Faculty Accolades
Rensselaer’s faculty members are a collaborative community working in an atmosphere of increasing interdisciplinarity. They take pride in their dedication to teaching — demonstrating a #commitment to excellence that always has been a hallmark of Rensselaer’s teacher-scholars.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
Michael Shur 2005
Gwo-Ching Wang 2006
Toh-Ming Lu 2007
Shawn-Yu Lin 2012
American Physical Society (APS) Fellow
Toh-Ming Lu 1994
Mike Shur 1995
Gwo-Ching Wang 1996
Shawn-Yu Lin 2002
Heidi Jo Newberg 2013
Humberto Terrones 2016
American Vacuum Society (AVS) Fellow
Toh-Ming Lu 1995
Gwo-Ching Wang 1997
David M. Darrin Counseling Award
Peter Persans 2001
Toh-Ming Lu 2017
Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award
Joel Giedt 2009
Electrochemical Society Fellow
Michael Shur 2004
Gruber Cosmology Prize
Heidi Newberg 2007
Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists
Michael Shur 2002
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow
Michael Shur 1989
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award
Michael Shur 2006
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nanotechnology Council Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology
Shawn-Yu Lin 2016
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award
Michael Shur 2008
Institution of Engineering and Technology Fellow
Michael Shur 2007
Institute of Physics Fellow (IOP)
Michael Shur 2021
James M. Tien '66 Early Career Award
Joel Giedt 2014
Jerome Fischbach Travel Grant
John Schroeder 2007
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member
Michael Shur 2009
Materials Research Society Fellow
Toh-Ming Lu 2008
Michael Shur 2009
Gwo-Ching Wang 2016
Materials Research Society Medal Award
Toh-Ming Lu 2004
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Esther A. Wertz 2020
Trevor David Rhone 2021
Nottingham Prize Winner, 38th Annual Conference on Physical Electronics
Gwo-Ching Wang 1978
Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellow
Shawn-Yu Lin 2002
Christian Wetzel 2020
Rensselaer Early Career Award
Toh-Ming Lu 1986
Gwo-Ching Wang 1988
Wayne Roberge 1991
Heidi Newberg 2003
Rensselaer Alumni Association Teaching Award
Moussa N'Gom, 2023
Wayne Roberge 2004
Royal Astronomical Society Fellow
Douglas Whittet
School of Science Award: Outstanding Research
Moussa N'Gom 2024
Trevor Rhone 2024
Ethan Brown 2019
School of Science Awards: Outstanding Service
Peter Persans 2007
School of Science Awards: Outstanding Teaching
Moussa N'Gom 2023
Peter Persans 2009
Charles Martin 2019
J. Darryl Michael 2020
Senior Member Optical Society of America (OSA)
Ingrid Wilke 2012
SRC (Semiconductor Research Corporation) Faculty Leadership Award
Toh-Ming Lu 2005
Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher
Heidi Newberg 2014
Trustees' Outstanding Teacher Award
Peter Persans 2009
William H. Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award
Toh-Ming Lu 2002
Gwo-Ching Wang 2006
Shengbai Zhang 2016
World Innovation Foundation Fellow
Michael Shur 2004
Student Accolades
Students at Rensselaer are recognized for their creativity, accomplishments, discoveries, and leadership.
Please see the Rensselaer Catalog (“Academic Information and Regulations”) for award descriptions.
Class of 1902 Research Prize
2024 Dylan Sheils
2023 Elijah Gruszecki
2019 Kyle Rego
2018 Ziyi Lin
2017 Alan N. Pearl
2016 Thomas Merkh
2014 Robert Spivey, III
2013 Charles Martin
2010 Chris Lehnen
2009 Matthew Harrigan
Coherent Award
2010 Jingle Liu, Karen Ho
2008 Xiaofei Lu, Gurpreet Kaur
2006 Tao Yuan, Nick Karpowicz
2005 Haibo Liu, Xu Xie
Edmond Brown Prize
2024 Kai Wagoner-Oshima
2023 Cheng Ma
2022 Mayada Fadel
2021 Michael Lamparski
2020 Natayla Sheremetyeva
2019 Anthony Yoshimura
2018 Han Wang
2017 Andrew Cupo
Founders Award of Excellence
2022 Tom Donlon, Lindsey Gilson, Jacob Harris, Amber Migliore, Shreyas Seethalla, Dylan Shiels
2019 JiaZhao Lin, William Marshall, Davis Olmsted, Jake T. Orr, Jarrett A. Rosenberg
