Faculty Honors and Awards

S. Thomas Alexander
2000Recipient, 3rd Millennium Medal Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society
1990Elected to Academy of Outstanding Teachers, NC State University
1989-1990Outstanding Teacher, College of Engineering, NC State University
1988-1989Teacher of the Year, ECE Department, NC State University
1987Achievement Award, Southern Council of Graduate Schools - ASSP Society
1986Recipient of NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
1984Recipient of NSF Faculty Initiation Research Grant
Winser E Alexander
2000National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Dr Janice A Lumkin Educator of the Year Award, Golden Torch Awards Ceremony
1998Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, White House Office of Science and Technology and National Science Foundation
1993American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Minorities in Engineering Award for Leadership in the Conception, Organization and Operation of Precollege and College Activities to Increase Participation of Minorities in Engineering
Jayant Baliga
2005Member, European Academy of Sciences
2004IEEE-ISPSD Contributory Award for Founding the conference and serving as General Chairman in 1993
2001ISI "100 Most Highly Cited Scientists in Engineering"
2000National Academy of Engineering re-classified as Member
2000R J Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Extension (NC State)
2000Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
1999IEEE Lamme Medal for Invention and Development of the IGBT
1999Bell Tower Lighting for 100th US Patent (NC State)
1998IEEE Ebers Award for technical contributions to Electron Devices (ED Society)
1998O Max Gardner Award for 'greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race' (University of North Carolina Board of Governors)
1997Scientific American Magazine 'One of the Eight Heroes of the Semiconductor Revolution'
1996"Ten People to Watch in the Triangle", News and Observer, Raleigh
1995-2002Honorary Editorial Advisory Board, Solid-State Electronics Journal
1995BF Goodrich Collegiate Inventors Award, Inventors Hall of Fame
1995ALCOA Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award (NC State)
1995Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award (NC State)
1993National Academy of Engineering elected at age 45 as Foreign Affiliate from India
1993IEEE Liebman Award for contributions to 'Smart Power Technology'
1993General Chairman, IEEE International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices
1992Pride of India Award (First Recipient), BSS Society, USA
1992Vice-General Chairman, IEEE International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices
1991IEEE Newell Award for technical contributions to Power Electronics (PE Society)
1991Technical Program Chairman, IEEE International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices
1988Whitney Hall of Technical Achievers, General Electric Company
1985-1990Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
1984Science Digest Magazine's '100 Brightest Young Scientists in America'
1984IR 100 Award for "Gallium Arsenide Schottky Power Rectifier"
1983IEEE Fellow elected at age 35 for contributions to Power Semiconductor Devices
1983GE Dushman Award for 'The Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor'
1983GE Coolidge Award (Highest Scientist Designation)
1983IR 100 Award for "Insulated Gate Transistor"
1982IEEE Region I Award
1974Allen B Dumont Prize (RPI, Top PhD Graduate)
1969Special Merit Medal (IIT, Madras, Valedictorian)
1969Philips India Medal (IIT, Madras, Top EE Graduate)
Mesut E Baran
2003IEEE PES recognition award for contribution to task force on Distribution Test Feeders
2001IEEE PES/IAS Eastern NC Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award
Doug Barlage
2006NSF Career Award
2002MIT TR 100, One of 100 outstanding innovators under the age of 35 class for key contributions in the demonstration of 30nm gate length transistors
2001Intel Divisional Award "World's first sub-70nm Depleted Substrate Transistor"
2000Intel Corporate Achievement Award (2000) "For the demonstration of 30nm CMOS transistors with world record performance"
2000Intel Divisional Award "World Record CMOS performance with 30nm transistors"
1999Intel Divisional Award "High Yield Dual Gate Oxide Coppermine CPU"
1998Gate Oxide Methodology
1996Intel Foundation University Fellowship (1996-97)
1992Wright State University Suma Cum Laude
1992Outstanding Student - Engineering Physics 1992
1990Wright State Presidential Scholar 1990-91
1989Outstanding Physics Student - 1988-89 (Top Grade in University for Sophomore Physics)
1988Wright State Honors Scholar 1988-1992
Salah M Bedair
1998Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship (NC State)
1992IEEE Fellow, Contribution to Atomic Layer Epitaxy
1992R J Reynolds for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension (NC State)
1988ALCOA Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award (NC State)
1986Department of Energy Award (Development of Cascade Solar Cells)
Griff Bilbro
2006IEEE Undergraduate Teacher of the Year (NC State)
2001Academy of Outstanding Teachers (NC State)
Mo-Yuen Chow
2009 - Presentco-Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
2008 - PresentAssociate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics
2008Guest Editor of IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics Focus Section "Mechatronics in Multi Robot Systems"
