National Science Foundation Awards

Since 1983, the National Science Foundation has sponsored or participated in several programs to support promising young faculty at the beginning of their academic careers. The following faculty have received these awards:

Alan T. Waterman Award

• Kristi Anseth, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award

• Kristi Anseth, Chemical and Biological Engineering
• John Black, Computer Science
• Timothy Brown, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Xinzhao Chu, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
• John Crimaldi, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
• Amer Diwan, Computer Science
• Mark Edwards, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering *
• Ryan Gill, Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Doug Gin, Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Richard Han, Computer Science
• Mark Hernandez, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
• Dragan Maksimovic, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Kurt Maute, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
• Will Medlin, Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Olgica Milenkovic, Electrical and Computer Engineering *
• Todd Murphey, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Roseanna Neupauer, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
• Scott Palo, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
• Lucy Pao, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Harold Park, Mechanical Engineering
• Leysia Palen, Computer Science
• Melinda Piket-May, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• H. Jerry Qi, Mechanical Engineering
• Hari Rajaram, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
• Dan Schwartz, Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Anthony Songer, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering *
• Oleg Vasilyev, Mechanical Engineering
• Regan Zane, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers

• Kenneth Gall, Mechanical Engineering *
• Jorge Zornberg, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering *

Presidential Faculty Fellows

• Christopher Bowman, Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Zoya Popovic, Electrical and Computer Engineering

National Young Investigators

• Elizabeth Bradley, Computer Science
• Xiao-Chuan Cai, Computer Science
• Michael Eisenberg, Computer Science
• Elizabeth Jessup, Computer Science
• Kelvin Wagner, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Presidential Young Investigators

• Rob Davis, Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Steve George, Chemical and Biological Engineering
• John E. Hauser, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Kristina Johnson, Electrical and Computer Engineering *
• Dhinakar Kompala, Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Y.C. Lee, Mechanical Engineering
• Michael Lightner, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Peter Mathys, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Michael Mozer, Computer Science
• Ronald Pak, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
• Ted Randolph, Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Ren Su, Electrical and Computer Engineering *

Faculty Award for Women Scientists and Engineers

• Susan Avery, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• JoAnn Silverstein, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
• Zoya Popovic, Electrical and Computer Engineering

* Faculty members marked with an asterisk are no longer at CU-Boulder.