Awards & Recognitions
Below are some of the highlights of awards, honors and recognitions received by听our world-renowned faculty, staff and outstanding students.
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2025
Andras Gyenis earned the National Science Foundation CAREER Award for their proposal, "Quantum Engineering with Superconducting Fourier Qubits to Create Robust Quantum Processors.鈥
Tamara Lehman earned the National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her proposal, "Security as a First-Class Design Constraint in Computer Architecture."
Cody Scarborough received the Young Investigator Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for his proposal, "Dispersive Nonlinear Transmission Lines Synthesis for Airborne Radar Pulse Shaping."
Scott Diddams was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions granted to engineers in academia and industry, for his contributions in optical frequency combs and their applications.
Eric Bogatin earned the听Holland Teaching Excellence Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Taylor Barton earned the听Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Melinda Piket-May earned the听Holland Mentorship Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Bri-Mathias Hodge earned the听Faculty Service Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.听
Nicole Beinert earned the听Community Stewardship Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Cody Scarborough earned the听Outstanding Junior Faculty Member Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
2024听
Melinda Piket-May was named a Faculty Leadership Institute听(FLI) fellow by CU Boulder.听
Scott Diddams was named an IEEE fellow听for听his contributions in optical frequency combs and their applications.
Tamara Lehman earned the听IEEE Computer Society T&C Rising Star Service Award.
Al Gasiewski earned the Golden Florin Award by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society听and the Italian Centre for Microwave Remote Sensing for his more than 40 years of outstanding contributions in passive microwave remote sensing research.听
Lucy Pao earned the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award.听
Lucy Pao received the听Outstanding Mentor Award for Faculty Mentoring from CU Boulder.
Shu-Wei Huang earned the听Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Josh Combes received the Holland Teaching Excellence Award and Outstanding Junior Faculty Member听from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Bri-Mathias Hodge earned the Holland Mentorship Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Peter Mathys received the Faculty Service Award听from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Mona Elhelbawy received the Faculty Service Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Juliet Gopinath was awarded the Faculty Research Award from the College of Engineering & Applied Science.
Chris Myers was awarded the College Textbook Award from the College of Engineering & Applied Science for his textbooks: "Asynchronous Circuit Design" and "Engineering Genetic Circuits".听
Bob Erickson was named a Distinguished Professor by the University of Colorado Board of Regents.
2023
Taylor Barton received the IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award for her technical contributions from patents, publications, such as journal articles, reports and product releases in microwave theory.听
Taylor Barton earned the听Provost's Faculty Achievement Award from CU Boulder.听
Josh Combes earned the National Science Foundation CAREER Award to further听quantum research and foster the next generation of quantum-aware engineers across disciplines.听听
Joe Izraelevitz earned the National Science Foundation CAREER Award to听make complex memory technologies visible to programmers.听
Joe Izraelevitz recieved the听Holland Departmental Award Winner for Outstanding Teaching from the Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Melinda Piket-May earned the Max S. Peters Faculty Service Award from the College of Engineering & Applied Science.
Fabio Somenzi earned the Textbook Recognition Award from听College of Engineering & Applied Science.
Dragan Maksimovic was named a by the University of Colorado Board of Regents.
Dragan Maksimovic earned the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of power electronics, specifically听in digital control, modeling and topologies of switched-mode power supplies.
Scott Diddams received the C.E.K. Mees Medal from Optica for his innovations leading to wide-ranging application of optical frequency combs.
Zoya Popovic was named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for her innovation in听high-efficiency, low-noise microwave and RF engineering.听
Shu-Wei Huang received the Outstanding Reviewer Recognition from Optica.听
Eric Wustrow earned first place in the CSAW Applied Resarch Competition.听
Dall'Anese earns IEEE Best Paper Award tackling online optimization.听
2022
Luca Corradini received the Textbook Recognition Award from the College of Engineering & Applied Science.听
Zoya Popovic was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions granted to engineers in academia and industry.
Alan Mickelson received the Open Educator Award from CU Boulder.听
Dragan Maksimovic earned the IEEE听PELS R. David Middlebrook Achievement Award听recognizing his contributions to modeling and analysis of digitally controlled power converters.
