cupo
 
Founders Award of Excellence
2019 JiaZhao Lin, William Marshall, Davis Olmsted, Jake T. Orr, Jarrett A. Rosenberg
2018 Drake A. Niedzielski, Kyle A. Rego
2017 Peter A. Craig, George V. Dowhan, Mallory E. Gaspard, Isabella G. Peck, Vera M. Titze
2016 Daniel Alexander, Hunter Belanger, James Flamino, Maxwell Jenquin, William Meese, Madison Wyatt
2014 Maia M. Marchetti, Thomas A. Merkh, Emily C. Wislowski 
2012 Ted Berger, Amy Lovell, Charles Martin, Robert Spivey, Christine Umbright 
2011 Thomas O’Connor
2009 Daniel Elton, Joseph Paki, Jingle Liu, Xiaofei Lu, Ya Ou
2008 Churamani Gaire, I-Chen Ho, Kai Liu, Qiming Lu
 
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award
2017 Emily Kosmaczewski
 
G. Howard Carragan Award
2019 Kyle Rego
2018 Peter Craig
2017 Zachary J. Harris
2016 Andrew Horning
2015 Jacob Leedom and Ryan McAvoy
2014 Christina Caragine, Robert Spivey, III 
2013 Amy Lovell
2012 Thomas O’Connor
2011 Kevin Pedro
2010 Eric Dzienkowski
2009 Ryan Badeau, Marc Miskin
 
Hillard B. Huntington Award
2019 Andrew Cupo
2017 Yu Xiang
2016 Panagiotis Karampourniotis
2015 Anqing Liu
2014 Liangbo Liang 
2013 Xing Yan
2012 Christoph Stark & Ming He
2011 Benjamin Willett
2010 Jingle Liu
2009 Nicholas Karpowicz
2008 Philip Shemella
 
J. Erik Jonsson Prize
2019 Kyle Rego
2015 Ryan McAvoy
2005 Joseph Yasi
2004 Samuel Eddinger
 
J. Lawrence and Gertrude Katz Award
2019 Drake Niedzielski
2017 Madison Wyatt
2016 Maia Marchetti
2015 Josue San Emeterio
 
Karen and Lester Gerhardt Prize
2011 Jingle Liu
2009 Nicholas Karpowicz
 
Nadia Trinkala Service Award
2019 Mallory Gaspard
2018 Jennifer Freedberg
2017 Rachel Maizel
2016 Victoria Butler
2015 Eric Deutsch
2014 Kathleen Grabowski
2013 Erin Hansen
2012 Andrew McAllister
 
New York Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS)
2019 Philip Charles
 
Paul S. Ho ’65 Graduate Prize in Physics
2019 Yu Xiang
2018 Aaron Littlejohn
2017 Jake A. Weiss
2016 Brian Frey
2015 Ryan Krafnick
 
Physics Mentorship Award
2019 Isabelle Peck
2018 William Meese
 
Richard Madey Prize
2016 George V. Dowhan and Kyle A. Rego
2015 Andrew J. Horning
2014 Jacob Leedom, Ryan McAvoy 
2013 Christina Caragine
2011 Ryan Krafnick
2010 Joseph Paki
2009 Christopher Lehnen
2008 Eric Dzienkowski, Timothy Kelley
 
Robert Resnick Prize
2019 JiaZhao Lin
2018 Vera Titze
2017 William "Joe" Meese
2016 Thomas Merkh
2015 Lydia Nevin 
2014 (Spring) Ryan McAvoy & Jacob Leedom 
2012 David Galehouse & Michael Pinkert
2011 Evan Weinberg
2009 Raymond Menzel, Joseph Paki
2008 Ryan Badeau
 
Walter Eppenstein Award
2019 Hunter Belanger
2018 Zachary Hallenbeck
2017 Colin Daniels
2016 Anthony Yoshimura
2015 Georges Jaar, Anthony Post
2014 Jeffery Thompson
2013 Liang Zhao
2012 Jonathan Owens
2011 Maximilian Katz
2010 Albert Dearden
2009 Paul Mayeur
2008 Anthony Villano
 
 
 

Staff Accolades

The School of Science recognize staff for their excellence in service.

Staff Accolades

School of Science Awards: Outstanding Staff

Joan Perras 2007