Faculty Awards & Honors

NASA Early Career Faculty Space Technology Research Award
Jeremy Munday (2012, Inaugural Award)

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Michael Rotkowitz (2016)
Edo Waks (2010)

NSF Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) Award
K.J. Ray Liu (1994)
Howard Milchberg (1988)
Eyad H. Abed (1987)
Rama Chellappa (1985)
André Tits (1985)
Armand Makowski (1984)

NSF Research Initiation Award
K. J. Ray Liu
Manoj Franklin (1994)
Rama Chellappa (1982)
Armand Makowski (1982)
Prakash Narayan (1982)
André Tits (1982)
Steve Marcus


Professional Society Awards and Honors:

​American Automatic Control Council (AACC) Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
John Baras (2017)

American Physical Society James Clerk Maxwell Award
Phillip Sprangle (2013)

AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing Gaede-Langmuir Award
Reza Ghodssi (2024)

IEEE Biometrics Council Leadership Award
Rama Chellappa (2016)

IEEE Women in Communications Engineering Oustanding Achievement Award                     
Sennur Ulukus (2020) 

IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award
Rama Chellappa (2008)

IEEE Computer Society Meritorious Service Award 
Rama Chellappa (2004)

IEEE Control Systems Society Hendrik W. Bode Prize
P.S. Krishnaprasad (2007)

IEEE Education Society Harriett B. Rigas Award 
Min Wu (2019)

IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Award 
Rama Chellappa (2020)

IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Technical Field Award on Graduate Teaching
K. J. Ray Liu (2016)

IEEE Magnetics Society Achievement Award
Isaak Mayergoyz (2009)

IEEE Marie Sklodowski-Curie Award                          
Tom Antonsen (2022)

IEEE Signal Processing Society Award
K. J. Ray Liu (2014)
Rama Chellappa (2009)

IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award
K. J. Ray Liu (2009)
Rama Chellappa (2000)

IEEE Signal Processing Society Meritorious Service Award
K. J. Ray Liu (2016)
Min Wu (2015)
Rama Chellappa (2007)

IEEE Simon Ramo Award
John Baras (2017)

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Young Scientist Prize in Semiconductors                 
Cheng Gong (2022)

Lewis Fry Richardson Medal
Edward Ott (2017)

The King-Sun Fu Prize, International Association of Pattern Recognition:
Rama Chellappa (2012)

Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society Chemist of the Year 
Cheng Gong (2022)

The Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award
Jeremy Munday (2016)
Mohammad Hafezi (2015)

Distinguished Lectureships:

ACM Distinguished Speaker
Ankur Srivastava

IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer
Anthony Ephremides

IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer
Isaak Mayergoyz 

IEEE Signal Processing Society Distinguished Lecturer
Rama Chellappa
K. J. Ray Liu

Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Highly Cited Researchers
Christopher Monroe
K. J. Ray Liu
Edward Ott
Uzi Vishkin

Jurgen Moser Lecture (SIAG/Dynamical Systems)
Edward Ott (2017)

University of Maryland Awards and Honors:

Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award, University of Maryland
Pamela Abshire (2021-2022)
Tom Murphy (2020-2021)
Sennur Ulukus (2016-2017)
Reza Ghodssi (2014-2015)
Min Wu (2013-2014)
Carol Espy-Wilson (2012-2013)                                           
Patrick O'Shea (2009-2010)
K. J. Ray Liu (2006-2007)
Howard Milchberg (2005-2006)
Rama Chellappa (2003-2004)
Michael Fu* (2004-2005)
Steve Marcus (2000-2001)
Isaak Mayergoyz (1995-1996)
Christopher Davis (1989-1990)

Clark School of Engineering Poole and Kent Senior Faculty Teaching Award
Romel Gomez (2019)
Christopher Davis (2012)
Rama Chellappa (2011)
Adrian Papamarcou (2010)
K. J. Ray Liu (2005)
Isaak Mayergoyz (1987)

Clark School of Engineering E. Robert Kent Junior Faculty Teaching Award
Behtash Babadi (2019)
Alireza Khaligh (2016)
Pamela Abshire (2011)
Min Wu (2010)
Thomas E. Murphy (2008)
Romel Gomez (2005)
Adrian Papamarcou (1996)
Wesley Lawson (1991)

Clark School of Engineering Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award
Reza Ghodssi (2019)
Howard Milchberg (2016)
K.J. Ray Liu (2008)
Rama Chellappa (2007)
Edward Ott (2005)
Thomas Antonsen (2004)

Clark School of Engineering Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award
Jeremy Munday (2017)
Alireza Khaligh (2016)

