Honors and Awards
We are pleased to recognize our department's exceptional, award-winning faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Faculty Awards
Year | Name | Award | Awarding entity |
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2024 | Ivan B. Djordjevic | Patent Medallion Recipient: "Probabilistically Coded Fronthaul Networks" | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2024 | Wolfgang Fink | Patent Medallion Recipient: "Automated Network-On-Chip Design" | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2024 | Salim Hariri | Patent Medallion Recipient: "SeVA: Senior’s Virtual Assistant" College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2024 | Ming Li | Fellow | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2024 | Michael Marcellin | Teacher of the Year | College of Engineering |
2024 | Janet Meiling Roveda | Fellow | American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) |
2023 | Siyang Cao | Patent Medallion Recipient: Automotive Radar Using 3D Printed Luneburg Lens patent | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2023 | Wolfgang Fink | Fellow | National Academy of Inventors |
2023 | Wolfgang Fink | Inaugural "University Faculty Service Award" | University of Arizona |
2023 | Wolfgang Fink | Special Congressional Recognition | United States House of Representative |
2023 | Wolfgang Fink | Patent Medallion Recipient: "Traverse Optimization and Multi-Purpose Tracking" | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2023 | Wolfgang Fink | Patent Medallion Recipient: "Vehicular Tip or Rollover Protection Mechanisms" | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2023 | Wolfgang Fink | SPIE Aden and Marjorie Meinel Technology Achievement Award | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) |
2023 | Wolfgang Fink | Silver Fellow | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
2023 | Liesl Folks | Women of Impact | Office of Research, Innovation and Impact |
2023 | Dale Hetherington | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2023 | Ming Li | Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentor Award | College of Engineering |
2023 | Roman Lysecky | Startup of the Year | Tech Launch Arizona |
2023 | Michael Marcellin | Graduate Student Paper Award, Second Place, A. Boone (student), Ali Bilgin and M.W. Marcellin (advisors), “Compression of diffusion weighted magnetic resonance images using JPEG2000,” Proceedings. | International Telemetering Conference |
2023 | Kathleen Melde | Women of Impact | Office of Research, Innovation and Impact |
2023 | Kathleen Melde | Outstanding Supporter of Diversity & Inclusion Award | College of Engineering |
2023 | Kelly Simmons-Potter | University Distinguished Outreach Professor | University of Arizo |
2023 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Startup of the Year | Tech Launch Arizona |
2023 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Honoris Causa Professor | Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST), Wroclaw, Poland |
2023 | Kay Thamvichai | Teacher of the Year - Career Track Award | College of Engineering |
2023 | Hal S. Tharp | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2023 | Hao Xin | Patent Medallion Recipient: Automotive Radar Using 3D Printed Luneburg Lens | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2023 | Hao Xin | Patent Medallion Recipient: Hollow Light Weight Lens Structure | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2022 | Ali Akoglu | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2022 | Ali Bilgin | Patent Medallion Recipient: Tissue Characterization with Volume Correction | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2022 | Tamal Bose | Patent Medallion Recipient: Cognitive HF Radio With Tuned Compact Antenna | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2022 | Siyang Cao | Trailblazer Award | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
2022 | Wolfgang Fink | Patent Medallion Recipient: "Handheld Ophthalmic Examination Devices" | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2022 | Wolfgang Fink | Patent Medallion Recipient: "Electrical Stimulation of Cell and Method of Use (1/2)" | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2022 | Wolfgang Fink | Patent Medallion Recipient: "Electrical Stimulation of Cell and Method of Use (2/2)" | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2022 | Liesl Folks | Fellow | National Academy of Inventor |
2022 | Marwan Krunz | Patent Medallion Recipient: "Preamble Waveforms to Support Wireless Networks and Fast Beam Sweeping in 5G Millimeter Wave" | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2022 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2022 | Michael Marefat | Patent Medallion Recipient: "Cognitive HF Radio With Tuned Compact Antenna" | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2022 | Kelly Simmons-Potter | Outstanding Service Award for service as Vice-Chair | Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Steering Committee |