Eric Wustrow recieved a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to further computer engineering research to fight Internet censorship.听
Eric Wustrow received the USENIX Test of Time Award from the Advanced Computing Systems Association.听
Tamara Lehman earned the听Outstanding Mentor for the Discovery Learning Apprenticeship from the听College of Engineering & Applied Science.听
Tamara Lehman earned the听Outstanding Service for Inclusion and Diversity from CU Boulder.
Tamara Lehman recieved the DARPA Riser award for her research advancing national security.
鈥婨miliano Dall'Anese was named the Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Outstanding Faculty Researcher.听
Sean Shaheen earned the Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Outstanding Service Award.
Al Gasiewski was named a Fellow by the IEEE.
Bart Van Zeghbroeck was named a Senior Member by the IEEE.
Lucy Pao was named Outstanding Postdoc Mentor of the Year Award听by CU Boulder.听
2021
Juliet Gopinath was named a fellow from Optica for her contributions in optics and听nanophotonics.
Robert Erickson received the Textbook Recognition Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Robert Erickson received the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award for their contributions to power electronics education and analysis, modeling听and design of power converters.听
Marco Nicotra earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award furthering research in听hypersampled model predictive control.听
Xudong Chen听earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop听a new framework to enable better control of large networked systems.听
Xudong Chen earned the听Donald P. Eckman Award from the听American Automatic Control Council for contributions to control, estimation and analysis of large-scale multi-agent systems, including ensemble control theory, ensemble estimation theory, ensemble system identification and networked control theory.听
Shu-Wei Huang earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award听for a new imaging technique to help catch early osteoarthritis.
Eric Wustrow recieved the听Holland Departmental Award Winner for Outstanding Teaching.
Lucy Pao was elected as a .
2020
Bri-Mathias Hodge earned the Chairman's Award for Exceptional Performance by the听National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Xudong Chen received the Young Investigator Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.听
Bob Erickson landed the听William E. Newell Power Electronics Award by the IEEE for his contributions to power electronics education and modeling.听
Emiliano Dall'Anese听earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award听for his focus on sustainable infrastructure.听
Shu-Wei Huang was named a senior member for Optica.听
Bob McLeod recieved CU-Boulder's Chancellor's Research Innovation Award.
Wounjhang (Won) Park听was named a fellow by the International Society for Optics and Photonics.
2019
Bri-Mathias Hodge earned the Oustanding Performance Award by the听National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Dejan Filipovic was named a IEEE Fellow.听
Shu-Wei Huang was named a senior member for the International Society for Optics and Photonics.
Taylor Barton听earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award听for for her work on enabling the next generation of wireless communication systems.
Taylor Barton earned the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award by the College of Engineering & Applied Science.
Melinda Piket-May earned Klaus D. and Jean L. Timmerhaus Teaching Ambassador Award from the University of Colorado system.听
2018
Emiliano Dall鈥橝nese听earned Oustanding Service as Reviewer from the IEEE.听
Taylor Barton was selected for the Young Investigator Program by听Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
2017听
Sean Shaheen earned the Provost's Faculty Achievement Award and the听Chancellor鈥檚 Award for Excellence in STEM Education from CU Boulder.听
Melinda Piket-May was named an Engage Faculty Fellow from CU Boulder.听
Lucy Pao received the .
Lucy Pao received the
2016听
Bri-Mathias Hodge earned a Fulbright Fellowship for the VTT Wind Power Integration Team in Finland.
Emiliano Dall鈥橝nese听received an Exceptional Performance award from NREL.听
Juliet Gopinath earned the Provost Achievement Award from CU Boulder.听
Juliet Gopinath听earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.听
2015听
Shu-Wei Huang earned the听Young Investigator Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Zoya Popovic was named a Distinguished Research Lecturer by CU Boulder.
Zoya Popovic earned the Rudy Henning Distinguished Mentoring Award from the IEEE.听
Dragan Maksimovic was named a Fellow by the IEEE for contributions to digital control of high-frequency switched-mode power converters.
Lucy Pao received the .
