Phillip Messersmith named fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
BioE professor honored for ‘distinguished contributions’ in wet biological adhesion and biologically inspired materials
Faculty honors and awards
Berkeley Engineering faculty receive the most prestigious awards and honors bestowed by academic and professional societies, foundations and other civic organizations. Among these are nearly six dozen active and emeriti faculty who hold membership in the National Academy of Engineering.
Dan Garcia receives Distinguished Teaching Award
EECS teaching professor recognized with campus’s highest honor for teaching excellence
Two EECS faculty earn Sloan Research Fellowships
Natacha Crooks and Song Mei awarded prestigious honor for early career researchers
Three Berkeley Engineering professors named to NAE
Kristin Persson, Stuart Russell and David Schaffer elected to the esteemed organization
White House honors engineering faculty with early career awards
Grace Gu, Sergey Levine and Grace O’Connell have been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Homayoon Kazerooni elected to the National Academy of Inventors
A leading expert in robotics and human-machine systems, he has created medical exoskeletons that enable paralyzed individuals to stand and walk