2022 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Distinguished Alumnus | College of Engineering Hall of Fame Awards, Wayne State University |
2022 | Ravi Tandon | John M. Leonis Distinguished Associate Professor | Litton Industries |
2022 | Mark Tarbell | Patent Medallion Recipient: "Handheld Ophthalmic Examination Devices" | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2022 | Michael (Hongyi) Wu | Distinguished Alumni | Computer Science & Engineering, University at Buffalo |
2022 | Hao Xin | Patent Medallion Recipient: "Cognitive HF Radio With Tuned Compact Antenna | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2021 | Wolfgang Fink | DOE/NREL-sponsored $200,000 E-ROBOT Prize (Co-Winner) | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) & National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
2021 | Greg Heileman | Blockchain Innovation Challenge | American Council on Education |
2021 | Dale Hetherington | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2021 | Marwan Krunz | Regents Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona | Arizona Board of Regents |
2021 | Marwan Krunz | Fellow | Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association |
2021 | Kelly Simmons-Potter | Outstanding Service Award, Executive Editor | Journal of Radiation Effects Research and Engineering |
2021 | Hal S. Tharp | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2020 | Ali Akoglu | Innovation Award | National Defense Industrial |
2020 | Boulat Bash | CAREER Award | National Science Foundation |
2020 | Siyang Cao | Faculty Innovation Award | Sony Corporation |
2020 | Ivan B. Djordjevic | Craig M. Berge Dean Fellow | College of Engineering |
2020 | Wolfgang Fink | Elected Vice President | Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society |
2020 | Wolfgang Fink | Inaugural "Scott Clements Most Valuable Person (MVP) Award" | Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society |
2020 | Wolfgang Fink | Fellow | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) |
2020 | Salim Hariri | Mask Sub-Challenge Prize Award (S. Hariri, J. Szep) | Stefan Steidl Computational Paralinguistics Awards |
2020 | Salim Hariri | Technology Award | National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) – Tennessee Valley Chapter |
2020 | Marwan Krunz | Distinguished Alumni Award | Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Michigan State University |
2020 | Ming Li | Craig M. Berge Dean Fellow | College of Engineering |
2020 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2020 | Kay Thamvichai | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2020 | Hao Xin | da Vinci Fellow | College of Engineering |
2019 | Tosiron Adegbija | CAREER Award | National Science Foundation |
2019 | Ivan B. Djordjevic | Fellow | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2019 | Wolfgang Fink | SPIE Community Champion | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) |
2019 | Dale Hetherington | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2019 | Abhijit Mahalanobis | Young Faculty Award | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) |
2019 | Michael Marcellin | Undergraduate Student Paper Award, First Place, K.T. Norland (student), and M.W. Marcellin (advisor), “Control Failures in an Unmanned Aerial System and the Potential for Stateless Control,” Proceedings | International Telemetering Conference |
2019 | Kelly Simmons-Potter | Outstanding Service Award for service as Technical Chair | 2018 Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference |
2019 | Hal S. Tharp | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2019 | Michael (Hongyi) Wu | Fellow | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2018 | Tosiron Adegbija | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2018 | Wolfgang Fink | Fellow | Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society |
2018 | Wolfgang Fink | Best Manuscript Award | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) |
2018 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2018 | Michael Marcellin | Undergraduate Student Paper Award, First Place | International Telemetering Conference |
2018 | Michael Marcellin | Winner, Engineering Design Challenges & Inclusive Design Team Champion, Arizona Coaster Cats | Ryerson Invitational Thrill Design Competition |
2018 | Kelly Simmons-Potter | Outstanding Service Award for service as Publication Chair | Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Steering Committee |