2014
Melinda Piket-May earned the Faculty Recognition Award from the Boulder Faculty Assembly at CU Boulder.听
Bob McLeod received the听Provost Faculty Achievement Award from听CU Boulder.
Bob McLeod received听the Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Holland Departmental Award Winner for Outstanding Teaching Award.听
2013听
Chris Myers听was named a Fellow by the IEEE for contributions to design and testing for asynchronous, analog and genetic circuits.
Zoya Popovic earned the听Distinguished Educator Award by the IEEE MTT.
Bob McLeod received the Outstanding Research Award by Intel.听
Lucy Pao was elevated to .
2012听
Melinda Piket-May earned the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Colorado System Faculty Council.听
Wounjhang (Won) Park earned the听Provost's Faculty Achievement Award from CU Boulder.
Lucy Pao was named a Fellow by the IEEE听for contributions to feedforward and feedback control systems.听
Lucy Pao received the .
Juliet Gopinath earned the R&D 100 Award for Wavelength Beam Combining Fiber-Coupled Diode Lasers.听
2011听
Michael Lightner named听a fellow for American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
Melinda Piket-May earned the听Excellence in Service by the Boulder Faculty Assembly at CU Boulder.听
Juliet Gopinath was named a Senior Member by the IEEE.听
Dejan Filipovic earned the Provost's Faculty Achievement Award at CU Boulder.听
2010
Mahesh Varanasi named a Fellow by the IEEE.听
Rafael Piestun named a Fellow by Optica.
Zoya Popovic was named a听Distinguished Professor by the University of Colorado.听
Peter Mathys received听the Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Holland Departmental Award Winner for Outstanding Teaching.听
Bob McLeod earned a CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation.听
2009听
Scott Diddams was named a Fellow by Optica.听
Scott Diddams was named a Fellow by the American Physical Society.听
Melinda Piket-May received the Women Who Make a Difference Award by the University of Colorado.听
Bob McLeod earned the Dean's Performance Award by the College of Engineering and Applied Science.听
Bob McLeod received the Provost Achievement Award by the 西瓜视频.听
2008
Wounjhang (Won) Park earned the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Senior Fellowship in Cancer Nanotechnology Research by the National Institute of Health.听
Dejan Filipovic earned the Provost's Faculty Achievement Award by听CU Boulder.听
Luca Corradini received a Prize Paper Award from the Industrial Power Converter Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society.
2005
Youjian Liu earned the Junior Faculty Development Award by CU Boulder.听
Kelvin Wagner was named a Senior Member by the IEEE.听
Lucy Pao received the Best Paper Award at the World Haptics Conferenc.
2004
Bob McLeod earned the Junior Faculty Development Award by CU Boulder.听
2003
Peter Mathys earned the Sullivan-Carlson Innovation in Teaching Award.
Kelvin Wagner was named a Fellow by Optica.
2002听
Melinda Piket-May recieved the Elizabeth E. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award.听
Zoya Popovic was named a Fellow by the IEEE.听
2001
Frank Barnes was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions granted to engineers in academia and industry.
1997听
Michael Lightner was named a Fellow by the IEEE.听
Dragan Maksimovic received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.听
Melinda Pikey-May received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.听
Lucy Pao earned the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research.听
1996
Lucy Pao received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.听
Chris Myers received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.听
Lucy Pao received the .