George Corcoran Award for Faculty, ECE Department, University of Maryland
Mohammad Hafezi (2017)
Behtash Babadi (2016)
Charalampos Papamanthou (2015)
Jeremy Munday (2014)
Alireza Khaligh (2013)
Sennur Ulukus (2012)
Nuno Martins (2010)
Ankur Srivastava (2007)
Thomas E. Murphy (2005)
Pamela Abshire (2004)
Rajeev Barua (2003)
Min Wu (2003)
Gang Qu (2002)
Reza Ghodssi (2001)
Donald Yeung (2000)
Bruce Jacob (1999)
Romel Gomez (1998)
André Tits (1996)
K. J. Ray Liu (1994)
Adrian Papamarcou (1992)
Neil Goldsman (1990)
Wesley Lawson (1989)
Shihab Shamma (1985)
Eyad Abed (1984)
Isaak Mayergoyz (1982)
Christopher Davis (1979)
Anthony Ephremides (1978)
Steven Tretter (1976)
Charles Silio^ (1975)
Fawzi P. Emad^ (1974)
William Levine (1973)
Kawthar Zaki^ (1972)

ISR Outstanding Systems Engineering Faculty Award, University of Maryland 
Alireza Khaligh (2019)
Prakash Narayan (2016)
Ankur Srivastava (2014)
Sennur Ulukus (2011)
Shihab Shamma (2007)
Pamela Abshire (2006)
Timothy Horiuchi (2004)
Reza Ghodssi (2003)
Michael Fu* (2002)
Anthony Ephremides (2000)
Steven Marcus (1999)
K. J. Ray Liu (1996)
P.S. Krishnaprasad (1991)
Eyad H. Abed (1990)
André Tits (1988)

University of Maryland Invention of the Year Award
Cheng Gong (2022)
Alireza Khaligh (2017)
Rama Chellappa (2015)
Min Wu (2011)
K. J. Ray Liu (2010)
Carol Espy-Wilson (2009)
Gary Rubloff* (2009)
Martin Peckerar^ (2008)
Neil Goldsman (2008)
John Baras (2008)
Rama Chellappa (2006)
K. J. Ray Liu (2004)
Pamela Abshire (2004)
Christopher Davis (2000)
Kawthar Zaki^ (1996)
John Baras (1991 & 1994)

Fellows/Inductees:

National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Members 
Jeong Kim** (2004)
Rama Chellappa (2023)

National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Members 
K.J. Ray Liu (2020)
Min Wu (2020)
John Baras (2015)

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Members
Christopher Monroe (2016)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellows

Shihab Shamma (2017)
Pamela Abshire (2017)
Sennur Ulukus (2016)
Reza Ghodssi (2015)
Thomas Antonsen (2012)
Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya (2011)
Min Wu (2011)
Mario Dagenais (2010)
Alexander Barg (2008)
Michael Fu* (2007)
Eyad H. Abed (2001)
Ashok Agrawala*
John Baras (1984)
Gilmer Blankenship
Rama Chellappa
Christopher Davis (1993)
Nicholas DeClaris^
Anthony Ephremides (1984)
Victor Granatstein^
Robert Harger^
Joseph JaJa (1996)
P.S. Krishnaprasad (1990)
Chi Lee^ (1991)
William Levine (1986)
K.J. Ray Liu (2003)
Armand Makowski (2006)
Steven Marcus
Isaak Mayergoyz (1987)
John Melngailis
Prakash Narayan (2001)
Robert Newcomb
Patrick G. O'Shea
Jon Orloff^
Edward Ott
Martin Peckerar^ (1993)
Martin Reiser^ (1993)
Leonard Taylor^
Andre Tits (1997)
Kawthar Zaki^

The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Rama Chellappa (2014)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows
Min Wu 
John Baras
Rama Chellappa
K.J. Ray Liu
Herbert Rabin^

Acoustical Society of America Fellows
Carol Espy-Wilson (2005)
Shihab Shamma (2004)

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellows
John Baras
Herbert Rabin^

American Mathematical Society (AMS) Fellows
John Baras

American Physical Society (APS) Fellows 
Edo Waks (2017)
Thomas Antonsen (1986)
Victor Granatstein^
Howard Milchberg
Edward Ott
Herbert Rabin^
Martin Reiser*
Gary Rubloff*

American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Fellows 
Leonard Taylor^

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellows
Rama Chellappa (2013)
Joseph JaJa (2000)
Uzi Vishkin (1996)

General Electric Company Visiting Research Fellow
Isaak Mayergoyz (1988)

Institute of Physics Fellows 
Christopher Davis (1989)

International Association of Pattern Recognition Fellow
Rama Chellappa

International Speech Communication Association Fellow
Carol Espy-Wilson

Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellows
Yanne K. Chembo
Rama Chellappa
Mario Dagenais
Julius Goldhar
Chi Lee^
Howard Milchberg
Thomas Murphy
Herbert Rabin^
Edo Waks

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science
John Baras (2006)

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Steven Marcus


* Denotes that the faculty member holds a primary appointment with another department on campus, and an affiliate appointment with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
** Professor of the Practice  
^ Faculty Emeritus