2018 | Janet Meiling Roveda | Fellow | Arizona Center for Accelerated BioMedical Innovati (ACABI) |
2018 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Fellow | Society for Computer Simulation |
2018 | Ravi Tandon | Early Career Professor Award | Keysight Technologies |
2018 | Kay Thamvichai | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2018 | Bane Vasic | I-Squared Award Startup of the Year | University of Arizona & Tech Launch Arizona |
2018 | Bane Vasic | Best Paper Award | IEEE Communications Society |
2018 | Michael (Hongyi) Wu | Percom Mark Weiser Best Paper Award | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2018 | Hao Xin | Fellow | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2017 | Wolfgang Fink | Fellow | Arizona Center for Accelerated BioMedical Innovation (ACABI) |
2017 | Michael Marcellin | Winner | Ryerson Invitational Thrill Design Competition |
2017 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2017 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Faculty Member of the Month, Women in Engineering Programming Board | College of Engineering |
2017 | Janet Meiling Roveda | da Vinci Fellow | College of Engineering |
2017 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Fulbright Scholar | Fulbright Scholar Program |
2017 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Fellow | Arizona Center for Accelerated BioMedical Innovati (ACABI) |
2017 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Best Paper Award: A. Rao, J.W. Rozenblit, R. Lysecky and J. Sametinger, “Composite Risk Modeling for Automated Threat Mitigation in Medical Devices” | Spring Simulation Conference |
2017 | Ravi Tandon | CAREER Award | National Science Foundation |
2017 | Bane Vasic | Exemplary Reviewer | IEEE Transaction on Communications |
2017 | Bane Vasic | Arizona Innovation Challenge Award | Arizona Commerce Authority and Governor Doug Ducey |
2016 | Ivan B. Djordjevic | Fellow | Optica |
2016 | Wolfgang Fink | University Excellence in STEM Diversity Award | University of Arizona |
2016 | Ming Li | Young Investigator Award | Office of Naval Research |
2016 | Michael Marcellin | Second Place Undergraduate Student Paper Award | International Telemetering Conference |
2016 | Michael Marcellin | Capocelli Prize (Best Student Paper), N. Amrani (student), J. Serra-Sagristà, M. Hernández- Cabronero, and M.W. Marcellin (advisors), “Regression wavelet analysis for progressive-lossy-tolossless coding of remote-sensing data,” Proceedings | Data Compression Conference |
2016 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2016 | Kelly Simmons-Potter | Mentor Award | “Racing the Sun” Solar Go-Kart Race |
2016 | Hal S. Tharp | Leicester and Kathryn Sherrill Creative Teaching Award | University of Arizona Foundation |
2015 | Wolfgang Fink | da Vinci Fellow | College of Engineering |
2015 | Marwan Krunz | Kenneth VonBehren Endowed Professor | University of Arizona |
2015 | Abhijit Mahalanobis | Fellow | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2015 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineer |
2015 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding service as Chair of Modeling and Simulation in Medicine Conference | Society for Computer Simulation |
2015 | John Reagan | Group Achievement Award, International Workshop on Space-Based Lidar Remote Sensing Techniques and Emerging Technologies | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2015 | Bane Vasic | Fullbright Scholar | Fulbright Scholar Program |
2014 | Ivan B. Djordjevic | Distinguished Scholar Award | 1885 Society |
2014 | Wolfgang Fink (mentor) NSBE (undergrad team) | 1st place at national NSBE Undergraduate Technical Research Competition in robotic pipeline inspection | Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
2014 | Ming Li | CAREER Award | National Science Foundation |
2014 | Michael Marcellin | Undergraduate Student Paper Award, Second Place, A. Kundu, B. Noriega, C. O’Brien, C. Speros, D. Ju (students), M.W. Marcellin, and K. Melde (advisors), “Time difference of arrival for small mammal tracking system,” Proceedings | International Telemetering Conference |
2014 | Kelly Simmons-Potter | Fellow | American Ceramic Society |
2014 | Bane Vasic | Best Poster Award | Communication Theory Workshop |
2013 | Salim Hariri | Innovation Award: Cyber-Nervous System, Entrepreneurial Contribution | UA Technology |
2013-2014 | Marwan Krunz | Communications Society Distinguished Lecture | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2013 | Michael Marcellin | Undergraduate Student Paper Award, First Place, C. Van Horne, J. Dianics (students), H.F. Fasel, and M.W. Marcellin (advisors), “Machine vision and autonomous integration into an unmanned aircraft system,” Proceedings | International Telemetering Conference |