1992听
Kelvin Wagner earned a Young Investigator Award听from the National Science Foundation.听
College of Engineering & Applied Science Employee Recognition Award
- Patty Sue Femrite (2024)
- Lori Meehan (2022)
- Kimberly Low (2021)
College of Engineering & Applied Science Outstanding Staff Award
- Robin McClanahan (2021)
College of Engineering & Applied Science Outstanding Graduate Advisor
- Lori Meehan (2021)
College of Engineering & Applied Science Staff Incentive Award
- Charles Ferrer (2024)
- Adam Saddoff (2024)
College of Engineering & Applied Science Committment to Excellence Award
25 Years
- Adam Saddoff (2021)
5 Years
- Lily Filipovic (2025)
- Patty Sue Femrite (2024)
- Robin Elliott (2023)
- Robin McClanahan (2023)
- Erica Reid (2023)
- Bret Moreland (2023)
Electric Buffalo: Inspiration - This department awards acknowledges the permanent staff team member who is an inspiration to others by demonstrating a听positive, go-getter attitude, a听willingness to take on extra tasks with a smile and the ability to beat down the Monday blues by making you feel excited to be at work. This person can remind you why you鈥檙e passionate about your company and your mission.听
- Kim MacGregor (2025)
- Lori Meehan (2024)
- Bret Moreland (2023)
- Patty Sue Femrite (2022)
Electric Buffalo: Inclusive Excellence - This department awards acknowledges the permanent staff team member(s) who not only endorse inclusive excellence but actively promotes it and sets the example! And exemplifies the Colorado Creed.
- Patty Sue Femrite (2025)
- Kim MacGregor (2024)
- Katie Morgan (2023)
- Audrey Cook (2022)
Electric Buffalo: Shaping Tomorrow鈥檚 Leaders -听This department awards听acknowledges the permanent staff team member who demonstrates honor, integrity, accountability, respect and contributions to the common good while sharing and engaging in diverse perspectives using their critical thinking and creative problem solving skills in the department community to build up the next generation of scholars/staff.
- Robin McClanahan (2025)
- Erica Reid (2024)
- Lori Meehan (2023)
- Lori Meehan (2022)
Electric Buffalo: Innovation -听This department awards acknowledges the permanent staff team member who serves as the nexus for innovation by facilitating collaboration and the sharing of diverse perspectives in the department to elucidate and address complex issues and opportunities.
- Charles Ferrer (2025)
- Debbie Yeh (2024)
- Kimberly Low (2023)
- Robin Elliott (2022)
Electric Buffalo: Positive Humanity Impact - This department awards acknowledges the permanent staff team member who uses creative solutions to create positive societal outcomes in our ECEE community.
- Kimberly Low (2025)
- Patty Sue Femrite (2024)
- Lori Meehan (2023)
- Lori Meehan (2022)
2025
Fiona Majeau earned the听Excellence in Graduate Teaching from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.听
Aravind Venhitasubramony earned the听Excellence in Graduate Research from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Gonzalo Pena earned the Post Doc Mentor of the Year Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.听
Arunima Singh earned the听Graduate Department Service Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Dylan Meyer earned the听Graduate Outreach Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Jonathan Bolz earned the听Rising Star Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Jooeun Lee earned the听Best Thesis Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.
Hakki Gurhan earned the听Holland Teaching Excellence Award from the听Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
2024
The National Science Foundation has awarded three prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards to electrical, computer and energy engineering PhD students:
- Aliza Siddiqui (Advisor: Josh Combes)
- Dylan Meyer (Advisor: Scott Diddams)
- Alex Pham (Advisors: Cody Scarborough and Robert MacCurdy)听
2023
PhD student Jonathan Musgrave (Advisor:听Shu-Wei Huang)听earned a U.S. Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship for his promising research in laser physics and nonlinear photonics.听
PhD student Fiona Majeau (Advisor: Bri-Mathias Hodge) landed the U.S. Department of Energy听Computational Science Graduate Fellowship听for her promising research in electric grid modeling and simulation.
Georgia Sandidge and Collin Wallish, PhD students, recieved the Lockheed Martin听Lockheed Martin Corporation Endowed Graduate Fellowship.听
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Perservance Award
- Bruno Armas (2024)
- Samantha Lemley (2021)
- Calvin Mooz (2021)
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Community Impact Award
- Jasleen Batra (2024)
- Noklas Provost (2021)
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Research Award
- Phaedra Sophia Curlin (2022)
- Jimmy Gammell (2021)
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences听Academic Engagement Award听
- Padmakshi Dahal (2022)
- Soham Tamhane (2021)
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Wellness Award
- William Pryor (2022)
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Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering Awards听
2025
- Undergraduate Community Impact Award: Travis Wood, Andrew Hyun and Ayla Tabi
- Outstanding Undergraduate: Gustavo Sanchez and Mathias Labuszewski