Institute Research Awards
1986 – 2025 Recipients
Outstanding Achievement in Early Career Research and Scholarship
2025 Saad Bhamla Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2024 Lindsey Rose Bullinger Public Policy
2023 Marta Hatzell Mechanical Engineering
2022 Matthew T. McDowell Mechanical Engineering
2021 Ryan Lively Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2020 James Dahlman Biomedical Engineering
2019 Nga Sally Lee Ng Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
2018 James Wray Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Outstanding Achievement in Research Engagement and Outreach
2025 Comas Haynes GTRI/SEI
2024 Shreyes N. Melkote Mechanical Engineering
2023 Pascal Van Hentenryck Industrial and Systems Engineering
Outstanding Achievement in Research Enterprise Enhancement
2025 Rebecca Terns Office of the Chief Research Operations Officer
2024 Anton Bryksin Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
2023 Robert Knotts Institute Relations/Federal Relations
2022 Michelle Wong Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
2021 Leslie Schlag Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2020 Christine Conwell Center for Chemical Evolution (CCE), ChBe
2019 Rich Simmons Strategic Energy Institute
2018 Troy Hilley Bio Sciences
2017 Rusty Edwards Materials Science and Engineering
2016 Gary Spinner Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology
2015 Leanne West GTRI – Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory
2014 Mary Hallisey Hunt Strategic Energy Institute
Outstanding Achievement in Research Innovation
2025 John Christian Aerospace Engineering
2024 Manos M. Tentzeris Electrical and Computer Engineering
2023 Younan Xia Chemical and Biochemistry
2022 Natalie Stingelin-Stutzmann Materials Science and Engineering
2021 Christopher W Jones Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2020 Ayanna Howard Electrical and Computer Engineering/School of Interactive Computing
2019 Gleb Yushin Materials Science and Engineering
2018 Farokh Ayazi Electrical and Computer Engineering
2017 Deepak Divan Electrical and Computer Engineering
2016 Zhong Lin Wang Materials Science and Engineering
2015 Raghupathy Sivakumar Electrical and Computer Engineering
2014 Mark Prausnitz Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2012 No award made
2013 Merrick Furst Computer Science
2011 Henrik Christensen Interactive Computing
2010 Ajeet Rohatgi Electrical and Computer Engineering
Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development
2025 Henry La Pierre, Julia, Niklas, Keisha Durggin TRU-CoRE, COS
2024 Ryan Lively, Krista Walton, David Sholl, Chris Jones, Leslie Schlag, Rochelle Moses UNCAGE-ME EFRC
2023 Glen Lightsey, Jud Ready, Christopher, Valenta, Christopher Carr, Brian Gunter, Sterling Peet, Ian Harrison The Spaceflight Project Group at GT
2022 Wilbur Lam, Oliver Brand, Hang Chen, Sarah Farmer, David Gottfried, David Ku, Amanda Peagler, and Erika Tyburski Georgia Tech RADx Team
2021 Anton Bryksin, Gregory Gibson, Pinar Keskinocak, Michael Shannon, Joshua Weitz, Loren Williams & JulieAnne Williamson Georgia Tech COVID-19 Screening & Modeling Development Team
2020 Krishnendu Roy & Johnna Temenoff NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT)
2019 Srinivas Aluru, Renata Rawlings-Goss, Gari Clifford & Ashok Goel South Big Data Regional Innovation Hub
2018 Manos Antonakakis, Dave Dagon,Michael Farrell Rhamnousia
2017 Suresh Sitaraman, Muhannad Bakir, Sam Graham, Peter Hesketh, Madhavan Swaminathan, Manos Tentzeris, Chuck Zhang Flexible Electronics Ecosystem
2016 Krishnendu Roy, Ravi Bellamkonda, Robert Guldberg, Birgit Burton The Marcus Center for Cell-Therapy Characterization and Manufacturing (MC3M)
2015 Mustaque Ahamad, David Dagon, Wenke Lee and Paul Royal Georgia Tech Information Security Center
2014 Gang Bao Biomedical Engineering
2013 Nicholas Hud Chemistry and Biochemistry