2013 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2013 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Appreciation “in recognition of long-standing contributions as co-founder of the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems discipline" | IEEE Computer Society |
2013 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Recognition for contributions and service as Program Chair of ECBS 2013 Intl. Conference | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2013 | Bane Vasic | Kenneth Von Behren Chair | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2013 | Danella Zhao | Research Excellence Award | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
2012 | Wolfgang Fink | Fellow | American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) |
2012 | Marwan Krunz | Outstanding Service Award | IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Communications (TCCC) |
2012 | Michael Marcellin | Distinguished R-Letter | Multimedia Communications Technical Committee, IEEE Communications Society |
2012 | Michael Marcellin | Undergraduate Student Paper Award, Second Place, J.R. Fowler, J.M. Austin, K.T. Estrada, M. Velazquez, R. Mohr, R. Sanchez (students), K. Melde, and M.W. Marcellin (advisors), “Small Wearable Antenna for Animal Tracking,” Proceedings | International Telemetering Conference |
2012 | Michael Marcellin | European Union Marie Curie Fellow (2010-2012) | Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
2012 | Michael Marcellin | Governor's Celebration of Innovation Award (Award Finalist) | Arizona Governor - Janet Brewer |
2012 | Michael Marcellin | University Honors Professor | University of Arizona |
2012 | Michael Marcellin | Arizona Engineering Faculty Fellow | University of Arizona |
2012 | Kelly Simmons-Potter | Outstanding Service Award for service as Treasurer | Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Steering Committee |
2012 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Best Paper Award: M. Riojas, S. Lysecky and J.W. Rozenblit, “Educational Technologies for Precollege Engineering Education” | IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies |
2012 | Bane Vasic | Fellow | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2012 | Bane Vasic | da Vinci Fellow | College of Engineering |
2011 | Marwan Krunz | Fulbright Senior Specialist | Fulbright Specialist Program |
2011 | Marwan Krunz | Fellow | AZ Engineering |
2011 | Kathleen Melde | Fellow | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2011 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Recognition for contributions and service to the Region 6 Southwest Area | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2011 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Best Paper Award: S. Mahadevan, V.S. Gopinath, R. Lysecky, J. Sprinkle, J. Rozenblit, and M. Marcellin, “Hardware/Software Communication Middleware for Data Adaptable Embedded Systems” | IEEE Intl. Conference and Workshops on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS 2011) |
2011 | Michael (Hongyi) Wu | Distinguished Professor Award | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
2010 | Ivan B. Djordjevic | CAREER Award | National Science Foundation |
2010-2014 | Marwan Krunz | Arizona Engineering Faculty Fellow | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2010 | Marwan Krunz | Fellow | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2010 | Marwan Krunz | Visiting Chair of Excellence | University of Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
2010 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2010 | Michael Marcellin | Undergraduate Student Paper Award, First Place, A. Lizarraga, B. Lynn, J. Lange (students), E. Grubbs, and M.W. Marcellin (advisors), “Remote imaging system acquisition (RISA) space environment multispectral imager,” Proceedings | International Telemetering Conference |
2010 | Michael Marcellin | Graduate Student Paper Award, First Place, H. Oh (student), M.W. Marcellin, and A. Bilgin (advisors), “Visually lossless compression based on JPEG2000 for efficient transmission of high resolution color aerial images,” Proceedings | International Telemetering Conference |
2010 | Kathleen Melde | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2010 | Kelly Simmons-Potter | Science and Engineering Excellence Faculty Award | University of Arizona |
2009 | Wolfgang Fink | Space Act Board Award for “Field-Deployable Integrated Air-Ground Multi-Agent Autonomous Remote Planetary Surface Explor | NASA |
2009 | Wolfgang Fink | R&D 100 Editors’ Choice Award (the highest of all R&D 100 awards) for DOE-funded Artificial Retina Project | R&D Magazine |
2009 | Wolfgang Fink | R&D 100 Award for DOE-funded Artificial Retina Project | R&D Magazine |