2018 Drake A. Niedzielski, Kyle A. Rego
2017 Peter A. Craig, George V. Dowhan, Mallory E. Gaspard, Isabella G. Peck, Vera M. Titze
2016 Daniel Alexander, Hunter Belanger, James Flamino, Maxwell Jenquin, William Meese, Madison Wyatt
2014 Maia M. Marchetti, Thomas A. Merkh, Emily C. Wislowski
2012 Ted Berger, Amy Lovell, Charles Martin, Robert Spivey, Christine Umbright
2011 Thomas O’Connor
2009 Daniel Elton, Joseph Paki, Jingle Liu, Xiaofei Lu, Ya Ou
2008 Churamani Gaire, I-Chen Ho, Kai Liu, Qiming Lu
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award
2017 Emily Kosmaczewski
G. Howard Carragan Award
2024 Siddhi Patel
2023 Dylan I. Shiels
2022 Autumn Guffey
2021 James Drake
2020 Sophia Hollick
2019 Kyle Rego
2018 Peter Craig
2017 Zachary J. Harris
2016 Andrew Horning
2015 Jacob Leedom, Ryan McAvoy
2014 Christina Caragine, Robert Spivey, III
2013 Amy Lovell
2012 Thomas O’Connor
2011 Kevin Pedro
2010 Eric Dzienkowski
2009 Ryan Badeau, Marc Miskin
Hillard B. Huntington Award
2024 Tianhong Wang
2023 Aidan F. Simpson, Deric T. Jones
2022 Leaf Swordy
2021 Omar Malik
2020 Thomas Donlon
2019 Andrew Cupo
2017 Yu Xiang
2016 Panagiotis Karampourniotis
2015 Anqing Liu
2014 Liangbo Liang
2013 Xing Yan
2012 Christoph Stark, Ming He
2011 Benjamin Willett
2010 Jingle Liu
2009 Nicholas Karpowicz
2008 Philip Shemella
J. Erik Jonsson Prize
2019 Kyle Rego
2015 Ryan McAvoy
2005 Joseph Yasi
2004 Samuel Eddinger
J. Lawrence and Gertrude Katz Award
2024 Julia Ryshkewitch
2023 Amber Migliore
2022 Addison Olmsted
2021 Matthew Pharr
2020 Robert Gryncewicz
2019 Drake Niedzielski
2017 Madison Wyatt
2016 Maia Marchetti
2015 Josue San Emeterio
Karen and Lester Gerhardt Prize
2011 Jingle Liu
2009 Nicholas Karpowicz
Nadia Trinkala Service Award
2024 Katie Gray
2023 Grace E. Tytus
2022 Brandon Klein
2021 Nigel DaSilva
2020 Emily Crook, Sophia Cahillane
2019 Mallory Gaspard
2018 Jennifer Freedberg
2017 Rachel Maizel
2016 Victoria Butler
2015 Eric Deutsch
2014 Kathleen Grabowski
2013 Erin Hansen
2012 Andrew McAllister
New York Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS)
2019 Philip Charles
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients:
2024: Scott Schwartz, B.S. in Physics at RPI, 2023, attending graduate school at California Institute of Technology
Paul S. Ho ’65 Graduate Prize in Physics
2024 Leaf Swordy
2023 Thomas J. Donlon
2022 Cheng Ma
2021 Mayada Fadel
2020 Poomirat Nawarat
2019 Yu Xiang
2018 Aaron Littlejohn
2017 Jake A. Weiss
2016 Brian Frey
2015 Ryan Krafnick
Physics Mentorship Award
2021 Zuzanna Jedlinska
2020 Nicholas Pittman
2019 Isabelle Peck
2018 William Meese
Richard Madey Prize
2024 Julia Ryshkewitch
2023 Kyle A. Gable
2016 George V. Dowhan, Kyle A. Rego
2015 Andrew J. Horning
2014 Jacob Leedom, Ryan McAvoy
2013 Christina Caragine
2011 Ryan Krafnick
2010 Joseph Paki
2009 Christopher Lehnen
2008 Eric Dzienkowski, Timothy Kelley
Robert Resnick Academic Prize
2024 Kyle Gable
2023 Julia P. Ryshkewitch
2022 Walter Cook
2021 Jarrett Rosenberg
2020 Nicole Taylor
2019 JiaZhao Lin
2018 Vera Titze
2017 William "Joe" Meese
2016 Thomas Merkh
2015 Lydia Nevin
2014 (Spring) Ryan McAvoy, Jacob Leedom
2012 David Galehouse, Michael Pinkert
2011 Evan Weinberg
2009 Raymond Menzel, Joseph Paki
2008 Ryan Badeau
Robert Resnick Physics Mentoring Award
2024 Shreyas Seethalla
2023 Sonya J. Woo, Grace E. Tytus
2022 Jack Lamb, Rom Simovitch
Walter Eppenstein Award
2024 Russell Berger, Weichang Lin
2023 Kirsten D. McMichael, Finn O. Buldt
2022 Alexander Kaiser, Neha Neha
2021Thomas Donlon, Joshua Quinton
2020 Zachary Ward
2019 Hunter Belanger
2018 Zachary Hallenbeck
2017 Colin Daniels
2016 Anthony Yoshimura
2015 Georges Jaar, Anthony Post
2014 Jeffery Thompson
2013 Liang Zhao
2012 Jonathan Owens
2011 Maximilian Katz
2010 Albert Dearden
2009 Paul Mayeur
2008 Anthony Villano
Staff Accolades
The School of Science recognize staff for their excellence in service.
School of Science Awards: Outstanding Staff
Joan Perras 2007, 2023