2012 Christopher Jones Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2011 Mark Prausnitz Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2010 Alexa Harter GTRI
2009 Seth Marder Chemistry and Biochemistry
2008 W. Alan Doolittle Electrical and Computer Engineering
2007 Ajeet Rohatgi Electrical and Computer Engineering
2006 Robert Dickson Chemistry and Biochemistry
2005 Gang Bao Biomedical Engineering
2004 C. J. Summers Materials Science and Engineering (Joint)
2004 Uzi Landman Physics (Joint)
2003 Meilin Liu Materials Science and Engineering
2002 Michael S. Chapman Physics
2001 Gary W. Caille GTRI – EOEML (Joint)
2001 Peter H. Rogers Mechanical Engineering (Joint)
2000 Hans B. Püttgen Electrical and Computer Engineering (tie)
2000 Karsten Schwan College of Computing (tie)
1999 C. P. Wong Materials Science and Engineering
1998 Richard Fujimoto College of Computing
1997 Ben T. Zinn Aerospace Engineering
1996 Russell L. Roberts GTRI - Systems Development Laboratory
1995 Paul Kohl Chemical Engineering
1994 Robert M. Nerem Mechanical Engineering/Chemical Engineering
1993 George F. McDougal GTRI - Concepts Analysis Laboratory
1992 Peter H. Rogers Mechanical Engineering
1991 Ronald W. Schafer Electrical Engineering
1990 Wayne C. Tincher Textile and Fiber Engineering
1989 Sheldon W. May Chemistry
1988 Daniel Schrage Aerospace Engineering
1987 Stephen D. Antolovich Materials Engineering
1986 Charles E. Brown GTRI - Radar and Instrumentation Lab
Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Impact
2025 Brian Magerko, Jason Freeman, Stephen Garrett, Luke Heerman, Sabrina Grossman, Roxanne Moore, Jayman Koval, Diley Hernadez The Earsketch Team
2024 Dimitri Mavris, Michelle R. Kirby, Elena Garcia, Olivia Pinon Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL)
2023 Debra Lam, Clarence Anthony Jr., Kayla Burns, Cody Cocchi, Jamal Lewis, Polly Sattler Partnership for Inclusive Innovation
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor
2025 Julie Champion Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2024 Moinuddin Qureshi Computer Science
2023 John Reynolds Chemical and Biochemistry
2022 Manos Tentzeris Electrical and Computer Engineering
2021 Omer Inan Electrical and Computer Engineering
2020 Muhannad Bakir Electrical and Computer Engineering
2019 Manu Platt Biomedical Engineering
2018 Atatau Atasi & Beril Toktay School of Business
2017 Godfried Augenbroe Architecture
2016 Hang Lu Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2015 Magnus Egerstedt Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines
2014 John Cressler Electrical and Computer Engineering
2013 Ali Adibi Electrical and Computer Engineering
2012 Ling Liu Computer Science
2011 Paul E. Hasler Electrical and Computer Engineering
2010 Reginald DesRoches Civil and Environmental Engineering
2009 Ian Akyildiz Electrical and Computer Engineering
2008 Gregory Abowd Interactive Computing
2007 Armistead (Ted) Russell Civil and Environmental Engineering
2006 C. P. Wong Materials Science and Engineering
2006 Mostafa H. Ammar College of Computing
2005 David M. Collard Chemistry and Biochemistry 1986
2004 Arthur D. Fish Psychology
2003 Martin A. Brooke Electrical and Computer Engineering
2002 Russell M. Mersereau Electrical and Computer Engineering
2001 Vijay Madisetti Electrical and Computer Engineering
2000 David L. McDowell Mechanical Engineering
1999 Cheryl Gaimon DuPree College of Management
1998 Said Abdel-Khalik Mechanical Engineering
1997 Narayanan M. Komerath Aerospace Engineering
1996 Jeffrey Geronimo Mathematics
1995 David N. Ku Mechanical Engineering
1994 Hugh D. Ratliff Industrial and Systems Engineering
1993 Kishore Ramachandran College of Computing
1992 John F. Dorsey Electrical Engineering
1991 Lakshmi N. Sankar Aerospace Engineering
1990 Thomas K. Gaylord Electrical Engineering
1989 Sathyanaraya V. Hanagud Aerospace Engineering
1988 Leon F. McGinnis Industrial and Systems Engineering