2009 | Wolfgang Fink | Inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair | College of Engineering |
2009 | Greg Heileman | ECE Lawton-Ellis Award | University of New Mexico |
2009 | Greg Heileman | Outstanding Educator Award | IEEE Albuquerque Section |
2009 | Loukas Lazos | CAREER Award | National Science Foundation |
2009 | Michael Marcellin | Undergraduate Student Paper Award, First Place, W. Lichtsinn, E. McKelvy, A. Myrick, D. Quihuis,J. Williamson (students), E. Grubbs, and M.W. Marcellin (advisors), “Remote imaging system acquisition (RISA),” Proceedings | International Telemetering Conference |
2009 | Michael Marcellin | Finalist, Student Paper Award, H. Oh (student), A. Bilgin, and M.W. Marcellin (advisors), “Visibility thresholds for quantization distortion in JPEG2000,” Proceedings | International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience |
2009 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Named University Distinguished Professor | University of Arizona |
2009 | Bane Vasic | Data Storage Paper Award | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2009 | Danella Zhao | Commendation for Teacher-Scholar | Commendation for Teacher-Scholar |
2009 | Danella Zhao | CAREER Award | National Science Foundation |
2008 | Raymond Kostuk | Fellow | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) |
2008 | Michael Marcellin | Undergraduate Student Paper Award, Second Place, A. Chaves, B. Mayoral, H.-J. Park, M. Tsang, S. Tunell (students), M.W. Marcellin, and H. Xin (advisors), “Wireless sensor networks: A grocery store application,” Proceedings | International Telemetering Conference |
2008 | Michael Marcellin | "Undergraduate Student Paper Award, First Place, K. Jagiello, Z. Aydin, W.-R. Ng (students), W.E. Ryan, M.W. Marcellin, and A.Bilgin (advisors), “Joint JPEG2000/LDPC code system design for image telemetry,” Proceedings | International Telemetering Conference |
2008 | Janet Meiling Roveda | Newton Graduate Research Award | EDA Community |
2007 | Michael Marcellin | Chaired Professor at the University of Arizona | International Foundation for Telemetering |
2007 | Michael Marcellin | Regents Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona | Arizona Board of Regents |
2007 | Janet Meiling Roveda | Outstanding Achievement Award | University of Arizona |
2007 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Named Raymond J. Oglethorpe Endowed Chair | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2006 | Wolfgang Fink | 1st place of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2006 International “Huygens Probe” Optimization Competition | IEEE/WCCI |
2006 | Wolfgang Fink | TechBrief Award for “Spectral retrieval and degeneracy analysis by means of Evolutionary Computational Methods (ECM)” | NASA |
2006 | Wolfgang Fink | TechBrief Award for “Stochastic Evolutionary Algorithms (Simulated Annealing) for Deployment Path Planning & Optimization for Joint-based Robotic Limbs” | NASA |
2006 | Wolfgang Fink | TechBrief Award for “Efficient Optimization of Low-Thrust Spacecraft Trajectories” | NASA |
2006 | Wolfgang Fink | TechBrief Award for “Evolutionary Computing Methods for Retrieving Spectral Data” | NASA |
2006 | Abhijit Mahalanobis | Scientist of the Year | Science Spectrum (Career Communication Group) |
2006 | Michael Marcellin | Technology Innovation Award | University of Arizona |
2006 | Janet Meiling Roveda | Presidential Early Achievement Award for Science and Engineering | United States White House |
2006 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Best Teaching Award, Award for Excellence at Student Interface | College of Engineering |
2006 | Danella Zhao | Research Fellowship Award | Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
2005 | Wolfgang Fink | Humies Silver Award (awarded to the Evolutionary Computation Group at NASA/JPL) | Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) |
2005-08 | Greg Heileman | Gardner Zemke Professorship | University of New Mexico |
2005 | Greg Heileman | Fellowship | Universidad Politénica de Madrid |
2005 | Abhijit Mahalanobis | NOVA Award | Lockheed Martin Corp. |
2005 | Janet Meiling Roveda | CAREER Award | National Science Foundation |
2004 | Wolfgang Fink | TechBrief Award for “Field-Deployable Integrated Air-Ground Multi-Agent Autonomous Remote Planetary Surface Exploration“ | NASA |
2004 | Abhijit Mahalanobis | Fellow | Optica |
2004 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Fulbright Senior Specialist Award for research collaboration | Cracow Technical University, Cracow, Poland |
2004 | Michael (Hongyi) Wu | CAREER Award | National Science Foundation |
2003 | Michael Marcellin | Distinguished Engineering Alumnus | San Diego State University Distinguished Engineering Alumnus |
