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Pinar Acar receives her award as one of Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World, presented by JCI Istanbul. Photo courtesy of JCI Istanbul.
Pinar Acar receives her award as one of Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World, presented by JCI Istanbul. Photo courtesy of JCI Istanbul.

Many of our team members have been recognized for their excellence. Here are a few of those recognitions.

  • Amrinder Nain (2025)
  • Rolf Mueller (2022)
  • Anne Staples, Coral Water Flow (2015)

The National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.

Current faculty who have won this award:

  • Roop Mahajan: Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors (2025)
  • Michael Bartlett: Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors (2024)
  • Christopher Williams: Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors (2022)
  • Lance Collins, Member, National Academy of Engineering (2021)

Administered by The Office of Naval Research (ONR), The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Army Research Office (ARO), these awards identify and support early-career scientists and engineers who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. 

Current faculty who have received these awards:

  • Michael Bartlett, Young Investigator Award, Bio-inspired wearable sensors (ONR, 2021)
  • Michael Bartlett, Director's Fellowship, Robotic Actuation (DARPA, 2020)
  • Michael Bartlett, Young Faculty Award, Robotic Actuation (DARPA, 2018)
  • Jonathan Boreyko, Young Investigator Award, Thermal diodes (AFOSR, 2016)
  • Mark Stemler, Young Investigator Award (ARO, 2004)
  • Ranga Pitchumani, Young Investigator Award (ONR, 1996)
  • Dwight Viehland, Young Investigator Award (ONR, 1995)
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