1987 Thomas P. Barnwell Electrical Engineering
Outstanding Faculty Research Author
2025 James Dahlman Biomedical Engineering
2024 Feryal Özel Physics
2023 Wilbur Lam Biomedical Engineering
2022 Zhiqun Lin Materials Science and Engineering
2021 Konstantinos (Kostas) T. Konstantinidis Civil and Environmental Engineering
2020 Cheng Zhu Biomedical Engineering
2019 Mark Prausnitz Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering
2018 Laura Cadonati Physics
2017 Younan Xia Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry
2016 Mark Hay Biology
2015 Vladimir Tsukruk Materials Science and Engineering
2014 Seth Marder Chemistry and Biochemistry
2013 Meilin Liu Materials Science and Engineering
2012 Athanasios Nenes Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
2011 Christopher Jones Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2010 Uwe Bunz Chemistry and Biochemistry
2009 Walt de Heer Physics
2008 John Krige History, Technology, and Society
2008 Jean-Luc Bredas Chemistry and Biochemistry
2007 Peter Webster Civil and Environmental Engineering and
2007 Joy Laskar Electrical and Computer Engineering (Joint)
2006 Robert E. Dickinson Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
2005 Zhong Lin Wang Materials Science and Engineering
2004 Ian F. Akyildiz Electrical and Computer Engineering
2003 Laren M. Tolbert Chemistry and Biochemistry (Joint)
2002 Mostafa A. El-Sayed Chemistry and Biochemistry
2001 Leonid Bunimovich Mathematics
2000 Z. L. Wang Materials Science and Engineering
1999 Meilin Liu Materials Science and Engineering
1998 Wassim M. Haddad Aerospace Engineering
1997 Timothy A. Salthouse Psychology
1996 James C. Powers Chemistry and Biochemistry
1995 Kenneth L. Busch Chemistry and Biochemistry
1994 James C. Powers Chemistry and Biochemistry
1993 Ashok Saxena Materials Science and Engineering
1992 Kevin F. Brennan Electrical Engineering
1991 Satya N. Atluri Computational Mechanics Center/CE
1990 James L. Gole Physics
1989 Richard F. Browner Chemistry
1988 Uzi Landman Physics
1987 Thomas K. Gaylord Electrical Engineering
1986 Satya N. Atluri Computational Mechanics Center/CE
Outstanding Achievement in Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research
2025 No award made
2024 Mary Frank Fox Public Policy
2023 Iris Tien Civil and Environmental Engineering
2022 Cassie Mitchell Biomedical Engineering
2021 Stefan France Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Outstanding Faculty Leadership for the Development of Graduate Research Assistants
**Award discontinued after 2014.**
2014 Ken Sandhage Materials Science and Engineering
2013 Jean-Luc Brédas Chemistry and Biochemistry
2012 Wenke Lee Computer Science
2011 Thomas Orlando Chemistry and Biochemistry
2010 Mustaque Ahamad Computer Science
2009 William Koros Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2008 Ali Adibi Electrical and Computer Engineering
2007 John Cressler Electrical and Computer Engineering
2006 Suresh K. Sitaraman Mechanical Engineering
2005 Mark G. Allen Electrical and Computer Engineering
2004 Dimitri Mavris Aerospace Engineering
2003 Madhavan Swaminathan Electrical and Computer Engineering
2002 Thomas R. Kurfess Mechanical Engineering
2001 Joy Laskar Electrical and Computer Engineering
2000 Jessica Hodgins College of Computing
1999 Dimitri Mavris Aerospace Engineering
1998 William Rees, Jr. Chemistry and Biochemistry
1997 Lakshmi N. Sankar Aerospace Engineering
1996 Erian Armanios Aerospace Engineering
1995 Sue Ann Bidstrup Allen Chemical Engineering
1994 Said I. Abdel-Khalik Mechanical Engineering
1993 Narayanan M. Komerath Aerospace Engineering
1992 Cecil O. Alford Electrical Engineering
1991 David A. Peters Aerospace Engineering
1990 Robert E. Fulton Mechanical Engineering
1988 Sheldon W. May Chemistry
1989 John F. Gilmore GTRI - Electromagnetics Laboratory
1987 Wayne J. Book Mechanical Engineering
1986 John F. Gilmore GTRI - Electromagnetics Laboratory
