AFOSR Young Investigator Research program
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program grants funds to young faculty who show exceptional ability and promise in order to enhance early career development.
Recipient:
Justin Little (2019)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
AIAA is committed to ensuring that aerospace professionals are recognized and celebrated for their achievements, innovations, and discoveries that make the world safer, more connected, more accessible, and more prosperous.
Fellows:
Behçet Açıkmeşe
Eli Livne
Mehran Mesbahi
Kristi Morgansen
Associate Fellows:
Robert Breidenthal
Dana Dabiri
Antonino Ferrante
Jim Hermanson
Carl Knowlen
Uri Shumlak
Holt Ashley Award for Aeroelasticity:
Eli LIvne (2021)
American Physical Society
APS Fellowship recognizes members for their outstanding efforts to advance physics. Members may meet the requirements for Fellowship through exceptional original research and publication, significant innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology, and remarkable advancements in the teaching of physics.
Fellow:
Uri Shumlak
American Society for Composites
The ASC DEStech Young Composites Researcher Award winner is a member of the composites community who early in their career has made a significant impact on the science and technology of composite materials through a sustained research effort.
DEStech Young Composites Researcher Award:
Marco Salviato (2020)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements.
Fellow:
Jim Hermanson
DARPA Young Faculty Award
The DARPA Young Faculty Award engages rising research stars in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic institutions, providing funding and mentoring to awardees early in their careers.
Recipient:
Justin Little
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
An IEEE Fellow holds an elite distinction. This honor is only given to select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade elevation.
Fellows:
Behçet Açıkmeşe
Mehran Mesbahi
Uri Shumlak
Controls Systems Society's Award for Technical Excellence:
Behçet Açıkmeşe (2019)
International Council for Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS)
ICAS recognizes contributions of an individual or a team in effectively integrating a suite of advanced technologies, combined with new design and/or manufacturing processes, to create a new aeronautical system with significant worldwide impact.
Enoch Thulin ICAS Innovation in Aeronautics Award:
Eli Livne (2022)
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
The NSF Faculty Early Career Development program supports junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.
Winners:
Ed Habtour (2025)
Karen Leung (2025)
Bhuvana Srinivasan (2019)
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers and who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.
Recipient:
Bhuvana Srinivasan (2025)
Washington State Academy of Sciences
The Washington State Academy of Sciences provides expert scientific and engineering analysis. Members are nominated and elected by their peers, either directly into the WSAS or by virtue of election to the National Academies.
Elected members:
Mehran Mesbahi (2023)
Kristi Morgansen (2021)