Awards

Professor Duygu Kuzum Awarded Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

Professor Duygu Kuzum is awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.

Assistant Professor Xiaolong Wang Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

Professor Xiaolong Wang is chosen by the Sloan Foundation to receive one of the most prestigious awards for early career scientists. Since they were first awarded in 1955, Sloan Research Fellowships have been awarded to 150 UC San Diego faculty members.

Associate Professor Abdoulaye Ndao Elected Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences

Professor Abdoulaye Ndao has been named a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), one of the highest honors for scientists working to advance research and innovation in Africa. The fellowship recognizes his long-standing efforts to promote scientific excellence and leverage research to support Africa’s development.

Associate Professor Dinesh Bharadia receives Young Alumni Award of IIT Kanpur

Honouring his stellar contributions in the fields of Advancing Wireless Communication and Networked Sensing and Translational Research, IIT Kanpur confers upon Prof. Dinesh Bharadia the Young Alumni Award 2025.

Assistant Professor Yuanyuan Shi Receives NSF CAREER Award

UC San Diego Electrical Computing and Engineering assistant professor, Yuanyuan Shi, was recently awarded a 2025 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, which will provide five years of funding to support her research in performance-guaranteed learning and control for real-world energy systems.

Professor Robert Heath elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Professor Robert Heath has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), which is one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. NAE members are highly accomplished engineering professionals representing a broad spectrum of engineering disciplines working in business, academia, and government.

Assistant Professor Yang Zheng receives the 2025 Donald P. Eckman Award

Assistant Professor Yang Zheng has received the 2025 Donald P. Eckman Award, presented by the American Automatic Control Council. The Donald P. Eckman Award recognizes one outstanding young engineer (under the age of 35) each year for contributions to the field of automatic control.