2003 | Michael Marcellin | Graduate Student Paper Award, Second Place, J.C. Dagher (student), M.W. Marcellin, and M.A. Neifeld (advisors), “Compression for Transmission and Storage of Laser Radar Measurements” | International Telemetering Conference |
2003 | Michael Marcellin | Student Paper Award, J.C. Dagher (student), M.W. Marcellin, and M.A. Neifeld (advisors), “Compression of LADAR Imagery” | Visual Communications and Image Processing Conference, SPIE |
2003 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Best Teaching Award, Award for Excellence at Student Interface | College of Engineering |
2002 | Wolfgang Fink | Space Flight Awareness (SFA) Launch Honoree Award | NASA |
2002 | Michael Marcellin | Technical Excellence Award | International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) |
2002 | Michael Marcellin | Certificate for Special Contributions in the Development of International Standard ISO/IEC 15444-1:2000, Information Technology – JPEG2000 Image Coding System | International Organization for Standardization/ International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) |
2002 | Michael Marcellin | Top Instructor | UCLA Extension |
2002 | Michael Marcellin | Fellow | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
2002 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Recognition Award “For Years of Support as Advisor to the High Level Design Department” | Infineon Technologies AG, Munich |
2001 | Greg Heileman | ECE Lawton-Ellis Award | University of New Mexico |
2001 | Michael Marcellin | Litton Industries John M. Leonis Distinguished Professor | College of Engineering |
2000 | Greg Heileman | ECE Department Distinguished Teacher Award | University of New Mexico |
2000 | Raymond Kostuk | Fellow | Optica |
2000-01 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Teacher Award | National Technological University |
2000 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Faculty Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2000 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Best Paper Award for a technical article | 22nd Army Science Conference, Baltimore, MD |
2000 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Appreciation for superior performance in support of the Army Research Laboratory | 4th Annual Federated Laboratories Symposium, College Park, MD |
2000 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Appreciation for service as Editor of Integrated Engineering | IEEE Computer Society |
1999 | Abhijit Mahalanobis | Innovator of the Year | State of Arizona Governor’s Award (GSPED) |
1999 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Appreciation for service to the computing profession as Editor of Integrated Engineering | IEEE Computer Society |
1998 | Greg Heileman | Fellowship | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
1998 | Marwan Krunz | CAREER Award | National Science Foundation |
1998 | Michael Marcellin | Student Paper Award, A. Bilgin (student), P.J. Sementilli, and M.W. Marcellin (advisor), “Asamali Kafes Kodlu Nicemleme ile Imge Kodlama,” (in Turkish) | Sinyal Isleme ve Uygulamalari Kurultayi |
1998 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Appreciation for service to the computing profession as Editor of Integrated Engineering | IEEE Computer Society |
1998 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Best Teaching Award | IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu |
1997 | Abhijit Mahalanobis | Fellow | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers |
1997 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Appreciation for service to the computing profession as Editor of Integrated Engineering | IEEE Computer Society |
1997 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Appreciation for dedicated service as the Program Chair of the 1997 Conference and Workshop Engineering of Computer-Based Systems | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
1996 | Steven Dvorak | Young Scientist Award | Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale (URSI) |
1996-97 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Teacher Award | University of Arizona Eta Kappa Nu Branch and IEEE Student Chapter |
1996 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Appreciation for organizing and co-chairing the 1996. IEEE Intl. Symposium and Workshop on Systems Engineering of Computer Based Systems, Germany | IEEE Computer Society |
1995 | Greg Heileman | Teaching Excellence Award | School of Engineering, University of New Mexico |
1995 | Kelly Simmons-Potter | Norbert J. Kreidl Award | American Ceramic Society |
1995 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Certificate of Appreciation for organizing and chairing the 1995. IEEE Intl. Symposium and Workshop on Systems Engineering of Computer Based Systems | IEEE Computer Society |