2007-2008Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
2007IEEE Fellow
2005IEEE Region 3 Joseph M Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award
2004IEEE Eastern North Carolina Outstanding Engineering Educator Award
2003Senior Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2003Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Special Issue on Distributed Network-Based Control Systems and Applications
2000Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Special Issue on Motor Fault Detection and Diagnosis (Vol 47, no. 5, 2000)
1993-2008Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
1993Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Special Issue on Application of Intelligent Systems to Industrial Electronics (Vol 40, no. 2, 1993)
Huaiyu Dai
2005IEEE VTC Service Award
W. Rhett Davis
2007NSF Career Award
Alexander G Dean
2007Outstanding Teacher Award (Advanced Institute of Information Technology, Seoul, Korea)
2001NSF Career Award
Michael Devetsikiotis
2008ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer
2007-PresentArea Editor, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation
2007IBM Jazz Faculty Award
2006-PresentMember of the Editorial Board, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials
2006-PresentMember of the Editorial Board, Journal of Internet Engineering
2006IBM Faculty Award
2005IBM Faculty Award
2004-PresentMember of Editorial Board, International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling
2002-2006Associate Editor, IEEE Communication Letters
2001IBM Faculty Award
1997-2006Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation
1996OPNET Modeling Excellence Award
1993Phi Kappa Phi Academic Achievement Award, NC State
Alexandra Duel-Hallen
2007Author of a paper selected for The Best of the Best: Fifty Years of Communications and Networking Research (56 papers in Communications and Networking), IEEE Press, 2007
2006ISI Highly Cited Researcher, ISIHighlyCitedCom
1995ORAU Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
1994NSF Research Initiation Award
1982CWRU Award to the Outstanding Upperclassman in Mathematics
Michael Escuti
2004International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS) Glenn H Brown Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation
2002Optical Society of America (OSA) New Focus Student Award, Top Winner
2001Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Silver Award
2001Sigma Xi Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, Brown University
2000Rhode Island House of Representatives Citation of Excellence in Science Education
1997Drexel University Citation of Excellence in Engineering Design
Do Young Eun
2006NSF Career Award
Paul D Franzon
2007ECE Graduate Teacher of the Year Award (NC State)
2007ECE Most Helpful Teacher of the Year Award (NC State)
2007Australian Defence Medal
2006ECE Teacher of the Year Award (NC State)
2006IEEE Fellow
2005ALCOA Distinguished Research Award (NC State)
2005ECE Graduate Teacher of the Year Award (NC State)
2003Alumni Undergraduate Distinguished Professor (NC State)
2003NSW Australia Expatriate Scientist Award
2001Academy of Outstanding Teachers (NC State)
1997IEEE Student Branch, Teacher of the Year (NC State)
1993NSF Young Investigators Award
1990US Army Commendation Medal
Kevin G Gard
2007NASA Group Achievement Award
2004William J Pratt Assistant Professor (NC State)
Edward F Gehringer
2007NC SU Gertrude LCox Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching & Learning with Technology, Honorable Mention
Edward Grant
2007Outstanding Paper Award, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bradford, England BD8 9BY, Vol12.3, Summer 2006
2006Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2006Best Poster Award (Blue Ribbon): "Sensors on Textile Sunbstrates for Home-Based Healthcare Monitoring," Transdisciplinary Conference on Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare, April 2-4, 2006, Washington, DC
2005Visiting Professor, EPSRC Innovative Manufacturing and Construction Centre, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, England, UK
2000Deutsch Telecom: Digiglobe Award - Finalist
2000Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers
2000IEEE Senior Member
2000ALCOA II Foundation Diversity Fellowship, NC State University
2000Discover Magazine Technology Award - Top 10 Finalist
1994Ambassador, City of Glasgow Ambassador Program, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1978-1984Associate, The Turing Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1976Chartered Engineer (C.Eng)
William C Holton
2007National Medal of Technology (Awarded to SRC)
1998IEEE Frederick Philips Award
1996National Laboratories Award of Excellence
1982IEEE Fellow
1968Fellow American Physical Society
1952Josephus Daniels Award (1st in NROTC graduating class)
Alex Q. Huang
2007Named Progress Energy Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2006IEEE Fellow
2004Named Alcoa Professor of Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University
2003Best Paper Award, IEEE Industry Application Society 2003 Annual Meeting
2003Recipient of prestigious 2003 R&D 100 Award
2002Best Paper Award, International Symposium of Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs, Santa Fe, NM
1999Invitee for the 1999 Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering
1998Nominated for the NSF Alan TWaterman Award
1998NSF Presidential Early Career Award
1997IEEE Senior Member
1992-1995Elected as the holder of a Research Fellowship at Magdalene College, Cambridge, UK
1989-1991Holder of Sir Run Shaw Scholarship Awarded by Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
1989-1991Overseas Research Scholarship Award Cambridge, UK
1987Sichuan Province Scientific Development Award, Sichuan, China
Brian L Hughes
2006-2007NC SU Outstanding Teacher Award
2006Member, NC SU Academy of Outstanding Teachers
2004Highly Cited Article, Essential Science Indicators, (Number of Citations in Top 1% of Technical Field)
1994Best Paper Award, Signal and Image Processing Session, 19th Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL
1987National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award
1983-1985Naval Research Laboratory Fellowship Award
1983NASA Special Achievement Award for Contributions to US Space Shuttle Program
1980-1985Tau Beta Pi Honor Society Member
1980-1985Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society Member
1980-1985Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member
Gerald J Iafrate
1998US Vice Presidential Hammer Award For Technical Management Innovation
1997Army Distinguished Civilian Service Award
1995US Senior Executive Service Presidential Rank Award
1994Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1993IEEE Fellow
1991Alumnus of the Year, Polytechnic University of New York
1990Fellow, American Physical Society
1988Fellow, Polytechnic University of New York
1986Army Meritorious Civilian Service Award
1978Secretary of the Army Fellow
Robert M Kolbas
2000IEEE Fellow
1999IEEE Senior Member
1983Winning Edge Award, Honeywell Inc
1978Kodak Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Hamid Krim
2008IEEE Fellow
2008AFRL-ASEE Fellowship
2008Invited Plenary talk at the International Workshop on Signal Processing and Its Applications, Sharjah, UAE
2007Invited Contributor to the American Institute of Mathematics
2005Extended Stay Invitation to Eindhoven University of Technology
2004Extended Stay Invitation to Ecole Nationale Superieure de Telecommunications, France
2004Extended Stay Invitation to Florida State University, Statistics Department
2004Extended Stay Invitation to Chalmers University, Sweden - Swedish Research Council
2002Citation on Research Work for NCHP in ASEE Prism Magazine
2002Citation on Research Work for NCHP in Design News
1999IEEE Senior Member
1996-2000Elected member of the IEEE technical committee on Statistical Signal Processing
1991-1992NSF fellowship at Foreign Centers of Excellence
1990-1991DOE Ph.D Fellowship
1990NATO Advanced Study Institute Scholarship, Italy
1988-1990MITRE CORP Ph.D Fellowship
1987High Achievement Award: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Gianluca Lazzi
2009Alcoa Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award
2008IEEE Fellow
2006HA Wheeler Award, Best Application Paper in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
2003ALCOA Foundation Engineering Research Award (NC State)
2003Outstanding Teacher Award (NC State)
2003Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award (NC State)
2001Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Grant (Young Investigator Award)
2001NSF Career Award
1996International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Young Scientist Award
1996Curtis Carl Johnson Memorial Award, Best Student Paper at Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS)
Leda Lunardi
2002IEEE Fellow for contributions to the development of high-performance 155 µm monolithically integrated photoreceivers for optical communication
2000IEEE/LEOS Engineering Achievement Award
Nino A Masnari
2008Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence (NC State)
Veena Misra
2007Outstanding Alumni Research Award (NC State)
2002ALCOA Foundation Engineering Research Award (NC State)
2001NSF Presidential Early CAREER Award for Scientist and Engineers (PECASE) Recipient
John F Muth
2006Joint Services Humanitarian Service Medal (Hurricane Katrina)
2004National Academy of Engineers Frontiers of Science Award
2003Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award
2002Oak Ridge Ralph E Powe Award
2000Discovery Magazine Technology Award, Top 10 Finalist
1988-1993Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medals (2)
H Troy Nagle
2008Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence (NC State)
2003-2008Editor in Chief, IEEE Sensors Journal
2000IEEE Millennium Medal
1998IEEE Richard M Emberson Award
1998Elected Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
1994IEEE President
1983IEEE Fellow
1973Young Engineer of the Year, State of Alabama
Arne A Nilsson
1999Outstanding Engineering Educator, IEEE, Eastern North Carolina Section
Carlton Osburn
1998IEEE Fellow
1993Fellow of the Electrochemical Society
1991Electronics Division Award of the Electrochemical Society
1988Maurice Simpson Technical Editors Award of the Institute of Environmental Sciences
1975TD Callinan Award of the Dielectrics nd Insulation Division of the Electrochemical Society
1975Eta Kappa Nu, Outstanding Young Electrical Engineers
Hatice O Ozturk
2008George Blessis Outstanding Advising Award (NC State)
2005Academy of Outstanding Teachers (NC State)
Mehmet C Ozturk
2009IEEE Fellow, Contributions to Silicon and Silicon-Germanium Epitaxy in Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Integrated Circuits.
