Viterbi School of Engineering Faculty Research Award Winners
Year
2025
Faculty Name
Joshua Yang
Yasser Khan
Quntao Zhuang
Yong Chen
Kandis Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz
Department
ECE
ECE
ECE
AME
CEE
Type
Senior
junior
junior
use-inspired
Chevron
Year
2024
Faculty Name
Eva Kanso
Wade Hsu
Maral Mousavi
Qifa Zhou
Not Awarded
Department
AME
ECE
BME
BME
N/A
Type
Senior
junior
junior
use-inspired
Chevron
Year
2023
Faculty Name
Antonio Ortega
Sean (Xiang) Ren
Cristina Zavaleta
David Barnhart
Birendra Jha
Department
ecE
CS
BME
ASTE
CHEM
Type
Senior
junior
junior
use-inspired
Chevron
Year
2022
Faculty Name
Qifa Zhou
Niema Pahlevan
Phebe Vayanos
Keith Chugg
Shaama Sharada
Department
BME
AME
ISE
ECE
CHEM
Type
Senior
junior
junior
use-inspired
Chevron
Year
2021
Faculty Name
Urbashi Mitra
Megan McCain
Satyandra “SK” Gupta
Department
ECE, CS
BME
AME
Type
Senior
junior
use-inspired
Year
2020
Faculty Name
Shrikanth Narayanan
George Ban-Weiss
Eun Ji Chung
Krishna Nayak
Department
ECE
CEE
BME
ECE
Type
Senior
junior
Junior
use-inspired
Year
2019
Faculty Name
Alan Willner
Emilio Ferrara
Maryam Shanechi
Petros Ioannou
Department
EE
CS
ee
ee
Type
Senior
junior
Junior
use-inspired
Year
2018
Faculty Name
Daniel Lidar
Shrikanth Narayanan
Ilias Diakonikolas
Han Wang
Craig Knoblock and Pedro Szekely
Department
EE
EE
cs
ee
cs
Type
Senior
senior
Junior
junior
use-inspired
Year
2017
Faculty Name
Massoud Pedram
Stacey Finley
Jongseung Yoon
Viktor Prasanna
Department
EE
BME
CHEMS
EE & CS
Type
Senior
Junior
Junior
Use-inspired
Year
2016
Faculty Name
Petros Ioannou
Burcin Becerik-Gerber
Shrikanth Narayanan
Department
EE
CEE
EE & CS
Type
Senior
Junior
Use-inspired
Year
2015
Faculty Name
Jerry Mendel
Noah Malmstadt
Andreas Molisch
Department
EE
MFD
EE
Type
Senior
Junior
Use-inspired
Year
2014
Faculty Name
Iraj Ershaghi
Malancha Gupta
Yu-Han Chang
Rajiv Maheswaran
Department
MFD
MFD
ISI
ISI
Type
Senior
Junior
Use-inspired
Use-inspired
Year
2013
Faculty Name
Mei Breuer
Andrea Hodge
Constantinos Sioutas
Department
EE
MFD
CEE
Type
Senior
Junior
Use-inspired
Year
2012
Faculty Name
Aiichiro Nakano
Michelle Povinelli
richard roberts
Department
cs
EE
mfd
Type
Senior
Junior
Use-inspired
Year
2011
Faculty Name
hai wang
andrea armani
ellis meng
Department
AME
MFD
bme
Type
Senior
Junior
Use-inspired
Year
2010
Faculty Name
rajiv kaila
steve cronin
paul debevec*
Department
phys
ee
cs
Type
Senior
Junior
Use-inspired
Year
2009
Faculty Name
muhammad sahimi
michael neely
Carl Kesselman
Milind Tambe
Department
ce
ee
ise
cs
Type
Senior
Junior
Use-inspired
Use-inspired
Year
2008
Faculty Name
martin gundersen
Kirk Shung
hossein hashemi
pin wang
Department
ee
bme
ee
ce
Type
Senior
Senior
Junior
Junior
Year
2007
Faculty Name
priya vashishta
krishna nayak
david kempe
Department
cs
ee
CS
Type
Senior
Junior
Junior
Year
2006
Faculty Name
ari requicha
tzung hsiai
Department
cs
bme
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
2005
Faculty Name
behrokh khoshnevis
bhaskar krishnamachari
Department
ise
ee
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
2004
Faculty Name
richard leahy
chongwu zhou
Department
ee
ee
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
2003
Faculty Name
robert sholtz
shri narayanan
Department
ee
ee
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
2002
Faculty Name
robert kalaba*
firdaus udwadia
stefan schaal
Department
bme
cs
ame
Type
Senior
Senior
Junior
Year
2001
Faculty Name
barry boehm
gaurav sukhatme
Department
cs
cs
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
2000
Faculty Name
mihailo trifunac
maja Matarić
constantinos sioutas
Department
ce
cs
ce
Type
Senior
Junior
Junior
Year
1999
Faculty Name
terence langdon
ulrich neumann
Department
chems
cs/imsc
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
1998
Faculty Name
masanobu shinozuka*
peter beerel
Department
ce
ee
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
1997
Faculty Name
theodore berger
antonio ortega
Department
bme
ee
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
1996
Faculty Name
william steier
fokion egolfopoulos
Department
ee
me
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
1995
Faculty Name
michael arbib
bingen yang
shahram ghandeharizadeh
Department
cs
cs
me
Type
Senior
Junior
Junior
Year
1994
Faculty Name
p. vijay kumar
alan willner
c.c. jay kuo
Department
ee
ee
ee
Type
Senior
Junior
Junior
Year
1993
Faculty Name
alexander sawchuk
Department
ee
Type
Senior
Year
1992
Faculty Name
daniel dapkus
alison mccurdy*
Department
ee
ee
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
1991
Faculty Name
len adleman
julian domaradzki
Department
cs
ae
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
1990
Faculty Name
e. phillip muntz
muhammad sahimi
Department
ae
chems
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
1989
Faculty Name
seymour ginsburg*
edward goo
Department
cs
chems
Type
Senior
Junior
Year
1988
Faculty Name
anupam madhukar
Department
chems
Type
Year
1987
Faculty Name
elsa garmire*
Department
ee
Type
Year
1986
Faculty Name
irving reed
Department
ee
Type
Year
1985
Faculty Name
terrence langdon
Department
chems
Type
Year
1984
Faculty Name
h.k. cheng
Department
ae
Type
Year
1983
Faculty Name
F.A. Kroger*
Department
chems
Type
Year
1982
Faculty Name
robert hellwarth
Department
ee
Type
Year
1981
Faculty Name
leonard silverman
Department
ee
Type
Year
1980
Faculty Name
curtis wittig*
tony maxworthy*
Department
ee
me/ae
Type
Year
1979
Faculty Name
m. bass*
Department
ee
Type
Year
Faculty Name
former VSOE faculty*
Department
Type
Published on December 12th, 2016
Last updated on April 25th, 2025