1994 | Steven Dvorak | Outstanding Teaching | IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) |
1994 | Steven Dvorak | Teaching Award | Andersen Consulting |
1994 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Fulbright Certificate for increasing the mutual understanding between the people of Austria and the United States through Academic Achievement | Fulbright Scholar Program |
1994 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Research Fellow | U.S. Army Research Institute, Ft. Huachuca, AZ |
1993 | Michael Marcellin | Co-recipient, Senior (Best Paper) Award, “Predictive trellis coded quantization of speech,” IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Vol. 38. | IEEE Signal Processing Society |
1993 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship for a sabbatical leave to Austria | Fulbright Scholar Program |
1992 | Michael Marcellin | Young Investigator Award | National Science Foundation |
1992 | Jeffrey Rodriguez | Outstanding Teaching Award | IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) |
1992 | Jeffrey Rodriguez | Outstanding Faculty Award | Andersen Consulting |
1992 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | Summer Research and Engineering Fellowship | U.S. Army Research Laboratories |
1989-90 | Michael Marcellin | Outstanding Teacher Award | National Technological University |
1989 | Michael Marcellin | Co-recipient of Best Paper Award | IEEE Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communications |
1986 | Michael Marcellin | General Electric Graduate Fellowship | Texas A&M University |
1982 | Jerzy W. Rozenblit | NATO Fellowship | Advanced Study Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada |
Staff Awards
year | name | award | awarding entity |
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2024 | Keli Brinke | Innovation Award | College of Engineering |
2023 | Susan Novosel | Innovation Award | College of Engineering |
2023 | Alexis Vasquez | Outstanding Staff Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2022 | Tami Whelan | Outstanding Staff Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2021 | Alexis Vasquez | Outstanding Staff Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2020 | Alexis Vasquez | Outstanding Staff Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2018 | Sydney Donaldson | Outstanding Staff Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2016 | Rozanne Canizales | Award for Excellence | University of Arizona, Office of the President |
2016 | Sydney Donaldson | Outstanding Staff Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2013 | Leo Enfield | Billy Joe Varney Award | University of Arizona |
Student Awards
year | name | award | awarding entity |
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2023 | Eze Ahanonu | Achievement Rewards for College Scientists | Graduate College |
2023 | Alexis Boone | Best Graduate Student Paper Award: "Compression of Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Images Using JPEG2000" (Bilgin, Marcellin, Boone) | International Telemetering Conference |
2023 | Kyle Boyer | Outstanding Graduate Student - Fall | College of Engineering |
2023 | Kyle Boyer | Best Paper Award: “Locally-Informed PV Array Power Data and Degradation Analysis” (Potter, Boyer, Willberg) | National Renewable Energy Laboratory Photovoltaic Reliability Workshop |
2023 | Chris Bremser | Outstanding Student Achievement Award - Spring | College of Engineering |
2023 | Maisha Hafiz | Excellent Performance at the Student Interface: Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2023 | Alex Hillman | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards | College of Engineering |
2023 | Jiahao Tang | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards | College of Engineering |
2023 | Alex Hillman | ECE Engineering Ambassador | College of Engineering |
2023 | Karson Knudson | Outstanding Senior - Fall | College of Engineering |
2023 | Katherine Patterson | ECE Engineering Ambassador | College of Engineering |
2023 | Collin Preszler | ECE Engineering Ambassador | College of Engineering |
2023 | Bianca Rodriguez | ECE Engineering Ambassador | College of Engineering |
2023 | Kama Svoboda | University Fellows Cohort Member | Graduate College |
2023 | Milad Taghipour | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards - Spring | College of Engineering |
2023 | Jiahao Tang | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards - Spring | College of Engineering |
2023 | UA Theme Park Entertainment Group | Distinction for Technical Skill, Feasibility, Innovation and Communication | Toronto Metropolitan University Thrill Design Invitational |
2023 | Lavanya Umapathy | Outstanding Graduate Student Award - Spring | College of Engineering |