2006IEEE Undergraduate ECE Teacher of the Year Award (NC State)
2005IEEE Senior Member
1995Presidential Faculty Fellow Award
Douglas S Reeves
2003Professional Engineer of the Year, University of Louisville
1988Undergraduate Teaching Award (NC State)
Arnold Reisman
2006IEEE Life Fellow
2001Solid State Science and Technology Medal, Electrochemical Society
1988Fellow, Electrochemical Society
1985IEEE Donald G Fink Prize, Outstanding Paper Award
1984Electronics Division Award, Electrochemical Society
Eric Rotenberg
2004Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award (NC State)
2004Academy of Outstanding Teachers (NC State)
2001NSF Career Award
1997MICRO-30 Best Paper Award
David Schurig
2007Essential Science Indicator's Hot Papers
2006Scientific American's Top 50 Science Contributors
2006Science Magazine's Breakthroughs of the Year
2006Discover Magazine's Top 6 Physics Stories
Wesley E Snyder
2009IEEE Fellow, Contributions to Education in Robotics and Computer Vision.
2004American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Fellow
1993IEEE Outstanding Engineering Educator, NC
Yan Solihin
2005IBM Faculty Partnership Award
2004NSF Early Career Award
2001Best Paper Award, The 5th Workshop on Multithreaded Execution, Architecture, and Compilation
Michael B Steer
2003ALCOA Foundation Engineering Research Award (NC State)
1996US Army Research Bronze Medal
1987Presidential Young Investigator Award
Cecilia W Townsend
2006Barbara Soloman Advising Award (NC State)
2006George Blessis Outstanding Advising Award (NC State)
1999George Blessis Outstanding Advising Award (NC State)
1990IEEE Outstanding Teacher Award
J. Keith Townsend
2000Academy of Outstanding Teachers (NC State)
Robert J Trew
2006Named Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Proceedings for 2007-2009
2006Distinguished Service Award for Service as a 2003-2005 IEEE Microwave Distinguished Lecturer
2005Distinguished Service Award for Service as 2004 President of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society ADCOM
2004Named Distinguished Fellow, National Institute of Aerospace, NASA - Langley Research Center
2004Meritorious Service Award for Service as 2001-2003 Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Microwave Magazine
2003Engineering Alumni Society Merit Award in Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
2003Named Alton and Mildred Lancaster Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State
2001Distinguished Service Award for Service as a 1997-2000 IEEE Microwave Distinguished Lecturer
2001Harry Diamond Memorial Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE-USA)
2001Named Willis G Worcester Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
2000Hero of the US Army Research Office
2000IEEE Third Millennium Medal Award
1999Distinguished Service Award for Service as 1995-1997 Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
1998Distinguished Educator Award, IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society
1993Named George S Dively Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
1993University Distinguished Speaker, Texas A&M University, College Station
1992ALCOA Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award (NC State)
1991Distinguished Scholarly Achievement Award (NC State)
1991IEEE Fellow
H Joel Trussell
1994IEEE Fellow for contributions to the theory of multidimensional signal restoration and reproduction
1993SP Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
1967NDEA Fellowship, Florida State University
Yannis Viniotis
2009Best Paper Award, ICSOFT 2009 Conference
1995Outstanding Instructor Award, National Technological University
1992Best Paper Award, The Institute of Management Sciences Southeastern Chapter Student Competition
1991Outstanding Instructor Award, National Technological University
1990Outstanding Instructor Award, National Technological University
1989Outstanding Instructor Award, National Technological University
1985George Corcoran Graduate Assistant Award, University of Maryland
Wenye Wang
2006NSF Career Award
2006IEEE GLOBECOM, Best Student Paper Award
2004IEEE Computer Communications and Networks, Best Student Paper Award