2023 | Frances Willberg | Best Paper Award: “Locally-Informed PV Array Power Data and Degradation Analysis” (Potter, Boyer, Willberg) | National Renewable Energy Laboratory Photovoltaic Reliability Workshop |
2023 | Elliot Zuercher | Outstanding Senior Award - Spring | College of Engineering |
2022 | Ryann Buloe | Outstanding Senior - Fall | College of Engineering |
2022 | Zhuangzhuang Chen | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2022 | Alexander Fusco | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant - Spring | College of Engineering |
2022 | Shuting Hu | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant - Spring | College of Engineering |
2022 | Bo Jiang | Outstanding Graduate Student - Fall | College of Engineering |
2022 | Andre Maurice Schreiber | Outstanding Senior - Spring | College of Engineering |
2022 | Samantha R. Schultz | ECE Engineering Ambassador | College of Engineering |
2021 | Dhruv Gajaria | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant - Spring | College of Engineering |
2021 | Maisha Hafiz | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant - Spring | College of Engineering |
2021 | Juliusz Jakobowski | Outstanding Senior - Fall | College of Engineering |
2021 | Kyle Kuan | Outstanding Graduate Student Award - Spring | College of Engineering |
2021 | Nicolas Ramos | Outstanding Senior - Spring | College of Engineering |
2021 | Nithin Raveendran | Outstanding Graduate Student - Fall | College of Engineering |
2021 | Stone Wilkes | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2020 | Berk Akgun | Outstanding Graduate Student | College of Engineering |
2020 | Michael Bullock | Outstanding Senior - Spring | College of Engineering |
2020 | Michael Bullock | Honorable Mention | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program |
2020 | Michael Bullock | Herbold Scholarship | College of Engineering |
2020 | Konor Klein | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant | College of Engineering |
2020 | Ao Li | Outstanding Graduate Student | College of Engineering |
2020 | Terrance Pat | Outstanding Graduate Student Award - Fall | College of Engineering |
2020 | Tru Thanh Quach | Outstanding Senior - Fall | College of Engineering |
2020 | Jessica Sofka | ECE Engineering Ambassador | College of Engineering |
2020 | Diana Thurgood | ECE Engineering Ambassador | College of Engineering |
2020 | Renyuan Zhang | 2020 IEEE Sensors Letters Best Paper Award: "Real-Time Human Motion Behavior Detection via CNN Using mmWave Radar" (Cao/Zhang) | IEEE Sensors Council |
2018 | Joshua Mack | University Fellows Cohort Membe | Graduate Colleg |
2018 | Sree Ramya | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards | College of Engineering |
2018 | Spenser Valancius | Outstanding Senior Award | College of Engineering |
2018 | Garrett Vanhoy | Outstanding Graduate Student Award | College of Engineering |
2016 | Nicolas Fajardo | Outstanding Senior Award - Spring | College of Engineering |
2016 | Min Liang | Outstanding Senior Award - Spring | College of Engineering |
2016 | Garrett Vanhoy | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineerin |
2016 | Nengyun Zhang | Outstanding Senior Award - Spring | College of Engineerin |
2016 | Shengxiang (Troy) Zhu | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Excellent Performance at the Student Interface | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2015 | Jerrie Fairbanks | Outstanding Senior Award - Spring | College of Engineering |
2015 | Rachel Powers | Outstanding Senior Award - Spring | College of Engineering |
2015 | Arghya Sain | Outstanding Senior Award - Fall | College of Engineering |
2015 | Matthew Watson | Outstanding Senior Award - Fall | College of Engineering |
Alumni Awards
year | name | award | awarding entity |
---|---|---|---|
2023 | Shashi Kiran Chilappagari (PhD/ECE 2008) | Distinguished Alumni Award | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2023 | Paul R. Gray (BS/EE 1963, MS/EE 1965, PhD EE 1969) | UA Engineering Hall of Fame | College of Engineering |
2023 | Min Liang (PhD/ECE 2016) | Patent Medallion Recipient: Automotive Radar Using 3D Printed Luneburg Lens | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2023 | Min Liang (PhD/ECE 2016) | Patent Medallion Recipient: Hollow Light Weight Lens Structure | College of Engineering & Tech Launch Arizona |
2023 | Parthasarathy Sriram (PhD/ECE 1993) | Distinguished Alumni Award | Electrical & Computer Engineering |
2022 |
Mark Baker (BS/EE 1978) |
Professional Achievement Award | College of Engineering |
2022 | Mike Hummel (BS/EE 1982) | Alumnus of the Year Award | College of Engineering |
2018 | Nedlaya Francisco (BS/CE, 2004) | Technical Excellence Award | American Indian Science & Engineering Society |
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